"The Helmet Art: Vintage Photographs of Graffiti on Soldiers’" Topic
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Tango01  | 14 Nov 2023 8:53 p.m. PST |
…Helmets During the Vietnam War
"Amid the chaos and violence of the Vietnam War, American soldiers adorned their helmets with intricate and often striking artwork.
These helmet designs served as a means of personal expression, conveying messages of patriotism, camaraderie, and protest…"
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Armand |
| Choctaw | 15 Nov 2023 7:22 a.m. PST |
That's outstanding. Thanks, Armand. |
| Wolfhag | 15 Nov 2023 2:13 p.m. PST |
They missed my favorite: Kill a Commie for Christ Wolfhag |
| Tango01 | 15 Nov 2023 3:43 p.m. PST |
A votre service mon ami… Armand |
 deadhead | 17 Nov 2023 1:24 p.m. PST |
3 days and only 283 visits to view what is a very interesting topic and which could be massively expanded. What is wrong? What has changed in less than six months? It is on every forum and not just TMP |
| Tango01 | 17 Nov 2023 3:13 p.m. PST |
Deadhead… I perceive deadwinds here… and much further back than six months … (smile) Armand |
| Dn Jackson | 18 Nov 2023 6:29 p.m. PST |
I was a kid when 'Nam ended. I find it very depressing to see something from my youth listed as "vintage". |
| Tango01 | 19 Nov 2023 3:21 p.m. PST |
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| bracken | 29 Nov 2023 6:44 a.m. PST |
This is something that has always fascinated me, reproducing it is a certainly a challenge and not for the faint hearted. The habit of attaching odd items to the helmets is another one. Pictures of dolls (which Empress miniatures have modeled) to pictures of what looks like a plastic bull. Tooth brushes, gun grease, bug repellant, playing cards, ammo you name it some grunt probably added to his helmet. It's all these things that appeal to an era which was raging while I was born. Like Dn Jackson said Boy it makes me feel old. |
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