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MadMax

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swift boat uniforms
« on: January 09, 2017, 07:16:11 pm »
hi all
      can anybody tell me what uniforms the crews of the pbf swift boats wore and colours
     
                                                 hoping
                                    thanks
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Re: swift boat uniforms
« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2017, 07:42:10 pm »
Like this..............?
We Brits called it Olive Drab.
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Re: swift boat uniforms
« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2017, 07:55:44 pm »
Another designation was/is "jungle green" or was that just for Malaya or Korea maybe an American term ? My favourite was KD or "khaki drill" for mid east areas.
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..well can you land on this?

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Re: swift boat uniforms
« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2017, 08:12:27 pm »
It might sound daft but I went to the Pacific in Olive Drab! The pyjamas though, were white silk! Very Noel Coward we thought!
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Re: swift boat uniforms
« Reply #4 on: January 10, 2017, 09:31:00 pm »
  If that's an American in the first picture why is he wearing his beret the wrong way? Or, to put it in other words, the French way
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Re: swift boat uniforms
« Reply #5 on: January 11, 2017, 11:31:00 am »
Maybe it's back to front, French liason, what does it matter - he is on a Swift boat.
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Re: swift boat uniforms
« Reply #6 on: January 11, 2017, 01:37:01 pm »
If you google 'brown water navy' you should get more than you need :-))


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