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US shovel cover Vietnam era


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This shovel cover was included in a lot of US items I recently bought. It is hard to read the text but I believe the DSA says 1-47-59-65-E.

One of the rivets looks to be missing but was actually just pulled through. I managed to get it back in place but after I took the picture

 

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Nice carrying case. I recently found a local surplus store that had 1965-69 dated E tools in a big " junk" box, Coneta/ Imperial bayonets and canvas cases like yours.I picked out a few, one for my Vietnam mannequin ( all 1968 dated) and put together a 68 dated cover , 70's bayonet and WW2 shovel for camping use. The canvas covers were $5, the 60's dated shovels were alittle high( I thought) at $60. I did get a discount for cash.image.jpeg.d8f5183b823a2bd106d958d91a1160ea.jpegimage.jpeg.c3b71663b9077d01af6fcd42522e5f44.jpegimage.jpeg.77a3cff3fbec6f7e747e8e2d8326752d.jpeg

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There is more to the story, my son and I dug a USGI two man foxhole entirely with the 1944 E tool a few years back.image.jpeg.73a1e82ef0cb57a64a651bf885b22cbd.jpegimage.jpeg.7f8ccc63935a94c68fb757e043fcb563.jpegimage.jpeg.1dbe8be50db7a81008b49ed92b4f51ae.jpegimage.jpeg.43b3e2f300348590eb737925aabec928.jpegTook us about 40 hours, the fighting hole still is intact in the back acreage. I had to keep his nose in the dirt and learned a lot about the life of an Infantryman. 

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Wow, memories, I just took a walk back to see the hole, it has been actually about 5-6 years now. Much better camouflage , pines taken over, alittle overgrown, no dead animal bodies in it , still about 5 feet deep and very usable. The cross on the left is where we buried our dog.....time flies. image.jpeg.27b4aa511b51f209643402ba736b907e.jpeg

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