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I quite enjoy the foliage bands as they look so typical for Vietnam.But indeed in many pictures taken during the battle of Hue are marines without them. I definitely would like a set or two of separate heads so one can customise. Pretty please
Someone more knowledgeable might correct me but IIRC, fragmentation vests and respirator cases are associated with the USMC in Hue.
They are but only in the sense that they are associated with the marines, whose use of body army was widespread, near universal, for the whole war. There were instances of the marines not using body armour but for the most part they wore it, even in the face of the higher risk of heat casualties. The army didn’t wear the M-1955 vest for the simple reason that it was a USMC specific item. They did wear the not dissimilar M-1952 but far less frequently than the marines.Respirator cases as a standard item seems less common from photographic evidence. That said the case could be used for carrying other kit, in the same way as used claymore bags could. As an aside I have an old claymore bag I used to use as a man bag.