walt323 Posted October 27, 2009 Share #1 Posted October 27, 2009 I picked up a photo album this week that looks to be from an early MAAG group. This isn't my normal area of collecting so if anyone notices anything interesting let me know. Thanks, I will put some more up later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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walt323 Posted October 27, 2009 Author Share #4 Posted October 27, 2009 Here are a few more. Anyone have any clue of when or where these were taken? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Wailuna Posted October 28, 2009 Share #9 Posted October 28, 2009 I picked up a photo album this week that looks to be from an early MAAG group. This isn't my normal area of collecting so if anyone notices anything interesting let me know. Thanks, I will put some more up later. Believe it or not, the dead giveaway for dating these pictures are the khaki uniforms worn by the American advisors (MAAG-V era). The short-sleeve shirts, short pants, and knee socks were "in style" from 1956 until early or mid-1960s (standard issue to enlisted men until at least 1962). Your dating might be fine-tuned a bit by the belts worn, which all appear to be khaki color. Black belts were phased in during this same period along with the Army Green uniform and the transition was officially complete in September 1961. As we see no black belts worn by the Americans, it is probably safe to suppose these pictures date from about 1956 to 1961. You can see a picture of this uniform in Emerson's Encyclopedia (p. 489). Are there no captions or other clues in this album? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted October 28, 2009 Share #10 Posted October 28, 2009 Another date clue is the LST. The following is found at http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/160117.htm LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship: Laid down, 28 April 1943, at Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co., Jeffersonville, IN. Launched, 10 July 1943 Commissioned USS LST-117, 27 August 1943 During World War II USS LST-117 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater LST Flotilla Five (Capt. G.B. Carter, USN), Group Fifteen (Cdr. V. K. Busck, USN) and participated in the: Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates Marianas operation Capture and occupation of Guam, July 1944 Leyte operation Leyte landings, October 1944 USS LST-117 was redesignated Landing Ship Tank (Hospital) LST(H)-117, 15 September 1945 LST(H)-117 performed occupation duty in the Far East until mid-February 1946 Decommissioned, 16 February 1946 and laid up in the reserve fleet Reverted to LST-117, 6 March 1952 Withdrawn from reserve and placed in service by the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as USNS T-LST-117, 31 March 1952 Placed out of service by the Military Sealift Command (MSC) (date unknown) Struck from the Naval Register, 10 June 1973 Transferred to the Republic of Singapore in 1973 Final Disposition, fate unknown USS LST-117 earned two battle stars for World War II service Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt323 Posted October 28, 2009 Author Share #11 Posted October 28, 2009 Are there no captions or other clues in this album? I'm still going thru the album. There is only one photo I have found so far with anything marked on it. I will post some more later, Thanks for the input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt323 Posted October 28, 2009 Author Share #12 Posted October 28, 2009 here is one of the only photos with a description on the back. It reads L to R Lt. Sabel, Capt. MacDonald, Maj. Tarpley, Maj. Delprete, Lt. Leigh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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34BDQ Posted October 29, 2009 Share #16 Posted October 29, 2009 Looking at the middle photo in front of the VW the car appears to be a Ford circa '57. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wailuna Posted October 29, 2009 Share #17 Posted October 29, 2009 These pictures were all taken near Lê Lợi circle in central Saigon. The first building was the Presidential Palace. The adornment near the top of the center spire is a portrait of Ngô Đình Diệm, first President of the Republic of Vietnam, 1955 - 1963. The following picture looks like a view down Nguyễn Huệ Boulevard with the locally world famous (and/or infamous) Rex Hotel on the right. The building in the bottom picture appears to be across Nguyễn Huệ boulevard from the Rex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Patrick. Posted November 15, 2009 Share #23 Posted November 15, 2009 Hello Walt, just noticed this after a short trawl through the forum. This album is quite magnificent. The images of the South Vietnamese troops are just superb, a wonderful historical record. Congratulations on the find, it would grace most collections. Can you make out the beret device worn in post #2? Patrick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wailuna Posted November 15, 2009 Share #24 Posted November 15, 2009 The officer (a Lt. Col. or Major) standing at the center of the first row appears to be the same man as the American officer in post #1. Evidently taken somewhat later than post #1 (note that the visible belts are black with shined brass buckles and the two visible enlisted men are wearing new pattern chevrons) but still looking good for very late 1950s to early 1960s. The PFC (second row, far right) is wearing a should patch. Can you rescan and enlarge that man? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt323 Posted November 15, 2009 Author Share #25 Posted November 15, 2009 Here is a close up of the beret. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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