I’ll try to be brief…first of all, again, my compliments on an excellent vignette, the uniforms, web gear, and weapons were spot on. And your modeling skills are excellent. Uniforms worn in the field evolved during the Vietnam war, in 1965, some troops still had the standard army issue fatigues used all over the world with full color rank/unit patches. The “jungle fatigues” soon became the standard with subdued (black/OD) patches, rank would later go to subdued “pin on” collar insignia. In the field, we would often go through uniforms due to wear and tear, so it would be impractical to sew on insignia, hence, many photos do show troops w/o any. Also, it was not a good idea to advertise your rank in combat as obvious NCO’s/officers drew fire (as did RTO’s). In a small unit, you knew who your sergeants and officers were, so insignia wasn’t critical. I’ve only scratched the surface on this subject, elsewhere on this forum, there is a modeler who does excellent Vietnam figures, and the discussion threads (often by guys who were there) touch base on many of the subtle differences in uniform/insignia use by different units. If you scroll through the posts, you’ll find him. Sorry my “brief” wasn’t very, but your model was great and I hope this will encourage you to continue.
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