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Old 05-04-2012, 18:21   #16
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I notice that David Groves is wearing Vietnamese Jump Wings? Where did the authorization for that badge come from? ARMY REGULATION 600-8-22 does NOT list the "Vietnamese Parachute Badge" as an authorized award.
I think it did up to some point of revision post-1975 after the fall of the RVN to the DRVN.

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Old 05-29-2012, 00:46   #17
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I think it did up to some point of revision post-1975 after the fall of the RVN to the DRVN.

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I think that revision came in 1979. IIRC, that's when all the guys on my team had to remove their Vietnamese awards and decorations.
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