Vietnam War 5th Special Forces Green Beret MACV SOG CIA HUNTER Theater Patch for Sale

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Vietnam War 5th Special Forces Green Beret MACV SOG CIA HUNTER Theater Patch For Sale

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Vietnam War 5th Special Forces Green Beret MACV SOG CIA HUNTER Theater Patch:
$149.99

Awesome, Theater made RARE Original Vietnam ELITE Special Forces MACV SOG "Hunter Killer" Spike Recon Commando's. Made of of Cambodia Special Forces, which were CIA and US Special Forces Commanded. Conducted classified operations into Laos and Cambodia. Rescued downed pilots and was a quick reactionary force. The patch shows some soiling and age, but very good condition. Does not look to ever been attched. Excellent Condition.

RARE Vietnamese paper backing.

HISTORY

Elite Special Forces, Recon Hunter Killer

- Nung Tribesmen -

Recon Team Hunter Killer

Command and Control North

Recon Hunter Killer - Nung Recon -

( Also operated as Recon Team Crusader )

Operating out of Khe Sanh (Under control of CCN, Da Nang) - Recon Team Hunter Killer ( RT Crusader ) was a SPIKE RECON TEAM.

US Special Forces Led, Nung Hill Tribesmen personnel Recon Team

charged with cross border clandestine sabotage activity north of the

DMZ. RT Hunter Killer was later known as RT Crusader.

As late as 1971 was operating almost exclusively withing Laos in harrassment and POW location exercises.

Military Special Forces Patches History

Special

forces personnel began serving in the Republic of Vietnam in 1957.

During the early days of the Vietnam military build up, President John

Fitzgerald Kennedy sent Special Forces Units to South Vietnam in a

special advisory capacity. In September 1962, United States Special

Forces, Vietnam (Provisional) was formed from members of the First

Group, stationed on Okinawa, and the Fifth and Seventh Groups from Fort

Bragg, North Carolina. The soldiers, operating in small units, created

many patch designs, which were locally manufactured and, in many cases,

handmade. The first insignia, of course, was the beret flash, which

combined the yellow from the first group, black from the Fifth, and red

from the Seventh and incorporated them with a bend with bundles that

represented the flag of the Republic of Vietnam. This flash, designed by

Colonel George Morton, eventually became the insignia of the Fifth

Special Forces Group. Popular among the recon teams known as "Mike

Force," which is the universal corruption of "Mobile Strike Force," was

the use of state names, some of which appear here. As state names were

used up, names of snakes (for example, the Adder, Anaconda, and Cobra)

became popular. The motto "We Kill For Peace" was almost universally

used by these units. The collector will find that many of the MACV-SOG

insignia were all originally hand-sewn and can be found later reproduced

machine-sewn in copied versions and in many variants. This is due to

the fact that many of the insignia were originally Hand-Made "in

country" which were unauthorized wear and preferred by Special Forces

Soldiers for there unique individuality and flare being all completely

hand made, with no two exactly alike. Most Hand-Made patches were

unauthorized wear which the Special Forces Soldiers again preferred,

issued to Special Forces trained Indigenous Tribesman and new arrivals

and/or new recon team members signifying their fighting skills and

acceptance as being attached to the team. It is interesting to note that

the Green Berets in many cases wore their patches inside the green

beret. It was placed there in keeping with the covert nature of their

missions. Besides recon teams, MACV-SOG also deployed exploitation teams

or "hatchet teams" which were of platoon size and consisted of

Americans and indigenous troops. The most famous, all highly classified

areas of operations were along the Ho Chi Minh trail, into Cambodia and

Laos. Information extracted from the book "US ARMY PATCHES" by Barry

Jason Stein The Cloth Insignia Of The Vietnam War -

The

patches of the Vietnam war present a very interesting study because

this is the first time where a fairly large number of in-country made

patches were developed. The government issued patches had some new

designs and saw the introduction of the subdued styles. Several soldiers

took it upon themselves to contract with local seamstresses to create

patches. Some of them were replicas of existing ones while others were

brand new. The Vietnam war saw the birth of a wide flurry of homemade

(in-country made), unauthorized cloth insignia. When the US Army started

fighting the Vietcong with guerrilla tactics, several small and

specialized groups were formed. Groups such as MACV SOG Special Forces

Groups made their way into history. Often times the unauthorized

insignia was worn in hidden places such as inside hats and berets.

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Please

ask any questions before offerding. I am a private seller and not an

expert on the subjects, please reserch your item being sold and offer

accordingly. Prices very due to the rarity and type of patch. These

patches have been in my collection for many years, which I am parting

with so others could collect and enjoy.

I am selling a long time collection of US Vietnam Special Forces and

ARVN. I have many hand made originals. Most appear to be originals dictated by pricing. I'm going be listing them so save me as a seller. If

anyone has an interest in a specific patch, or group, let me know I might have it. I have been a long time collector finally selling his collection for others to enjoy.