In 1971, 5th SFG official HQ produced a register of approved “War Souvenirs” that USSF personnel were allied to carry back to CONUS. One of the approved items was a Montagnard CrossBow. With the list in hand Lemuel McGlothern and Jimmie Johnson created the ultimate in a Montagnards crossbow that used a Chi-Com RPD(Ruchnoy PulemyotContinue reading “RT HABU’s WAR TROPHY”
Category Archives: Vietnam War
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.
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.
3rd Pattern Jungle Fatigues
Today is a never issued set of the 3rd pattern jungle fatigues used during the war. At this point the exposed buttons were gone along with the gasflaps and epaulets Pants didn’t have glasflap on crotch and the mid leg ties in the cargo pockets were gone. You can also see an original pair ofContinue reading “3rd Pattern Jungle Fatigues”
MACVSOG (CCN) Vet -Dick Thompson RETURNS to talk about his BOOK & CCN Operations
In his continuing series of SOG interviews, Bud Gibson has one-zero Dick Thompson on to talk about his time running SOG missions. Mr. Thompson( no relation) is always one of the best interviews with his memory and details.
Vietnam Era OG107 Uniform
In the early days of the Vietnam war, the standard issue field uniform was the OG-107 uniform. A medium heavy all cotton simple uniform like most issued before it. It is the longest serving uniform the Army had. The pants are four pockets and the shirt has two breast pockets. Boots where the standard blackContinue reading “Vietnam Era OG107 Uniform”
Scattered Shots 