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Capital Military Assistance Command Vietnam. Uncertain if it's a period piece, these tend to be South Vietnames made, either a quality one or a Beer Can type.

 

CAPITAL MILITARY ASSISTANCE COMMAND

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Just for future reference, a rather obscure unit of the war, not much on it, below is gleaned from Shelby Stanton's Order of Battle Vietnam.

 

Capital Military Assistance Command, Vietnam was first formed as a Provisional unit in May 1968 as Hurricane Forward an ad hoc headquarters unit formed from staff elements of II Field Force Vietnam and sent to Saigon to counter the Mini Tet Offensive under Maj Gen John H. Hay, because of this it was called Task Force Hay, officially Provisional June 4 1968 as Capital Military Assistance Command (Provisional), it becomes a permanent unit 1 January 1969 and continues in operation till March 19 1973. As we had MACV ,Don't know really what it truly did, it seems to me another one of those overlapping units formed in the war, and there were a load of them.

 

Not sure when unit adopts patch, photos of it worn are virtually non existent, but its an official one, as during the war U.S. made ones are made, color and subdued, and when worn worn only by the Headquarters of the unit, which numbered around 350 to 380 officers and men at any one time, with probably some U.S. subdued ones worn in Vietnam along side In Country made ones by 1969-70.

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Hmm, It has a shot of being a late-sh war one, U.S. made, 71-72, we'll let more look in to tell.

 

Now this one is a repro, collector, vet piece, fully enameled solid, not with the pebbled under surface of yours, too note the single cloth post ones sees with these.

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/233472854692

 

 

 

 

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The SSI was approved 1 July 69 and canceled 1 Apr 70 (TIOH).

 

The DI is Japanese made, based on the overall quality and esp the yellow color used in the handle. Looks like long, solid pins for the CB attachments, too.

 

No approval date for a DI, adds to this being UA and thus made in Japan. There are variants of this DI; one has only one star, dead center.

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Hmm, It has a shot of being a late-sh war one, U.S. made, 71-72, we'll let more look in to tell.

 

Now this one is a repro, collector, vet piece, fully enameled solid, not with the pebbled under surface of yours, too note the single cloth post ones sees with these.

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/233472854692

 

 

 

 

too note the single cloth post ones sees with these, Should read "too note the single CLUTCH post ones sees with these.

 

Way back in late 1991 I bought a 1st Cav Div one at a novelty store at New York City's South Street Seaport, wore it a lot on one specific Civi wind breaker I had, it was like that one in the link, only a single clutch post, it was always spinning around with me have to straighten it all the time, like it would be sideways left or right one time, nearly upside down another time :lol:

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