Andrei Posted March 18, 2009 Author Share #151 Posted March 18, 2009 Nice jackets HG ! I like salty ones like PFC Woods's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelmetGuy Posted March 18, 2009 Share #152 Posted March 18, 2009 M1955 liner, 27th Infantry "Wolfhounds". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Andrei Posted March 18, 2009 Author Share #154 Posted March 18, 2009 TAY NINH – Cannoneers of Battery C, 3d Battalion, 13th Artillery (The Clan). POWDER HANDLERS Private Roderick Woods of Bolivar, Tenn. (left), and Private First Class Jose F. Manzaanares of Pharr, Tex., take powder charges to be loaded behind the projectile in the gun tube. Perhaps your jacket original owner ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NobleLoyalGSD Posted March 18, 2009 Share #155 Posted March 18, 2009 Staff Sergeant Robert W. Hartsock, 44th Infantry Plt. Scout Dog, 3rd brigade, 25th Infantry Division. The only war dog handler to have ever received the Medal of Honor. More info here http://www.nationalwardogsmonument.org/medal-of-honor.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelmetGuy Posted March 18, 2009 Share #156 Posted March 18, 2009 Thanks Andrei! I saw that on the 25th ID Association website when I did a search for Woods. Certainly possible it was his. I haven't been able to find anything on Swindell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NobleLoyalGSD Posted March 18, 2009 Share #157 Posted March 18, 2009 Shoulder scroll for 38th IPSD. Assigned to the 25th infantry division July 16, 1966 to March 15, 1971 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrei Posted March 18, 2009 Author Share #158 Posted March 18, 2009 SSGt Paul Tuleikis Vietnam Veterans Database Name: TULEIKIS PAUL E JR Branch: ARMY Rate: E06 Rank: STAFF SERGEANT MOS: 11D MOS Title: Armor Reconnaissance Specialist Entered: Discharged: Service Number: State: PENNSYLVANIA Race: CAUCASIAN This jacket was found in Northern Paris Fleamarket in the early 80s by a friend of mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrei Posted March 18, 2009 Author Share #159 Posted March 18, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrei Posted March 18, 2009 Author Share #160 Posted March 18, 2009 It seems like SSGT Tuleikis went to jump school while in-counrty. CiB has been moved up to let space for the para wings. You can see the former emplacement of the CIB just above the USA tape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrei Posted March 18, 2009 Author Share #161 Posted March 18, 2009 The 25th Inf. SSI has been lowered for a new AIRBORNE tab. I have never been able to locate Paul Tuleikis on the different 25th Inf. units rosters. Was he an early LRP or a member of the Pathfinder Det. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrei Posted March 18, 2009 Author Share #162 Posted March 18, 2009 The poplin material of this jacket is thicker than usual. Maybe someone knows something about this contract ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted March 18, 2009 Share #163 Posted March 18, 2009 It seems like SSGT Tuleikis went to jump school while in-counrty. CiB has been moved up to let space for the para wings. You can see the former emplacement of the CIB just above the USA tape. I once spoke to a guy who was assigned to the 3rd Brigade 82nd Airborne in Vietnam as a "leg" replacement after the unit was taken off jump status. He said he was so impressed by the unit's esprit de corps and all the pumping that his squad leader gave him about being "Airborne" that he extended his tour for six months and during his 30 day leave back to America he got for extending, he went to jump school at Ft. Benning. I'm sure his family thought he was nuts but he was definitely proud of his decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted March 21, 2009 Share #164 Posted March 21, 2009 I picked up a nice shirt at the thrift store today and while doing a going to search to learn more about the unit I was directed to our very own forum This is quite a long thread so I thought I'd make it a little longer. This has a label dating it to Fiscal Year 1965. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted March 21, 2009 Share #165 Posted March 21, 2009 I am trying to track down the person named on the shirt: Capt. Norberg. So far the only Capt. Norberg of the 25th ID I can find is: U.S. Army Personnel and Dependent Casualties, 1961-1981 about William G Norberg Name: William G Norberg Birth Date: 1933 Gender: Male Race: Caucasian (White) Home State: Pennsylvania Casualty Country: Vietnam, Republic of Casualty Category: Battle Dead Casualty Status: Hostile Dead: Killed Out-right (previous) Casualty Date: 7 Jun 1966 Cause of Death: Not Booby Trap Connected: None Of The Above; Mines Report Date: 7 Jun 1966 Officer Branch: Infantry Division: 25th Inf Div Personnel Catagory: Active Duty Army Military Class: Officers Rank: Captain (by the way, some sources list him as a Major, but that appears to have been a posthumous promotion as he is also listed as a Captain, as in the above casualty report and in this official report: " HEADQUARTERS 2D BATTALION 14TH INFANTRY (BATTLE DRAGONS) APO San Francisco 96225 AVTLFBB 19 July 1966 SUBJECT: Combat Operations After Action Report MACV (RCS/J3/32) THRU: Commanding Officer 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division APO 96225 TO: Commander US Military Assistance Command, Vietnam ATTN: J343 APO US Forces 96243 1. Name or Identity and/or Type of Operation: a. Operation FORT SMITH. b. Search and Destroy; Pacification. 2. Dates of Operation: 03 June to 03 July 1966." "....A 2/14 requested dozer use in his area to cover trench lines. Dozer arrived his location 071100 June 66, and hit a mine. Killed Capt Norberg, A Co Commander and Pfc Rivera of [CO, A 2/14 Inf]. Both were standing alongside dozer. " Does anyone have a source that might help me learn if there was more than one infantry Capt. Norberg in the 25th ID in the early days of the war? