US Model 1917 Vietnam bring back trophy with paperwork.

[HOOKED ON HISTORY]

I bought an old book on gorilla warfare this weekend and spotted at least one photo of a VC with a 1917. I will try to photograph & post here.

[HOOKED ON HISTORY]

Found one photo and a bonus of field expedient cleaning rod storage.

[Bruce McAskill]

By the time the French lost their butts to the Vietnamese, the US had outfitted then with much newer weapons then the 1917. Carbines, Garands and the French preferred their 1938 sub gun as standard issue in Nam. I would vote it came from China as aid. The Chinese were not all that happy with being the ones to give aid to the Vietnamese. There was and still is a lot of cultural dislike between them. It was again pressure from Moscow that made them do it and they preferred the aid to be something that was not likely to be turned on them one day in the future.

[Calif-Steve]

The USA shipped a pile of M1903's and M1917 revolvers to RVN. I never saw a M1917 rifle in RVN, but 03's and Mausers for sure.

[daveboy]

To this photo some guys told me, it is in Vietnam some other said Grenada.

Would bet it's Vietnam. Pretty sure those boots are tropical boots which were standard issue during Vietnam, but not much afterwards. Also, wearing olive-drab jungle fatigues. Pretty sure that the woodland patter BDU was in use during Grenada.