USMC socks - NAM

Field Grade Officers Service Cap from the Vietnam War. Size 7 3/4. Made by Berkshire De Leuxe. Very nice condition with no damage.

Introduced in 1971 as part of the LINCLOE (Lightweight Individual Clothing & Equipment) program that lead to the ALICE system, these nylon pouches accommodated three thirty-round magazinesfor the M16 rifle. Though the later LC-1 cases had the same grenade pockets on each side and suspender snap eyelet on the back, the LINCLOE pouch uniquely had individual flap covers for each magazine compartment. The flaps were designed to ensure that the magazines remained in their proper positions when one was removed, but they also slowed magazine removal.

USMC adopted the LINCLOE pouches in 1972 and Marines guarding the U.S. embassy in Saigon in April 1975 are thought to have carried them.

Originally packed US boat Cap, Garr, Mans, Cotton. Size 7 1/4. Contract DSA100-69-C-2455.

Used cardboard packaging for M67 grenade.

Unused Armor Body ballistic shorts, Fragmentation Protective (For the Groin). Size 38 /Army) 44 (Navy). Contract DSA-100-4677. Unused condition. for collector's purposes only.

Commemorative plaque 21st Vietnamese Ranger Bn. Material lacquered wood. On the plaque is a label with the text "Presented to CPT. Douglas H. Milss Senior Advisor May 69 - Nov 69. Dimensions 18cm x 25,5cm.