Andrei Posted December 24, 2014 Share #26 Posted December 24, 2014 Great pictures. Thanks for posting them. Ellis rings a bell... I am pretty sure a SF jacket patched with the same name tape has been sold on eBay or posted here in a Forum section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USCapturephotos Posted December 25, 2014 Share #27 Posted December 25, 2014 Awesome photos! Thanks for sharing. Just curious but where did you find them? Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Queen Posted December 25, 2014 Author Share #28 Posted December 25, 2014 Thanks to all for the comments. Please feel free to add more SF portraits to this thread. Would love to see more. Thanks EQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torch03 Posted December 25, 2014 Share #29 Posted December 25, 2014 Great pictures Eric, thanks for sharing them with us. Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted December 25, 2014 Share #30 Posted December 25, 2014 Soldato was KIA in Vietnam: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=17756985 Fehlner jumped with the 187th in Korea: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted December 26, 2014 Share #31 Posted December 26, 2014 Very nice. They remind me of the portraits they used to post in a company or battalion Headquarters of the staff and unit leaders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airborne1968 Posted December 26, 2014 Share #32 Posted December 26, 2014 The MI branch insignia dates, at least one pic, to no earlier than 1967. I've seen similar pics used to make unit posters in 1/10th group. The poster size photo boards were from the mid 1960s as well and consisted of pics from soldiers in all the sections. I wonder how many of these guys make up support, admin, and maint sections of the unit? Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted December 26, 2014 Share #33 Posted December 26, 2014 I wonder how many of these guys make up support, admin, and maint sections of the unit? Tom Fehlner was a medic. As noted in the link above, Soldato, before being kille in action, "served as the Commanding Officer of Detachment B-52 (PROJECT DELTA), 5th Special Forces Group, Special Forces, Vietnam." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Queen Posted December 27, 2014 Author Share #34 Posted December 27, 2014 Thank you Bob for the additional information on Fehlner. Much appreciated. Also interesting to note, and according to Stephen Sherman's "Who's who from the 1st SFG in Viet Nam", Fehlner was on TDY with A-323 and part of operation "Cinnamon Soldiers". This team organized four fifteen man mountain commando teams as well as two or three villages with a self defense force from the local Cua tribe. The team operated from 8/31/62 to 3/4/63. He was later a medic with A-314 from 1/6/64 to 7/9/64. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Queen Posted December 27, 2014 Author Share #35 Posted December 27, 2014 Here is another nice (large) or original portrait of Maj. Hugh Burns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicolas75 Posted December 28, 2014 Share #36 Posted December 28, 2014 Very nice pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtdorango Posted December 28, 2014 Share #37 Posted December 28, 2014 Great portraits of some tough hombres!.....mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDMortarman Posted December 31, 2014 Share #38 Posted December 31, 2014 8 Great photo of 1st pattern Jungles with Spec 5 rank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erichjr Posted December 31, 2014 Share #39 Posted December 31, 2014 Very nice love these pics. Erich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maoribattalion Posted January 10, 2015 Share #40 Posted January 10, 2015 nice photos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maoribattalion Posted January 10, 2015 Share #41 Posted January 10, 2015 the color in some is really cool relative to the rest of photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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