M 614 - AN ORIGINAL HALLICRAFTERS HT-1A “VILLAGE RADIO” AS USED BY AIR AMERICA CAPTAIN CLARANCE R. OSBORNE, JR. DURING HIS TOURS IN SOUTH VIETNAM AND LAOS. MR. OSBORNE BEGAN HIS CAREER WITH AIR AMERICA ON 14 OCTOBER 1965 AND FLEW FIXED WING AIRCRAFT IN SOUTH VIETNAM AND LAOS. PERSONNAL RECORDS OF HIS INDICATE THAT HE WAS NUMBER 166 IN SENIORITY ACHIEVING THE RANK OF CAPTAIN DURING HIS MULTIPLE TOURS. HIS EMPLOYMENT WITH AIR AMERICA SEEMS TO HAVE ENDED SOMETIME IN LATE 1972 / EARLY 1973.

THIS HT-1A “HANDFONE” IS IN VERY FINE USED CONDITION AND COMPLETE WITH ALL OF THE ORIGINAL COMPONENTS TO INCLUDE THE FULLY TELESCOPING ANTENNA. THE TOP END PLATE ITSELF IS IN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE WITH ALL SWITCHES BEING OPERATIONAL. ALSO PRESENT IS THE ORIGINAL HALLICRAFTERS DATA PLATE WHICH IS SERIAL NUMBERED, AS WELL AS “CAPTAIN OSBORNE AIR AMERICA” IN OLD RED DYMO TAPE ON THE FRONT OF THE UNIT.

AN INTERESTING FEATURE OF THIS HT-1A RADIO IS THE PRESENCE OF THE AIR TO GROUND / GROUND TO GROUND ADAPTER WHICH IS PRESENT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE UNIT AND ALLOWS DUAL-BAND CAPABILITY. WE HAVE SEEN SEVERAL HT-1, HT-1E AND HT-2’S OVER THE YEARS BUT THIS IS ONE OF ONLY TWO HT-1A’S WE HAVE EVER ENCOUNTERED. A LETTER OF DOCUMENTAION ON OUR LETTERHEAD ALONG WITH AN ORIGINAL 1968 DATED HT-1E MANUAL WILL ACCOMPANY THIS TRUELY UNIQUE ITEM.

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M 611 - AN EXTREMELY RARE AND DOCUMENTED SOUTH VIETNAMESE JUNK FORCE FLAG AS BROUGHT BACK BY LT. CMDR. LOUIE L. LINDENMAYER, ONE OF THE VERY FIRST SENOR ADVISORS TO THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE JUNK FORCE IN 1961/62. THIS BEAUTIFUL FLAG MEASURES APPROXIMENTLY 19 ½ INCHES BY 14 ½ INCHES WITH THE JUNK FORCE INSIGNIA ITSELF BEING HAND EMBROIDERED ON A FIELD OF BLACK WITH YELLOW CHAIN STITCHED FRINGE.

LT. CMDR LIDENMAYER IS DOCUMENTED IN THE 1963 PUBLICATION OF “VIETNAM DIARY”, CHAPTER 6 ENTITLED “JUNK FLEET”, BY THE NOTED AUTHOR RICHARD TREGASKIS OF “GUADICANAL DIARY” FAME. LT. CMDR LIDENMAYER PURCHASED THIS FLAG FROM A TAILOR SHOP IN SAIGON ALONG WITH ANOTHER LARGER VERSION DURING HIS TOUR AND A COPY OF THE BOOK ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION WILL ACCOMPANY THIS UNIQUE ITEM THAT IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AS SHOWN.

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M 612 - A NICE GROUPING OF 1940’S AND 1950’S US WEB GEAR AS WORN DURING THE FRENCH INDOCHINA WAR AS WELL AS THE EARLY ADVISORY PHASE OF THE WARS IN LAOS AND SOUTH VIETNAM. THE GROUPING CONSISTS OF A : 1945 DATED “X” HARNESS, 1945 DATED PISTOL BELT, 1952 DATED CANTEEN COVER, 1945 DATED M1 CARBINE POUCH, 1944 DATED JUNGLE FIRST AID KIT AND A 1945 INDIVIDUAL AID POUCH W/BANDAGE. ALL OF THE ITEMS ARE IN MINT UN-ISSUED CONDITION AS SHOWN.

$150.00

M 613 - CISO MANUFACTURED AMMUNITION POUCH AS USED BY THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE CIVILIAN IRREGULAR DEFENSE FORCE, CIDG, AS WELL AS SOME CLANDESTINE UNITS DURING THE WAR IN SOUTH VIETNAM. THESE STERILE POUCHES BASICALLY CAME IN (2) VARIATIONS WITH THE EXAMPLE SHOWN HERE BEING FOR CAPTURED AK-47 MAGAZINES. THE POUCH AND MAGAZINES DUE POSSESS SOME AREAS OF RUST AS SHOWN AND ARE IN USED CONDITION WITH NICE CHARACTER.

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M 567 - RARE SOUTH VIETNAMESE POLICE “CANH-SAT” PLAQUE AS AWARDED TO A US CIVILIAN CORDS ADVISOR TO THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE CAPITOL NATIONAL POLICE COMMAND IN THE FALL OF 1971. THE PLAQUE WAS GIVEN TO MR. WILLETT BY THE COMMANDER OF THE CNPC, JUDGE TRANG-SI-TAN, AND IS COMPLETE WITH ALL OF THE ORIGINAL COMPONENTS INCLUDING THE KICK STAND TYPE BACK IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AS SHOWN.

$150.00