guillaume le ouf Posted August 5, 2007 Share #1 Posted August 5, 2007 Hello, I have this shirt in my collection... it's a pbr vest?? navy?? vietnam?? thx a lot!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted August 5, 2007 Share #2 Posted August 5, 2007 That short sleeve shirt belong to someone who was in the US Navy's Coastal River Squadron 2 which I believe was in service from 1971 to 1978. The shirt may have a white tag inside that begins with DSA; if so provide us the numbers following DSA and we can tell you what year the shirt was made. If the shirt has a yellow label, then it was made after the Vietnam War. The Vietnam era labels would look like this lone, which is dated 1969: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guillaume le ouf Posted August 5, 2007 Author Share #3 Posted August 5, 2007 hello, shes dated 1971... sorry I dont put the date on post... cosrivron were in vietnam? thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted August 5, 2007 Share #4 Posted August 5, 2007 hello, shes dated 1971... sorry I dont put the date on post... cosrivron were in vietnam? thx The Coastal River Squadrons were formed late in the Vietnam War from what had ben called Boat Support Units. CosRivRon 1 was in San Diego and CosRivRon 2 was in Little Creek Virginia near Norfolk. They were each comprised of four Coastal River Divisions. If you do a Google search for Coastal River Divisions you will find several articles. One, at http://www.ptfnasty.com/CRD21.htm , says "In 1971, the Boat Support Units ONE and TWO were re-designated Coastal River Squadrons ONE and TWO. At the end of the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War in 1972, the PTF’s and PG’s, were reassigned." What I do not know is whether in fact boats did in fact operate in Vietnam under the banner of the Coastal River Squadrons - the above makes it sound like the did, but it is not definitive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guillaume le ouf Posted August 6, 2007 Author Share #5 Posted August 6, 2007 thanx a lot!!! I'm very happy to be here with finest collectors... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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