actually; by March 68 it was considered to be a death warrant to wear stripes or any rank above Spec 4.
Yes some fools did and some of those fools came home in a bag. I think the builder did his best, and honestly did a nice job. I did notice a very few petty things:
- boots in the bush would have the heels and toes really scuffed up to have a grey like color
- the M72 is the wrong color, and a Sargent wouldn’t be carrying it, that would go to the number two or
better yet number three man in the column - no matter what; your never letting that M16 outta your hands, and I see no extra mags (21 being kinda
standard, but 28 was common) - even if the Sargent was simply a squad leader; he’d have at least two 7.62 belts around his neck!
Everybody carried belts except for the radio man (he carried the extra batteries) - really strange that he dosn’t have at least a single water bottle! Two were the norm in dry weather
- I only wish I had uniforms in that condition!
Please don’t be offended by my nitpicking, but I’ve been there
gary