Phantomf4 Posted July 20, 2015 Share #1 Posted July 20, 2015 Seems like you don't see much from Vietnam, but here is a set of vases I picked up recently, 1968 105mm with lot numbers real close. Any Vietnam trenchart out there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantomf4 Posted July 20, 2015 Author Share #2 Posted July 20, 2015 Base markings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garandomatic Posted July 20, 2015 Share #3 Posted July 20, 2015 I thought I posted it, but I found a tankard that was inscribed to the 1st Sgt. of my dad's buddy's company. Made out of a 105 casing. I'll post it up here in a second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garandomatic Posted July 21, 2015 Share #4 Posted July 21, 2015 OK, here it is. Dad's buddy ran a Harley shop and I practically grew up there. Awesome place, and I kind of idolized the guy. Just larger than life. He died a few years ago, and this is the only thing I have relevant to his service. I figure they would have known each other. Tankard made from a 105 casing, handle from who knows what, probably salvaged from Ban Me Thuot just outside of Camp Coryell. THe hardware appears to be helicopter-related, which is neat, and it had a senior aviation badge at one point. Reads "To S1C Lendon C Elsey, "TOP", from the NCOs of the 155 Stagecoach & Falcons, 155 AVN Co. (AH), Camp Coryell, RVN" Behind it is a local-made model hut that a man sent home from Ban Me Thuot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garandomatic Posted July 21, 2015 Share #5 Posted July 21, 2015 Inscription. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantomf4 Posted July 21, 2015 Author Share #6 Posted July 21, 2015 Very nice!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aznation Posted July 21, 2015 Share #7 Posted July 21, 2015 I had posted this before on the site but couldn't find it. Thought you might want to see it. It's an ashtray. Thanks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill in VA Posted July 21, 2015 Share #8 Posted July 21, 2015 Here are a couple of mine. Two are from RTAFB Korat and one from RTAFB Nakhon Phanom. Both of these were important USAF bases during the early years of the Vietnam War when we were fighting a "secret" war in Laos and Cambodia, and later as the progressed, more openly used by the USAF in almost all roles. The first is a mug from RTAFB Korat. It's brass with wooden scales on the handle, and a stamped brass cap. The inscription reads: Dennis A. Welch/Korat RTAFB, Thailand/1974" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill in VA Posted July 21, 2015 Share #9 Posted July 21, 2015 Close-up of the inscription. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill in VA Posted July 21, 2015 Share #10 Posted July 21, 2015 Another from RTAFB Korat. This one is plated brass. The inscription reads: "MSGT LORRAINE D. JONES/DET 16 10TH WEATHER SQ/#10 CHIFF OBSERVER/PORT ROUNDEYE (stylized eyeball)/KORAT RTAFB THAILAND/JUNE 1972 DECXEMBER" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill in VA Posted July 21, 2015 Share #11 Posted July 21, 2015 This last one is from NKP - RTAFB Nakhon Phanom. The 56th SOW was quite active in the "secret" war in Laos. 56th SOW flew from NKP and Udorn. NKP was home to the 23rd TASS who flew truck hunting missions over the Steel Tiger portion of Laos. (The 56th Special Operations Wing was originally designated as the 56th ACW ; it was redesignated as the 56th SOW in August of 1968, IIRC.) Anyway, this one is much like the first, minus the lid. Its inscription reads: "56th SPECIAL OPERATIONS WING/1969/NAKHON PHANOM RTAFB/OOM" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill in VA Posted July 21, 2015 Share #12 Posted July 21, 2015 Well, apparently the time limit to edit one's post is fairly short. There's a typo in my second post and the corrected text of the post shold read: Another from RTAFB Korat. This one is plated brass. The inscription reads: "MSGT LORRAINE D. JONES/DET 16 10TH WEATHER SQ/#10 CHIFF OBSERVER/PORT ROUNDEYE (stylized eyeball)/KORAT RTAFB THAILAND/JUNE 1972 DECEMBER" The 10th Weather Squadron was stationed at Udorn as well as NKP, and was fairly active in the "secret" war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WW2JAKE Posted August 12, 2015 Share #13 Posted August 12, 2015 thought id add these to the thread... heres some vases from 105 shells 1968 dated shells. these things are pretty massive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantomf4 Posted August 13, 2015 Author Share #14 Posted August 13, 2015 Wow Jake they look a lot like mine, just a slightly different design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WW2JAKE Posted August 13, 2015 Share #15 Posted August 13, 2015 Wow Jake they look a lot like mine, just a slightly different design. i noticed that and same dates! maybe the numbers are close? same guy maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantomf4 Posted August 13, 2015 Author Share #16 Posted August 13, 2015 What's your lot numbers stamped in the base? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WW2JAKE Posted August 13, 2015 Share #17 Posted August 13, 2015 Mine are consecutive... if im reading yours right, then they are VERY close LOT IVI - I - 50LOT IVI - I - 51 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantomf4 Posted August 13, 2015 Author Share #18 Posted August 13, 2015 i'll check them both, I think mine where just a few numbers off also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantomf4 Posted August 13, 2015 Author Share #19 Posted August 13, 2015 Mine are IVI-I-34 and IVI-I-40 not to far off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WW2JAKE Posted August 13, 2015 Share #20 Posted August 13, 2015 Mine are IVI-I-34 and IVI-I-40 not to far off. with how common this stuff was compared to previous wars... what do you think the odds of shells that close together being made into vases that have a very similar design by two separate people? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WW2JAKE Posted August 14, 2015 Share #21 Posted August 14, 2015 did yours happen to come from Minnesota? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantomf4 Posted August 14, 2015 Author Share #22 Posted August 14, 2015 I got mine at a antique shop in Rolla missouri about a month ago. That's close to Ft. Leonard Wood. Maybe the guys who brought them home where in the same unit together. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WW2JAKE Posted August 14, 2015 Share #23 Posted August 14, 2015 I got mine at a antique shop in Rolla missouri about a month ago. That's close to Ft. Leonard Wood. Maybe the guys who brought them home where in the same unit together. Lol the lady i got mine from bought them "about 3 years ago at an estate sale in Minnesota" she said the man was a Vietnam vet but doesnt know if he made them or just brought them home with him... but I definitely think they are connected somehow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantomf4 Posted August 14, 2015 Author Share #24 Posted August 14, 2015 It's hard to say, maybe someday we'll find out. But it is funny there made really similar. They look like they could have been in a machine, notice the bases have tooling markings and are bent some. Or he had a special vise, either way it would take alot of force to neck these babies down that close to the base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WW2JAKE Posted August 14, 2015 Share #25 Posted August 14, 2015 mine appears to have hammer marks. also mine arent quite the same as each other like one was made then he made the next with a bit more confidence and skill. and if yours are made by the same man then yours probably were made after mine just by quality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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