Huge Texas Estate Lot - Vietnam 5th Special Forces Mike Force Tiger Stripe Uniforms, LLDB, Ranger

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Huge Texas Estate Lot - Vietnam 5th Special Forces Mike Force Tiger Stripe Uniforms, LLDB, Ranger

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Lot of Vietnam uniforms & field gear from recent Texas estate sale. This gentleman had served 20+ years in the US Army (1962-1984), including three tours in Vietnam. After serving two years in Germany with 10th SFG, he was deployed to Vietnam in 1966 as a part of 5th Special Forces Group. During this tour he was the commanding officer of A-503 (Nha Trang Mike Force). He was stationed in Vietnam for two additional tours in 1967-1968 & 1969-1970, again as part of 5th SFG (Command & Control South, Mobile Strike Force Training Center).

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@ryanfoley8035 Жыл бұрын

This collection belongs in a museum.

@jimmyreese918 Жыл бұрын

Some of that needs to be in the infantry museum.

@lefttexas Жыл бұрын

My goodness, your the one who flew into Killeen, TX and purchased all his uniforms before the estate sale! I was so disappointed when I walked in and saw it was all gone on the first day of sale being 3rd in line. Congrats to you.

@Hermann-lz2jb Жыл бұрын

Where do you find estate sales like this? Looking for tips wanting to replace papaws Vietnam set we lost in the fire, any tips would be appreciated!

@remy7009 Жыл бұрын

The Med Kit probably goes in the Unknown Belt Pouch . All the kit should be treated with Reverance especially the Personal Letters ❤

@estatesalerelics1967 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely, unfortunately many times things like these letters end up in a landfill.

@livingterminal5792 6 ай бұрын

That is priceless don't ever ever sell any of it , Great score that Tiger stripe collection is very rare. You're so lucky !!

@user-ii5qm4qt2j 3 ай бұрын

I collected ww2 German.. Later Viet Nam. Your collection is outstanding.

@harrisdail9939 3 ай бұрын

The pouch is for either the Thompson machine gun mags or the m3 grease gun mags

@philipcave4303 2 ай бұрын

Really interesting, thank you.

@echohunter4199 Жыл бұрын

Amazing hall---AGAIN! The former owner of that gear took excellent care for every little item! I can’t say anything bad on that topic, I have some complete uniforms I wore of the years nicely folded and in heavy ziplock bags with a detailed note inside but it doesn’t come close to this gentleman. It stings to lose these old warriors knowing that in time, my friends will do the same, guess we all think like this. Preserving military history has been a passion since I was young but I got serious in 1993 when I bought my first surplus military vehicle and the rest is history, I owned and restored 31 of them since, the WWII Jeeps were hard to get back to complete factory original but it was worth it. Hope you’re able to buy yourself a vintage military vehicle, it’s completely legal to drive on all roads and highways and most major insurance companies will insure the vehicle.

@Hermann-lz2jb Жыл бұрын

Finally got my M1009 running. Any chance you’d let go of any of the tiger? Trying to replace paw paw’s collection we lost in a fire

@echohunter4199 Жыл бұрын

@@Hermann-lz2jb apologies but I’m not sure what you mean when you say “Tiger”? Glad you got the 1009 running! In case you aren’t aware, the rear differential has a lower gear ratio so it doesn’t like high speeds for long periods. It’s rare that it’ll give you any problems if you’re just doing day trips or around town but if you decide to tow something for long distances, I’d consider changing out the gears on both front and read differentials.

@Hermann-lz2jb Жыл бұрын

@@echohunter4199 I actually did that already! Have been working on the CUCV for about 3 years this one was an army national guard example. New transmission is amazing. All I have to do now is some interior cosmetic work to make it look nice! And by “tiger” I am looking for any “Tigerstripe” Vietnam war camouflage variants. My grandfather had an example of almost every variant which some he picked up in Vietnam trading with South Vietnamese troops or post war in the 80’s or so. We lost all of these in a fire in Malibu in 2018 so was just wondering if you had a set possibly you would be willing to sell or let go. I am trying to just find a shirt or a pair of pants in any variant but I haven’t been lucky so far :/

@williamfitch1408 3 ай бұрын

Mr Wilson certainly got about.

@jonathanwollack732 Жыл бұрын

Must buy tiger suit

@Bumper776 4 ай бұрын

I do not have one to compare it with but that unknown pouch looks similar to a magazine pouch for a Thompson sub-machine gun.

@ai5dd Жыл бұрын

My dad was in Vietnam in 1966 as an Army Ranger, he gave me a set of tiger striped fatigues in the late 70s after we moved to a university town when he started teaching ROTC. Are any of these pieces still for sale?

@JDMilitaria 5 ай бұрын

Sell that to a proper historian. Selling this to a museum will no doubt lead to them throwing most of all this in a locker and keeping it on storage.

@jimmyreese918 Жыл бұрын

How do u find out about these estate sales like this?

@mattottie6410 3 ай бұрын

Should not be for sale, if relitives don't care, should go to U S Army museum, not for sale.

@ehchew2526 Жыл бұрын

Great stuff... any chance of selling some of these like the Tiger Stripe or the Jungle Shirt? Thx

@untilyoupuke Жыл бұрын

It should all stay together

@ehchew2526 Жыл бұрын

@@untilyoupuke I wish can afford for all but I don't think I can. Thx

@jamespunch8049 Жыл бұрын

A great grouping, I hope it stays together, Once again some really great stuff.

@Admodeus Жыл бұрын

How do you store all this stuff? I've had to stop collecting clothes due to just not having anywhere left to put them, and also make sure they don't get mouldy, but I guess if you live in a place like Texas, that wouldn't be an issue really.

@oni_goroshi 5 ай бұрын

I'd think vacuum bags would be ideal for storage.