Product Description

60's US ARMY Jungle Fatigue First Full Patch...

Jungle fatigues
1st!!

3rd Battalion,
'Rakkasan'

Included with the AIRBORNE patch,
A banner proving the existence of RAKKASANS (parachutes) hangs loosely.

The paper found at the same time contained:
The careers in which they were employed were listed by decade.

The size label is missing,
I think it's around M-LONG.

Good condition

The looks of the 1st version are definitely better.


I'd love to


This is a reference to Wiki.
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The Iron Rakkasans moved back to Fort Campbell,Kentycky in February 1964,
to seve as part of the 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division.
In December 1967 the 3rd Battalion deployed to Vietnam,
alongside 1st and 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment.
Over the next four years the Iron Rakkasans fought in twelve major campaigns,
Numerous air assaults and conducting serch and destroy missions.
During one such mission in March 1968 Captain Paul W. Bucha,
Commander of D Company,
received the Congressional Medal of Honor
when he crawled through a hail of fire to single-handedly
destroy a machine gun bunker with grenades near Phuoc Vinh,Vietnam.
When the battalion colors returned to Fort Campbell the
unit had distinguished it self by earning two Valorous Unit Awards,
and it is third and fourth Presidential Unit Citations
for the battles of Trang Bang and Dong Ap Bia Mountain
(commonly known as Hamburger Hill).
The Iron Rakkasans emerged from the Vietnam War
as the country's most highly decorated airborne battalion.

DETAIL INFORMATION

MATERIAL

100% Cotton

CONDITION

Size label missing,
Small holes (1 on the left sleeve, 2 on the back of the neck), small scratches (back),
Stains, dirt