Army to get new uniform...again....

USMCPrice · Jan 5, 2011

Slipdigit said:

Which one of those beasts is you?
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I was wondering the same thing Slipdigit.

formerjughead · Jan 5, 2011

Slipdigit said:

Which one of those beasts is you?
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C'mon now...that was taken when I was merely 'jughead'. Skivvy shirt and boonie hat. Circa 1987

A-58 · Jan 5, 2011

USMCPrice said:

I offered to send The_Historian a couple of Vietnam Era uniform websites. I then thought others might be interested so I decided to post them here.

Vietnam - Equipment and Uniform

Not a bad site but quite a few small errors. Examples:
Concerning the OG-107 Jungle utilities, states; "Be sure to check for the small inner pocket in the front left hand cargo pocket, this is a sure way to date jungle trousers, since the post war ones didn't have this feature."
The last time I had sets of these issued to me was in 1987, definately postwar. They had the inner pocket and I never saw a set without the inner pocket, I don't know where he came up with this info.

"Check the drawstring at the bottom of the trousers. This should be a 'rope' string as opposed to the modern 'tape' string. Accuracy is important for the reenactor, care should be taken to get it right."
I never saw a pair of these without the rope drawstring, the tape drawstring was a feature I first encountered in the BDU's.

In reference to what he identified as the 2nd Pattern Nape Strap.

"The neckband is a web strap with a long adjusting tape sewed to each end and a short adjusting tape sewed to the middle. Designed to be fitted to the 2nd Pattern helmet liner. This helped to hold the helmet at the back of your head, keeping the thing from pitching forward on your forehead or nose. These were often discarded by the troops."
I think he has mis-identified this item and it's function. Most often when I encountered it, it was used to secure the jump pad to the helmet liner for paratroops.

One problem might be there is very little information on the internet about this pad. Most militaria sites list vietnam/post vietnam paratrooper helmets as complete but I didn't find any with the pad until I found this picture. The pad I was referring to can be seen rigged in at the rear of the helmet. I never saw anyone jump without the pad in place. Bobby/A-58 let me have your insights into this.

Site#2 and a good site:
Reference

Hope yoy enjoy the sites Gordon.
Price out.
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The jumpmaster would not let you step onto the aircraft without the "brain blotter" as we called it. I have never seen a fellow paratrooper to not have one, and quite a number of the more experienced jumpers always seemed to have extra ones, just in case.

USMCPrice · Jan 6, 2011

Durn Jughead you're just a pup. (Good picture though) I haven't gotten my old pics out in years, I think it would be surreal to see that I was once that young. Let's see now in 1987 I was 29-30 and attending the Special Forces Q course. I'll dig out a 1987 picture and post it.

The jumpmaster would not let you step onto the aircraft without the "brain blotter" as we called it. I have never seen a fellow paratrooper to not have one, and quite a number of the more experienced jumpers always seemed to have extra ones, just in case.
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Thanks Bobby, that was my recollection. Just wanted to make sure my recollections were accurate.

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