Vietnamese custom made boonie with sewings "DANA" "THE SCOT" "OREGON"--> SF, MACV-SOG,LRRP or nothing?

[Zirni]

Hey,

 

i recently got this beautiful custom made boonie with nice sewings on it.

 

It's a robust material in greenish shade with 2 grommets on each side.

 

At the front there is a name "DANA" sewen on.....maybe the first given name of the owner?

 

On each side of this hat the brim is sewn with "The Scot" (the owner's nickname?) and "OREGON" (the owner's place of origin / the owner's unit in Vietnam e.g. RT OREGON ???)

 

 

Neither searching for some infos in the internet nor looking up sth. in the WHO IS WHO OF MACVSOG was that successful.

--> Of course, what phantom will i search for?

 

 

 

Maybe someone of you will have any opinions or better some tangible information on this beautiful boonie

 

Thanks a lot

 

 

 

 

 

[Zirni]

 

 

[Zirni]

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[kammo-man]

whats the tiger boonie on the left.

[vintageproductions]

So the person's name is Dana, his nickname is THE SCOT and he came from Oregon, the state not the team.

[gwb123]

Many soldiers had their custom patches, jackets, hats, helmet bags, etc. embroidered with their home state. As Bob noted, that is probably what you are seeing here.

[Zirni]

Thanks very much for your replays.

That's exactly what i thought first....but not my prefered option ;-)

 

Anyway, i like it.

 

 

Owen

TS boonie is a custom made in early viet. marine corps pattern

[kammo-man]

Can you please post it in the tiger section ?

[Zirni]

I can.....just wait one moment

[Mike Ash]

RT Oregon was a recon team from MACVSOG/CCC (@ Kontum). Here is a description of how the recon teams were named. I was at CCS in 69/70 and was 1-0 for RT Auger.

 

Command and Control North, SOG’s largest command fielded approximately 35 Reconnaissance Teams named after US States, Snakes and Spiders. CCN Recon Teams were; Adder, Alaska, Anaconda, ASP, Bushmaster, Cobra Alakapong, Connecticut, Crusader, Habu, Hunter, Idaho, Indiana, Indigo, Intruder, Kansas, Krait, Louisiana, Mamba, Mississippi, Missouri, Moccasin, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Python, Rhode Island, Rattler, Sidewinder, Tarantula, Viper, Virginia, Wyoming and WASP.

Command and Control Central fielded approximately 25 Reconnaissance Teams which were named after US States. CCC Recon Teams were; Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Washington and West Virginia. Command and Control Central also had four “SLAM” Companies A, B, C, and D and used indigenous personnel recruited and paid for by MACV-SOG.

Command and Control South, SOG’s smallest command fielded approximately 10 Reconnaissance Teams which were name mostly after tools. CCS Recon Teams were; Fork, Lightning, Plane, Pike, Spike, Trowel, Weather, Sickle, Level and Measure.

 

 

[doyler]

I have a US issue boonie with "FLORIDA" on it and as stated it for the State.Very common to see this done having your name and home state embroidered on them.