December 6, 201411 yr #1 photos of patched shirt for your opinions came with helmet that is in the aviation headwear sectionhttp://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/225589-recent-purchase-date/ photo makes the colouring look a little strange....thanks,Dan
December 6, 201411 yr Author #4 Andrei, thanks for that, do you know what date they came in to service? dan
December 6, 201411 yr #5 Interesting he had Cambodian/Khmer characters on the tape. Not sure if this is a direct translation of Lt Dusty Miller though. PS. Do you have a first name on this guy? Would like to check the Vietnam Vet database, but as you would imagine, there are literally hundreds upon hundreds of Millers listed in the U.S. Army's database.
December 6, 201411 yr Author #6 no there's not any more info I'm afraid no name written any where else...
December 7, 201411 yr Author #8 how about the patches is this looking like a later put together do you think?
December 7, 201411 yr #10 photos of patched shirt for your opinions came with helmet that is in the aviation headwear section http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/225589-recent-purchase-date/ photo makes the colouring look a little strange.... thanks, Dan Dan, I would lean towards this being something put together maybe as a "party shirt" which a number of pilots did to wear when drinking in the local club etc. The colored insignia, rank, name tags etc went out in 1966 no later than 1967. We did not get nomex flight suits until around 1968. None of the insignia/patches would have been permitted to be worn on duty, at least in the units I served in. However the Cav was in a world of its own. Terry
December 7, 201411 yr #11 You know I just noticing something, that Badge appears to the EM Aircrewmans Badge, is this right what I,m seeing?
December 7, 201411 yr #13 It looks put together to me. I never saw any of our 1st Cav 15th Medical Battalion Medevac pilots wearing this stuff in 1968. Danny
December 7, 201411 yr #14 you mean this one? Right, that is the Army Aircrewmans Badge, a non pilot. This below is the Army Aviator Badge, a pilot.
December 7, 201411 yr Author #15 guys, thanks for help I really appreciate it and it will save me making a costly mistake.........Dan
December 8, 201411 yr #16 The shirt is definitely a put together, and most likely a recent one at that. Most of the patches (Medevac Medic, Gun Club, etc) all look to be fake, and on a post war shirt.
December 8, 201411 yr #17 I'd question why a Cavalry officer would be flying a MedEvac aircraft to begin with. This could be a veteran's shirt made well after the war. But it still does not completely add up.
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