kiaiokalewa Posted April 11, 2015 Share #1 Posted April 11, 2015 Again stepping outside of my norm Captain Reid's uniform shirts came my direction. I do find the earlier stuff to be of higher quality and I would suspect that this is not an easy patch to find on the lose a yet still on the uniform. I got lucky and land two. The possibilities are endless here. First up a close up of one of the patches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiaiokalewa Posted April 11, 2015 Author Share #2 Posted April 11, 2015 The other patch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiaiokalewa Posted April 11, 2015 Author Share #3 Posted April 11, 2015 The shirts. One of Reid's shirt shows evidence of the removal of an 82nd Airborne patch on his right sleeve. I believe the 23rd SWAD had originated out of Fort Campbell and I think the 82nd was there during the early 60's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vintageproductions Posted April 11, 2015 Share #4 Posted April 11, 2015 Those are two great pieces Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiaiokalewa Posted April 11, 2015 Author Share #5 Posted April 11, 2015 Details of the Mohawk and his camera? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiaiokalewa Posted April 11, 2015 Author Share #6 Posted April 11, 2015 So Bob how rare are these birds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiaiokalewa Posted April 11, 2015 Author Share #7 Posted April 11, 2015 Reid's Captain bars are hand embroidered. He sports Infantry branch insignia. There are two set of wings one is an aviator and the other is jump wings. Will post images of those later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchcollector Posted April 11, 2015 Share #8 Posted April 11, 2015 Some nice examples of some hard to find patches.They are "minty" and named as well.Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiaiokalewa Posted April 12, 2015 Author Share #9 Posted April 12, 2015 One of Reid's shirts showing other insignia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiaiokalewa Posted April 12, 2015 Author Share #10 Posted April 12, 2015 Detail of wings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiaiokalewa Posted April 12, 2015 Author Share #11 Posted April 12, 2015 His incountry made rank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiaiokalewa Posted April 12, 2015 Author Share #12 Posted April 12, 2015 This shirt is the one that had an 82nd A/B patch on the right shoulder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiaiokalewa Posted April 12, 2015 Author Share #13 Posted April 12, 2015 Both shirts are basically identical but the other does not show right shoulder patch wear or removal like the one above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted April 12, 2015 Share #14 Posted April 12, 2015 AWESOME find!! One of my favorite patches. Here is one that just SOLD on eBay; http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-23rd-Aviation-Detachment-Special-Warfare-Patch-1-USA-Army-AVN-DET-Warriors-/230610598442 http://www.army.mil/article/84026/Military_Intelligence___This_Week_in_History/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Williams Posted April 13, 2015 Share #15 Posted April 13, 2015 Ralph Young's books on Vietnam Aviation gives a fantastic history on the 23rd SWAD.Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiaiokalewa Posted April 14, 2015 Author Share #16 Posted April 14, 2015 Yes a great book. It does give a thumbnail sketch of all the Army Aviation units in Vietnam during the MAAG years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiaiokalewa Posted April 14, 2015 Author Share #17 Posted April 14, 2015 What is cool about the book is the coverage of authentic period worn insignia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted April 21, 2015 Share #18 Posted April 21, 2015 That is an awesome set of books.As far as I know he only did two volumes.Both out of print and expensive.I always hope that more will come out.The book goes right down to PLT level on some units. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashesandovals Posted April 21, 2015 Share #19 Posted April 21, 2015 I have three of his his shirts as well - probably from before his SF time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashesandovals Posted April 21, 2015 Share #20 Posted April 21, 2015 2nd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashesandovals Posted April 21, 2015 Share #21 Posted April 21, 2015 3rd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiaiokalewa Posted April 23, 2015 Author Share #22 Posted April 23, 2015 Thanks F&O for posting Reid's other shirts. Paints an interesting snap shot of this Captain. He served at Ft. Bragg with the 82nd and during the same time the 23rd SWAD was being organized there. He left with this unit in 1962 to VN. After the 23rd SWAD was deactivated in '63 he returns back to Ft. Bragg and wears the MACV SSI as his combat patch since he couldn't sport the Mohawk one. To bad it's a cool insignia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hounddog Posted August 23, 2019 Share #23 Posted August 23, 2019 Again stepping outside of my norm Captain Reid's uniform shirts came my direction. I do find the earlier stuff to be of higher quality and I would suspect that this is not an easy patch to find on the lose a yet still on the uniform. I got lucky and land two. The possibilities are endless here. First up a close up of one of the patches. Hey there. Did the 23rd SWAD have berets? If so, what color were they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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