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Payne entering a tunnel in search of viet cong with a. Vietnam tunnel rat patch 3 hi, just to let you know i received the 101st airborne coffee mug yesterday. Tunnel rat patch, 25th infantry vietnam war, x rare. This vietnam war book records the operations of sappers in the 3 field troop royal australian engineers 1rar. Shop vietnam war military veteran patches just for vets. In a documentary for the film, boll revealed the film did not have a. Tunnel rat rats ass american pride shirt is the perfect way to support your country year round. Army vietnam combat service identification badge usamm. Shop vietnam veteran patches at army surplus world army. First of all, those ops were certainly not off the book. Tony bomber bm bowermiles was a young sapper and tunnel rat in the australian army when he first went to vietnam in the late 1960s. Vietnam war us army recondo border recon ranger qd iii ok 3 shoulder patch nam. Our high quality vietnam patches are professionally printed and perfect to sew onto backpacks, jackets and more to give them some unique personality. Tunnel rats patch, showing unofficial motto in latin not worth a rats.
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I watched this movie the other day called tunnel rats somewhat bizarre but anyways, are there any real tunnel rat patches or are they just made up post war. You can proudly show off your service to our nation with this embroidered patch. The job was time consuming, difficult the tunnels were a tight squeeze for a typical vietname. Order your vietnam veterans patches from the army surplus superstore. If the tunnels were the secret weapon of the viet cong, the tunnel rats were the unsung heroes of the american forces. Special us soldiers called tunnel rats would crawl through the systems to find the enemy. The author was a graduate of the royal military college, duntroon, as a young captain sandy macgregor commanded 3 field troop in vietnam, where he won the military cross. Sappers war aussie tunnel rats vietnam war books on war. Army, navy, marines, and air force vietnam vet tees. Mini medal and ribbon hat pins military merchandise lz. The quality of all of our vva pins are guaranteed and we hope that youll find our selections plentiful. Vietnam veteran pins us military medals, badges, patches.
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The film is based on the factual duties of tunnel rats during the vietnam war. Reputation trusted by 1,000,000 military veteran shoppers since 2000. Buy tunnel rat patch at army surplus world army surplus. This patch would be a great gift idea and a wonderful addition to your patch collection. Not worth a rats ass the tunnel rats were among the bravest in vietnam, doing a job that not many others could, or would care to do. Tunnel rats were all volunteers as they soon realized that if a person really didnt want to do the job, he would just report the tunnel as a dead end. Vietnam tunnel rat shoulder patch vietnam shoulder. In their 1985 book, the tunnels of cu chi, bbc reporters tom mangold and john penycate told the story of the american tunnel rats, a saga they learned about for the first time from the viet cong, who admired the tunnel rats as the best soldiers among the american forces.
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Embroidered cap navy vietnam tunnel rat embroidered cap. Show your military pride with the finest quality military patches, pins and gifts from all branches of the military. Tunnel rat has been cut from the vietnam service medal ribbon. They were infantrymen who volunteered to go down the tunnels of south vi. Blue represents the united states and red and yellow represent vietnam. Special forces ssi airborne, special forces tabs wooded plaque with your engraving information.
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