Vietnam War Uniforms

A VERY RARE ALMOST NEVER FOUND SPECIAL FORCES USED BDU OFFICER UNIFORM TOP WITH POPLIN JUNGLE JACKET

This coat is named to a LT. Colonel Thomas, intelligence. The coat is one of I have never found another. Coat is modelled after what looks to be a British ww2 airborne jacket. I have talked to some noted US Special Forces Collectors and I was told they were briefly worn in the late 1960’s.
The officer’s poplin jungle jacket came with the coat above, He did a combat tour with the 25th Infantry. The 25th infantry insignia on the combat sleeve. He also had the Infantry Rifleman’s Qualification Badge only. No CIB.

US AIR FORCE SPECTRE GUN SHIP, CAPTIANS THAI MADE FIIGHT JACKET

Jacket is in excellent condition, direct embroider insignia, retains the original Thai tailor label. These are hard to find.

VERY RARE MILITRY POLICE, DOG HANDLER, USAF. VERY OBSCURE MILITARY UNIT OF THE VIETNAM WAR.

This ERDL jungle jacket with insignia, mostly theatre made, Cobra Flight was the name of a unit that did base security, complete security comprised of only USAF personal. They were even reported to have mini guns mounted on Jeeps that patrolled the perimeter of the base at Phu Cat South Vietnam. Later the unit was sent to the secret base in Thailand, Nakhon Phanom.
The jacket has a COBRA FLIGHT patches on the sleeves and is named, in my search for this rare unit I found only one web site that explained the history of the unit. There was nothing on the site to explain or show the insignia for this unit. The members of the unit may have designed there only insignia and had them made in country. Super rare insignia.

RARE CUSTOM MADE US SPECIAL FORCES WORN VC TYPE BLACKS, WITH NAM TAILOR LABLE

This is from the Advisor period, early 1960’s advisors wore these to hide in plain site on patrol. later C.I.S.O. (counter insurgency support office) made these for SOG operatives to wear on missions. The CISO ones have a white small silk label with a red S-M-L noting size sewn in the collar.
This set of blacks are named to Capt. John Regner, an advisor to the south Vietnam Military, He retired a Colonel. He did two tours of duty in South Vietnam

SET OF THREE WAR TIME SHIRTS NAMED TO ONE VETERAN, KOSS 25th infantry

The set of shirts contains 1- ERDL Jungle jacket, 1- og107 BDU jacket, 1- tiger stripe Asian Large, tiger jacket that was never worn. Insignia is mostly US first issue subdued. real nice find

A VERY IMPORTANT GROUPING – HELEN (PATCHES) MUSGROVE

Helen Musgrove was a war correspondent in during the Vietnam war, Helen spent Six and one half years in Vietnam covering the war. This group was obtained at auction of here estate. During world war two she was known on armed forces radio as GI Jill. She wrote two books on her experiences of her time in Vietnam. The group is what she wore in Nam and is how she got her nick name patches

Picture of the original group of items from her estate / hat was purchased later from Vintage productions
Her original in country made vest and name tapes with original US patches.
Her original issue hat from vintage productions, her two books, Vietnam front Row Centre. Camera that came with the group, shirt and vest.  

Her original 69 dated ERDL shirt, highly modified jungle jacket, slant pockets removed and new straight pockets added with French style vertical pockets with zippers shit is a small long , with many in country and issue patches with direct embroidery of the name and name of her paper she reported for.

Pants are ERDL rip stop, 69 dated, with custom pockets with zippers on the legs, I have seen many of the ARVN with this modification on shirts and pants, only one I have found on a us issue garment
Inside of pant leg showing modification of internal pockets

ORIGINAL GROUP FROM EARLY ADVISOR, ARVN 4TH BATTALION 3RD REGIMENT

All items were packed since he came home in the early 1960’s, all garments are private purchase pieces and typical of what advisors wore in the early days. Found at the ALAMO military store in St Louis Missouri.

NAMED UNIFORMED, POCKET CONTAINED A RARE THEATER MADE RANCH HAD SCARF

Uniform is named to Capt. House. Tailor label made in Okinawa Japan. I have only found one other scarf like this it was in the display case at the Wright Patterson Air Force Museum. Note! Always look in the pockets of all garments from the war.

ORIGINAL 1963 NAMED FIRST PATTERN EXPOSED BUTTON JUNGLE JACKET/PANTS

Jacket is in fine condition, has first logistics pocket patch, CIB, mac V shoulder patch. Size is small long.

ADVISORS PRIVATE PURCHASE CAMOUFLAGE SHIRT

Shirt was most likely a hunting shirt from the US

PRIVATE PURCHASE HAT, 7TH SPEICAL FORCES GROUP FLASH / JUMP WINGS/MAJOR RANK

THEATER MADE BOONIE HAT OUT OF SHIRT

INTERIOR OF PREVIOUS BOONIE HATS, PRIVATE PURCHASE HATS

ADVISOR WORN PANTS / NOTICE THE BELT IT KOREAN WAR MITCHEL PATTERN

A MINT SET OF US JOHN WAYNE DENSE TIGER STRIPE

A MINT SET OF TAD POLE SPARSE TIGER US MEDIUM

JOHN WAYNE SPARSE VARIANT SHIRT IN US MEDIUM

A LIKE NEW SOUTH VIETNAMESE TIGER SHIRT ADVISORS SPARSE PATTERN

THE RAREST OF THE WAR TIME TIGER SHIRT /PANTS / HAT

Mint unissued zig zag pattern, reference Johnsons book, pants are not show

A VERY NICE CONDITION JOHN WAYNE DENSE SHIRT ASAIN MEDIUM

NICE PAIR OF TIGER PANTS IN TADPOLE SPARSE DENSE PATTERN, SMALL SIZE

 MINT PAIR OF TIGER PANTS

Original River Squadron 512 Navy BDU with original insignia, and his black beret. 

Last time shirt was worn was in the Chicago welcome home parade with his mini medals

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