danbadger Posted December 6, 2014 Share #1 Posted December 6, 2014 photos of patched shirt for your opinions came with helmet that is in the aviation headwear sectionhttp://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/225589-recent-purchase-date/ photo makes the colouring look a little strange....thanks,Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Andrei Posted December 6, 2014 Share #3 Posted December 6, 2014 This type of Nomex shirt is post-VN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danbadger Posted December 6, 2014 Author Share #4 Posted December 6, 2014 Andrei, thanks for that, do you know what date they came in to service? dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted December 6, 2014 Share #5 Posted December 6, 2014 Interesting he had Cambodian/Khmer characters on the tape. Not sure if this is a direct translation of Lt Dusty Miller though. PS. Do you have a first name on this guy? Would like to check the Vietnam Vet database, but as you would imagine, there are literally hundreds upon hundreds of Millers listed in the U.S. Army's database. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danbadger Posted December 6, 2014 Author Share #6 Posted December 6, 2014 no there's not any more info I'm afraid no name written any where else... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danbadger Posted December 6, 2014 Author Share #7 Posted December 6, 2014 back of shirt.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danbadger Posted December 7, 2014 Author Share #8 Posted December 7, 2014 how about the patches is this looking like a later put together do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hawk3370 Posted December 7, 2014 Share #10 Posted December 7, 2014 photos of patched shirt for your opinions came with helmet that is in the aviation headwear section http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/225589-recent-purchase-date/ photo makes the colouring look a little strange.... thanks, Dan Dan, I would lean towards this being something put together maybe as a "party shirt" which a number of pilots did to wear when drinking in the local club etc. The colored insignia, rank, name tags etc went out in 1966 no later than 1967. We did not get nomex flight suits until around 1968. None of the insignia/patches would have been permitted to be worn on duty, at least in the units I served in. However the Cav was in a world of its own. Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted December 7, 2014 Share #11 Posted December 7, 2014 You know I just noticing something, that Badge appears to the EM Aircrewmans Badge, is this right what I,m seeing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danbadger Posted December 7, 2014 Author Share #12 Posted December 7, 2014 you mean this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1SG_1st_Cav Posted December 7, 2014 Share #13 Posted December 7, 2014 It looks put together to me. I never saw any of our 1st Cav 15th Medical Battalion Medevac pilots wearing this stuff in 1968. Danny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted December 7, 2014 Share #14 Posted December 7, 2014 you mean this one? Right, that is the Army Aircrewmans Badge, a non pilot. This below is the Army Aviator Badge, a pilot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danbadger Posted December 7, 2014 Author Share #15 Posted December 7, 2014 guys, thanks for help I really appreciate it and it will save me making a costly mistake.........Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vzemke Posted December 8, 2014 Share #16 Posted December 8, 2014 The shirt is definitely a put together, and most likely a recent one at that. Most of the patches (Medevac Medic, Gun Club, etc) all look to be fake, and on a post war shirt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted December 8, 2014 Share #17 Posted December 8, 2014 I'd question why a Cavalry officer would be flying a MedEvac aircraft to begin with. This could be a veteran's shirt made well after the war. But it still does not completely add up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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