"TIGER PATTERNS" US VIETNAM TIGER STRIPE CAMO SHIRT PANTS CAP HAT REFERENCE BOOK

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In the mid-1960s, scattered references and photographs of US Special Forces troopers in Vietnam wearing "tiger stripe" camouflage uniforms began to appear in American newspapers and magazines. The exotic pattern captured the public's imagination, and came to symbolize the elite unconventional Green Berets of the Vietnam War. In reality, tiger stripe was a family of patterns, a vast array that remained unchronicled for years, until Sergeant Richard Denis Johnson took on the task of identifying and categorizing the numerous variations in his classic work "Tiger Patterns". The first two editions of the book were self-printed, after which the work was presented to Schiffer, who published the current version in 1999. This "TIGER PATTERNS" US VIETNAM TIGER STRIPE CAMO SHIRT PANTS CAP HAT REFERENCE BOOK is in near mint, unread condition, with only some light scattered storage wear evident (most pictured). Otherwise, the book is in near mint shape, with no other damage. Most interestingly, it boasts an elegantly illustrated dust jacket over hardcovers, and sports 260 pages full of descriptive text and color photographs of original tiger stripe camouflage uniforms, including early VNMC and later "Seawave", John Wayne Dense, Sparse, and Compact, Gold, Silver, ARVN, Zig-Zag, Late War Lightweight, Splotch, SEAL, Thai, and more, as well as button types, different cuts, repeat lengths, and other great technical information. A beautiful example of a "TIGER PATTERNS" US VIETNAM TIGER STRIPE CAMO SHIRT PANTS CAP HAT REFERENCE BOOK. Now celebrating over 20 years on eBay. Bid with confidence and please view our other great military, aviation, and sporting classics, including a German WW2 MWC LUFTWAFFE PILOT B-UHR AUTOMATIC WRIST WATCH in MINT, unworn, new in the box condition, sporting a crisp 60 minute/12 hour (outer/inner) white numbers black dial, and featuring the classic big "onion" crown and sweeping seconds hand with hacking function.
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