Closeup of the rank blossoms.
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Here is a great shot of him in a set of tiger stipes, although in B+W as it is the only film that they used. He is recently wounded with 13 frags in his cheek, right thigh,right shoulder and right side. He was wounded during this same invasion. Notice the AP on his helmet.
He told me the only identifiers they wore on their fatiques was their name above the pockets and sometimes the word Bao-Chi Viet for press."Great hunter yes! great fisherman yes! fine figure of a man yes! that is all you need to know" Jeremiah Johnson.Comment
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He is a very interesting individual and still has some tigers that he wore and the flack jacket in the picture, as well as hundreds of pics. Here is a shot he took of an ARVN soldier fleeing Laos on a huey during operation Lam Son 719. He actually won the Ap managing editors photographic award in 1971 for it!
He also has a NVA diary that he picked up which he might perhaps want translated later on."Great hunter yes! great fisherman yes! fine figure of a man yes! that is all you need to know" Jeremiah Johnson.Comment
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Hi Jeff
i saw this helmet online, congartulation, i was supiciuos about it, but you got all the reference for it.
great
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I wouldn't have taken chances if I had seen it on ebay, but I would have been wrong!
I had never heard of OD color helmets with painted ranks in the ARVN; does anybody have pics of this kind of helmets being worn?Comment
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Wow that Helmet is so cool, what a find!
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quick question, white name tapes on ARVN shirts, were they worn in the field also our only for parade or garrison duty, do we have any light on this??
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Originally posted by Jeff Ashenfelter View Post
Hi Jeff,
like many i actually saw the auction and just clicked past it....nice bit of research you did.
Alex,quick question, white name tapes on ARVN shirts, were they worn in the field also our only for parade or garrison duty, do we have any light on this??
here is one of my favourite colour photos of an ARVN during the late 1960's during Tet.
Note the shirt and trousers are actually camo.
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Here is another.
This time IV Corps troops in 1970.
I especially like the leather 2 cell magazine pouch being worn with the ARVN with the camera around his neck.
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The same group from a different angle.
Note again the camo shirt and trousers.
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Patrick,
Neat photos. That pistol rig looks like a captured NVA Chicom Tokarov in nice condition!
Here is another photo of the ambush site where the correspondent picked up the helmet outside of Quang Tri City. He labeled the pic {death highway}"Great hunter yes! great fisherman yes! fine figure of a man yes! that is all you need to know" Jeremiah Johnson.Comment
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Here is the set of tigers that I picked up from him. The faded blood soaked pants are the same ones he is wearing in the picture of him wounded."Great hunter yes! great fisherman yes! fine figure of a man yes! that is all you need to know" Jeremiah Johnson.Comment
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great set i think it was worth the bid on the helmet
, sometimes you win sometimes you loose on online auctions
well done
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Hi Jeff,
does the shirt have a tailor label inside the neck area?
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Hi Patrick,
This is the picture he sent me, The tigers are still enroute and have not been able to examine them in person yet!"Great hunter yes! great fisherman yes! fine figure of a man yes! that is all you need to know" Jeremiah Johnson.Comment
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