U.S. COAST GUARD Vietnam
USCG PO-1, Blue Shirt:
The rank is the same as the Navy style and even has a Navy name tape; he does carry the Coast Guard Shield on the sleeve. I’ll admit that there is a lot of guessing and by-golly here, IDing these Coast Guardsmen, all in this section; I’m trying to get it all sorted out. So far, I’ve got bits and pieces put together. I’ll be adding stories.
Note in the pictures: a couple of guardsmen wearing early or experimental flak vests in one picture, and the crewman with a talker helmet on, manning a 50-caliber machine gun, wearing a Marine-type vest, which actually makes sense.
USCG Sq.3, PO-2 Blue Shirt RVN:
This "Coast Guardsman" or “Coastie’s” as we called these sailors. They were part of the Department of Transportation then, not technically military, but that has changed now. Note here that this shirt is a “Flak Vest” from Army stock, and shown here to show the difference between the Marine type, which had plates in it.
USCG, SQ-3 S. CPO, Deck Jacket:
USCG PO-1, Division 1, Vietnam:
