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Vietnam Era S&W
A good friend recently posted this picture as his FB profile
picture. I taught with him for 10-12 years, then he was my
Principal the last 5-6 years I taught. Picture made in 1967
"at LZ English, near Bong Song." He told me he recovered
the S&W from a crashed US helicopter. He said he carried
the S&W in the bush, and a 1911 when he was on the base.
He was an advisor attached to Vietnamese troops.
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USAF or Army or Marine helicopter? M-10 or M-15 S&W?
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Glad he made it back.
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Army 'copter. Model 15 S&W.
He was also fond of a grease gun.
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Originally Posted by redlevel
A good friend recently posted this picture as his FB profile picture. I taught with him for 10-12 years, then he was my Principal the last 5-6 years I taught. Picture made in 1967 "at LZ English, near Bong Song." He told me he recovered the S&W from a crashed US helicopter. He said he carried the S&W in the bush, and a 1911 when he was on the base. He was an advisor attached to Vietnamese troops.
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That seems unusual, you'd think he'd want the big bullet and the firepower of an automatic in the field. Maybe he was old-school enough that he trusted revolvers more than autos.
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Army 'copter. Model 15 S&W.
He was also fond of a grease gun.
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It's obviously an adjustable-sight model. The apparent lanyard swivel is throwing me off. Anybody else seeing that when you zoom in, or is that an optical illusion? I didn't think the M-15 came with those, or did they?
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That seems unusual, you'd think he'd want the big bullet and the firepower of an automatic in the field. Maybe he was old-school enough that he trusted revolvers more than autos.
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He probably had a rifle/carbine in the bush! He probably wanted/needed more fire power at base! the revolver had less weight and bulk, for when on patrol too.
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Interesting pictures. It looks like he was assigned to an Air Defense Artillery unit. It is possible that he found a privately owned firearm in the downed helicopter, and it could be a Combat Magnum.
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When you really enlarge the photo, it appears to have an adjustable rear sight, a lanyard swivel and the square bottomed grips common on the Model 15ish revolvers.
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Had a friend who was transferred there with the 173rd Airborne. He had a Swedish K.
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