US Army VN infantry vet here.   There were so many units and SOPs it would be impossible to say no one did or didn't do anything. I was in the 1st CAV and don't  recall grunts carryng bandoliers of M-16 ammo VS magazines in pouches. Did some soldier carry just bandoliers??? Maybe. Often soldiers with whom I had experience carried pouches with magazines and perhaps a bandolier or two of ammunition in their ruck or butt pack. Some folks carried an ammunition can in addition to magazines in pouches.   Hope that cleared up everything 😂   Whatever the marines did or didn't do is another story???

I think you painted these figures perfectly and created a top-notch base. Could you please share some more info about the jungle plants in the backgound? Thanks for sharing another remarkable dio, well done!

Hello Kurt, thank you for the comment. I guess that is how they were worn. Following image posted on the forum by member Ranger-1972.

We agree on that.     I will stop at that example, but they get worse - believe it or not.  

The world is full of wierd and sick people! As for the guy grave robbing ? Its people like that they need to bring back the Gallows for. 

Amazingly rare uniform.  Interesting that officer brass, rather than enlisted disks were used on the lapels 

A well-researched write-up...thank you for sharing his story!

very good collection

As long as we are getting gross how about things made from human skin.   It seams that what really grosses us out hands down are human remains in what ever form they come in. 

that is sick. that is something no matter what whether it "kept the group together" or not. I would immediately throw that out.