I became friends with Carl several years ago and last night he shared some pictures with me that he took in Vietnam. Carl was a crew chief in the 20th Special Operations Squadron, AKA ” The Green Hornets”. The green and tan paint patter is a way to immediately recognize a 20th SOS helicopter duringContinue reading “Carl “Snake” Shepley 20th SOS assigned to SOG/CCS”
Category Archives: Armed Conflicts Worldwide
Vietnam War Snipers
I am in a lot of Vet groups on facebook. Often times those guys will post photos of themselves on there thinking they are of no consequence. They have no idea how historic they are. The two Army sniper pics below are from one such case. Last is a USMC sniper with M40 fighting inContinue reading “Vietnam War Snipers”
Some Vietnam War USMC Sniper Pictures
Other than the thumbnail picture, I have never seen the pictures below with the M40s. This sniper carrying the M40 and a M3 grease gun. That is a lot of weight!
An Interesting Vietnam War Bring Back Trophy
A collector on instagram picked up some good stuff from a Vietnam vet’s estate.
The Tank Is Dead?
Authored by Patrick Drennan via RealClear Wire, Lessons from the battlefields of Ukraine Hundreds of expensive tanks of both sides are being destroyed on the battlegrounds of Ukraine by cheap UPV drones. These include the Russian T-90MS Tank (worth about $4.2million) and the German Leopard 2A6 Tank (about $6.3 million). They are being destroyed by ubiquitousContinue reading “The Tank Is Dead?”
The Audie Murphy M1 Carbine
An interesting thread over on the old BARFCOM today turned up a few things that I found interesting. Everyone who reads this website knows who Audie Murphy is. One of , if not the most, decorated US Soldier of WW2. If there is an award for doing something, Audie received it. Including the MOH. AudieContinue reading “The Audie Murphy M1 Carbine”
SGT David Ives Mixter, MACV-SOG CCC, RT Colorado
By Bonnie Cooper Bonnie has been doing a excellent series of pieces of Special Forces lost in Vietnam. Today is one of David Mixter, lost on a SOG mission and referenced in several books on SOG Today we pause to remember SGT David Ives Mixter, MACV-SOG CCC, RT Colorado 1-2 was KIA (Body Not Recovered)Continue reading “SGT David Ives Mixter, MACV-SOG CCC, RT Colorado”
Operation Double Eagle
No not the effort to make a dud of a pistol, but one of the last true amphibious operations to take place. 58 years ago today, January 28th 1966, Operation Eagle commenced. It was a joint operation with the 3rd Marine Amphibious Force and the South Vietnamese 2nd Division. It was also launched in conjunctionContinue reading “Operation Double Eagle”
Advisor Vibin’
The spread is inspired by the below photo.In the early days of Vietnam the US sent Special Forces/Green Berets to train locals. They often wore commercial purchased or locally made camouflage uniforms. The earliest advisors look to have used private purchased commercial pieces while later ones look to use the locally made ones. The mainContinue reading “Advisor Vibin’”
Vietnam Ranger/LRRP Team Loadout
A collector on the VIntage Productions page shared his spread of everything carried by a later war LRRP team( later re flaggeded as Rangers) carried on missions.
Scattered Shots 