Beginning my Vietnam war collection

[Herr Register]

Here is the 1st display shelf I am working on...

[Herr Register]

Beer can unit insignia...Some airborne regiment...

[M. A. Miller]

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Beer can unit insignia...Some airborne regiment...

Herr,
That is for the ARVN 6th Paratrooper Battalion.
Regards, Mitch

[Herr Register]

Thank you very much Mr. Miller.

I knew someone on the forum could help me with that one.

[junior]

Nice collection!!!!!

[Herr Register]

I need to find some more stuff to fill out the shelf, but the coolest thing is .....the guy with the M-79 in the pic is my dad.

[Britch]

Nice stuff!! I have started collecting a few vietnam items myself. I remember finding my uncles stack of vietnam leatherneck and gun magazines as a kid in the 70's. Just in trouble for trying to build Viet cong booby traps in the back yard

[Peter Wiking]

I need to find some more stuff to fill out the shelf, but the coolest thing is .....the guy with the M-79 in the pic is my dad.

Did he get home from that hell hole ?

Cheers my friend.
Peter Wiking

[Herr Register]

Yes, he came home and is still alive today.
His only wounds were some shrapnel to the arm.

[WW1wingman]

..brought back a few memories...

.....my uncle served with the tunnel rats in Vietnam ,and when i was a kid i was given his tunic and helmet...together with some theatre made "rat" insignia ...
..the sad thing is i moved out of my mums house and thiteen years on their no where to be seen...
....i bet this has happend to a few out there....out of interest my great grandad served with the Czars army in Russia WW1,my grandads served UK WW1,US army in the UK WW2, and Normandy...,the later being one of the poor individuals to liberate Belson.
Steve

[Herr Register]

Wingman,

It seems you are from a very patriotic family.
I'm proud to be 3rd generation military.

Sorry you lost your tunnel rat stuff. My dad used to have a few duffels worth of stuff in the garage, back when I didn't know or care what memorabilia was.
At some point he junked it all!!!!!

All I have are a few pics, and one day I will get his purple heart, Big Red One vietnam album, and his zippo!!....but I hope that day isn't for a long time.

[junior]

The grandad of my father (see: belgian army and air museum thread) served in the Belgian SAS.... he BURNED stuff away; but we have a few things left

cheers,
Junior.