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VALERY Posted March 21, 2009 Share #166 Posted March 21, 2009 Bonjour, According to a veteran database, only three captain Norberg served in the army during the VN. Only one has a 1542 MOS (INFANTRY UNIT COMMANDER), William Gunther, the others are Rotary Wing Aviator (Unit Commander) and Petroleum Products Supply Officer. Hope it helps Valery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted March 21, 2009 Share #167 Posted March 21, 2009 Bonjour,According to a veteran database, only three captain Norberg served in the army during the VN. Only one has a 1542 MOS (INFANTRY UNIT COMMANDER), William Gunther, the others are Rotary Wing Aviator (Unit Commander) and Petroleum Products Supply Officer. Hope it helps Valery Thanks. I also just searched the Army Register for 1961 to 1967 and found only Capt. William Norberg in there (the only other Norberg's listed in that period were retired). Since the shirt is FY 1965 and I'm guessing the white name tape is an early 60's thing, then whomever wore this shirt should have showed up in the Register for that period????????? The database I used only seems to have the Register through 1967. It does increasingly appear that this shirt may have belonged to Capt. William Gunther Norberg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted March 21, 2009 Share #168 Posted March 21, 2009 Valery: Again, merci! Based on your information, the Army Register and other sources, I think it's safe to conclude this is Capt. WG Nordberg's shirt. How it ended up in a thrift shop near the Mexican border is anyone's guess: he had three children so perhaps one had moved to this area. The shirt has a couple of small flecks of white paint near the sleeve cuffs, but nothing serious and overall is in very good condition. I'd glad I came across before some skateboarder found it and turned it into his latest piece of slacker wardrobe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrei Posted March 21, 2009 Author Share #169 Posted March 21, 2009 I have checked the Honor Roll of the yearbooks for the 2nd and 3rd year in-country and Captain Norberg is not listed. The First yearbook doesnt have a Honor Roll at the end. Unfortunately some early casualties of the division could have been overlooked in the second yearbook. But doubt about this shirt belonging to Cpt Norberg of the 2/14 Inf. This is a nice pick up. The sad note is that Cpt Norberg was KIA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Posted March 22, 2009 Share #170 Posted March 22, 2009 Lots of great uniforms. Keep it up. I mostly collect theater made patches but I have one picture I can post. Thanks, Mitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pluto Posted March 22, 2009 Share #171 Posted March 22, 2009 First Lieutenant James A. Hill, HHC/25th Avn Battalion, OG-107 shirt. LT Hill had this shirt while assigned to the Wolfhounds before the war. He did a first tour or a TDY with the 1/101st Div., hence the combat patch and the CIB added to the shirt. The CIB replaces an EIB. The wear marks of the CIB and the 101st SSI are ligther than the ones for the other insignias. Then he was assigned to the pathfinder platoon of the 25th Avn Batt for a second tour with the 25th Inf and used again his old shirt. This shirt was part of a set of three identical ones offered by Lee Jackson Militaria. Andrei just noticed your shirt named to Hill. Curious. I have the exact same shirt, identical in all respects. Must be one of the 'three' from LJ that you mention. I bought mine from the now-defunct Militaria Market in Camden Passage, London, from a Frenchman who normally dealt in modern Foreign Legion stuff but who one day turned up with a pile of fine VN US shirts/jackets. Purchased the Hill shirt as it had such an exceptional spread of insignia. Was about 6 or 7 years ago.. Is there a link here ? Do you have more info on Hill's service history ? cheery wishes Pluto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrei Posted March 23, 2009 Author Share #172 Posted March 23, 2009 Andreijust noticed your shirt named to Hill. Curious. I have the exact same shirt, identical in all respects. Must be one of the 'three' from LJ that you mention. I bought mine from the now-defunct Militaria Market in Camden Passage, London, from a Frenchman who normally dealt in modern Foreign Legion stuff but who one day turned up with a pile of fine VN US shirts/jackets. Purchased the Hill shirt as it had such an exceptional spread of insignia. Was about 6 or 7 years ago.. Is there a link here ? Do you have more info on Hill's service history ? cheery wishes Pluto Oi Pluto, nothing more than what I have wrote in this post. Check the link of the 25th Avn Batt. Lt Hill is cited. I am very suprised that another shirt showed up in UK. I fondly remember that Jack told me he had three shirts from Lt Hill. Now we must find where is the third one ! Cheers, A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APO472 Posted March 23, 2009 Share #173 Posted March 23, 2009 Oi Pluto,nothing more than what I have wrote in this post. Check the link of the 25th Avn Batt. Lt Hill is cited. I am very suprised that another shirt showed up in UK. I fondly remember that Jack told me he had three shirts from Lt Hill. Now we must find where is the third one ! Cheers, A. Enjoyed looking through this topic and there are some neat things being shown. Keep it up! For you Wolfhound Fans out there, I just picked up a book that is right in your wheelhouse (perhaps you may have seen it by now) entitled "Vietnam No Regrets...one soldier's tour of duty" written by J. Richard Watkins. He was with the 1/27th Wolfhounds in 1969 as a radioman. He was a very nice man to talk with as well. Anyway, for those interested he has a website where you can order the book. It is www.vietnamnoregrets.com Hope this is of some help. Jake Powers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrei Posted March 23, 2009 Author Share #174 Posted March 23, 2009 Jake, thanks for the link ! I have just ordered my signed copy ! A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted March 23, 2009 Share #175 Posted March 23, 2009 Valery: Again, merci! Based on your information, the Army Register and other sources, I think it's safe to conclude this is Capt. WG Nordberg's shirt. Another forum member has confirmed that in 1961 then 1st Lt. Norberg was XO of one of the 7th Special Forces Group teams in Laos during operation Hotfoot/White Star. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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