mkite93 Posted November 13, 2020 Share #1 Posted November 13, 2020 Recently my wife’s grandfather gave me this flag because of my interest in military collecting. He was a crewmen on the USCGC Point Grey in Vietnam. Along with the flag I made copies of many of his pictures I will share here to honor his service. Very thankful he saved this flag all these years and glad I can preserve this piece of history with an interesting Coast Guard connection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkite93 Posted November 13, 2020 Author Share #2 Posted November 13, 2020 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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scottplen Posted November 13, 2020 Share #4 Posted November 13, 2020 Great flag and very cool pics ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USCapturephotos Posted November 13, 2020 Share #5 Posted November 13, 2020 Thanks for sharing! Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggerhappyjim Posted November 13, 2020 Share #6 Posted November 13, 2020 wowowo what a gift!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted November 14, 2020 Share #7 Posted November 14, 2020 Fantastic!Great pictures and flag !Thanks for sharing Owen Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmargulies Posted November 14, 2020 Share #8 Posted November 14, 2020 That is one outstanding piece of the US Coast Guard’s presence and contributions during the Vietnam War. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkite93 Posted November 14, 2020 Author Share #9 Posted November 14, 2020 Thanks everyone for the positive feedback. There are many more interesting pictures and he has many stories on what all him and his boat did during the war and when they captured this flag. It made me research more about the history of the point class cutters in Vietnam and it’s all very interesting. I hope to have this flag properly mounted and framed so it can be preserved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchangelDM Posted November 15, 2020 Share #10 Posted November 15, 2020 Great flag and photos ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUMP Posted November 15, 2020 Share #11 Posted November 15, 2020 Outstanding! And all those color pictures are awesome too. Very nice to have period pictures of the actual souvenir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkite93 Posted November 15, 2020 Author Share #12 Posted November 15, 2020 A few more pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap Camouflage Pattern I Posted November 17, 2020 Share #13 Posted November 17, 2020 Great flag and great pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blacksmith Posted November 17, 2020 Share #14 Posted November 17, 2020 That is fantastic, thank you for posting this. Sounds like you are the perfect caretaker, which I suspect brings him some level of peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANDALL 1953 Posted November 19, 2020 Share #15 Posted November 19, 2020 Great bringback flag & photos. Most people do not know that the Coast Guard was in Vietnam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted November 19, 2020 Share #16 Posted November 19, 2020 Great group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted November 19, 2020 Share #17 Posted November 19, 2020 This is unique. I've never seen a VC/NLF flag made out of what appears to be silk. You will want to be careful with this... I've been reading lately that silk can degrade over time. From your photo that may already be happening to the red field of the flag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkite93 Posted November 20, 2020 Author Share #18 Posted November 20, 2020 Thanks everyone. From what I have read only 26 of the Point Class Cutters went to Vietnam. Yes the red portion of the flag has deteriorated and it does seem to be silk at least the red portion. Although it looks like it was also in rough shape in the picture of them holding on the back of the boat. He thought that photo was taken in late 67 or in early 68. I will read on the best way to stabilize this flag and preserve it to make sure it doesn’t get much worse. I would like to have in professionally framed but If it’s not good for the flag then I won’t do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katieony Posted November 20, 2020 Share #19 Posted November 20, 2020 Really interesting...thank you for posting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardstripe Posted November 20, 2020 Share #20 Posted November 20, 2020 There is an article about the US Coast Guard in Vietnam in the upcoming ASMIC Trading Post. (Jan-Mar 2021). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backtheattack Posted November 22, 2020 Share #21 Posted November 22, 2020 Great flag. Full of history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulR Posted November 28, 2020 Share #22 Posted November 28, 2020 CG Vietnam stuff is super rare. Congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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