USMC side cap 1968 - NOS

Cap, Field, Polyester OG 106 (1st Pattern - vents all around). Year of manufacture 1964. Made by Rayon. Size 7 1/4. Very nice condition.

Unused Hat, Jungle and mosquito net. Size 7. Contract DSA 1-3621-64-C.

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.

Original pocket patch 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry Blackhawks.

Unused Waterproof Backpack Bag, Waterproof, Clothing. Date of manufacture 1967 and 1968.

Montagnard Tribal Group of the Republic of Viet Nam manual published by the US Army Special Warfare School in 1965. The manual includes a map with the locations of the different tribes.

Unused bipod for M-16A1 rifle. The holster is also in unused condition, but is slightly dirty due to storage.