RECONDO Recon Team Manual: Vietnam - 1970

Used M1956 suspenders from 1973. Inner side is not cotton but nylon. Size Large.

The Associated Press made an unprecedented commitment to reporting the conflict: It gathered an extraordinary group of superb photojournalists in its Saigon bureau and these men created one of the great photographic legacies of the twentieth century. Collected here are images that tell the human story of the Vietnam War, as we watch the American presence in the war swell from a trickle of military advisers in the late 1950s, through dramatic operations involving thousands of soldiers in the 1960s, to the fall of Saigon in 1975. These are pictures that both recorded and made history, taken by unbelievably courageous photojournalists. In a moving essay, writer Pete Hamill, who reported from Vietnam in 1965, celebrates their achievement, focusing on five masters who took many of the photographs in the book: Horst Faas, Henri Huet, Eddie Adams, Nick Ut, and Phuoc Van Dang.

Unused US Army P38 can opener.

Used Special Forces patch. Colour with thin edge.

Unused blouse in ERDL Brown Dominant camouflage. Locally made. Size corresponds to Medium Regular. Pockets have a classic cut, but they are flat. There is a button closure at the sides.

Unused M6 bayonet from Milpar. Condition see photo.

Unused Jungle Boots with Panama sole. Size 12R. Year of manufacture 1968.

Suit, Flying, Man's Very Light. Size Medium Short. Original patches. Suit is in used condition. Has a few small holes and repairs. Zippers are functional.