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French troops crossing delta country in outdated US tanks during campaign against Viet Minh. Vietnam. 1950
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Information for the Vietnam war historian

I’ll add this to the links list, but for anybody interested in the conflict in Indochina, the Vietnam War Resource...
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A special pair of wings

These Australian SAS parachutist wings are amongst the most prized in my collection for a couple of reasons. Apart from...
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The Olympic Games. Sydney 2000, watching from the shadows.

With the recent G4S security recruitment debacle and the heightened threat of terrorist attack much has been made of the...
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Revisiting Vietnam’s infamous Dan Sinh “War Surplus” Market

Deciding to collect Vietnam War militaria is fraught with danger as the marketplace is saturated with fakes and reproductions. I...
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So, what’s this all about?

For as long as I can remember I’ve had a fascination with armies and military history. My parents recall that...
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Portrait of Corporal Emile Bouétard, of the 4th (French) SAS, who was the first French soldier to be killed during the D-Day invasion of Normandy June 1944. Italian Aeronautica Militare F35 Flight Group of the ‘RAV Indopacific’ patch. Wanted! RVN Airborne. 01 June – This day marks the birthday for the current French parachutist brevet, which was designated the “Military Qualification for Parachutist” and became official on 1 June 1946. Parachutistes en Indochine Front cover of the September 1972 edition of “sky diver” magazine featuring some of the parachute wings from the collection of Don Strobaugh. France WW2. 1° Régiment Chasseurs Parachutiste (1° RCP). WW2 US Paratrooper’s Jacket on Display at the Mount Faron Memorial in Toulon.

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