My Vietnam era gear display (so far)

[burb1989]

No problem mike. I always enjoy sharing my dad's items with everyone. Outside of the forums not many people know my dad brought home so much stuff, primarily his personal gear, and as a collector it just doesn't seem right to keep such a large grouping just to myself. I have shown a couple of other Vietnam vets a few pictures of the items my dad brought home and they think that it's very special that I am cherishing my dad's items so they can be passed down in my family. My most cherished possession of them all is my dad's "kabar" mk2 knife that he carved his initials into the scabbard. It is my out in the field knife and I'm using it just like my dad did before me in Vietnam: to cut down plants and open bags of food. I know that would bring any monetary value of it down but for me it has far too much sentimental value to put a price on it anyway. I think his Vietcong flag is the real cream of the crop of his bring backs. It's a double sided flag and you can see just how crudely it was constructed when you look real close at it. One day I'll find a way to display it where you can see both sides of the flag but until then this is probably the best I can do for now. To think my dad picked it off of a dead soldier during a major battle and then kept it in his softball bag post war as a good luck charm.