Yankee Air Pirates: U.S. Air Force Uniforms and Memorabilia of the Vietnam War―Volume 2 (Yankee Air Pirates, 2)

The Associated Press made an unprecedented commitment to reporting the conflict: It gathered an extraordinary group of superb photojournalists in its Saigon bureau and these men created one of the great photographic legacies of the twentieth century. Collected here are images that tell the human story of the Vietnam War, as we watch the American presence in the war swell from a trickle of military advisers in the late 1950s, through dramatic operations involving thousands of soldiers in the 1960s, to the fall of Saigon in 1975. These are pictures that both recorded and made history, taken by unbelievably courageous photojournalists. In a moving essay, writer Pete Hamill, who reported from Vietnam in 1965, celebrates their achievement, focusing on five masters who took many of the photographs in the book: Horst Faas, Henri Huet, Eddie Adams, Nick Ut, and Phuoc Van Dang.

Used M1956 suspenders from 1973. Inner side is not cotton but nylon. Size Large.

Original cartridge box for M-60 machine gun. Year of manufacture 1968.

Used cotton sling for M-16 rifle.

The HT-2A radio from The Hallicrafters is from the OPS family of radios. The HT-2A is one of the first models delivered under the CIA-funded Village Radio program sponsored by the Office of Public Safety (OPS) to provide local forces with short-range radios to report Viet Cong movements. The retractable antenna is undamaged. The plastic knob for volume control and transmission switching is missing. See photo for condition. Functionality is not guaranteed.

Used M1 helmet cover in Mitchel camouflage. The cover is numbered 87. Contract DSA100-74-F-U060.

11th Cavalry patch in black and green with cut edge.

Pair of green and black First Sergeant (E-8) patches.

Knife Schrade Walden H-15. A hunting knife from the 1960s used by US soldiers during the Vietnam War.Length 9 1/2 inches.Complete with original leather sheath.