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"Whisper" or just one of the other alleys? ;)

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I didn't know this. Thanks for sharing as I love this kind of history. :thumbup:

More like a "geardo".

Just the opposite. I have had a couple hundred people finger %$##$% the hell out of my set and they still look great. My BX bought version wouldn't last with the same treatment with all the normal...

The AF Vice Chief of Staff has a set he wears. Here is his picture. I have a close up picture of his set (before it was delivered to him). The pic is too big to post here.
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Has to be Korea time frame because of the NDSM and the AFRM. Embroidered ribbons existed up through the early 80s with the Army and Air Force. USMC seemed to end the use in the early 70s as I...

Let me see if I can get this picture thing figured out....

http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/uploads//post-88-1177822299.jpg

I pulled this off the web. I don't have pics of a set on a USMC...

Anybody have any idea when the embroidered ribbons went out of style in the Corps? I have seen several old uniforms with them. My old reserve unit had a set displayed in the main breeze way.

I...

True! I have lots of the old style from PFC up through Sgt. My dad was in the Corps during the change over. I have most of his old stuff that still exists. I remember going through his old...

My friend owned the Surfcomber. Renamed it Desperados. Second floor was a disco and the third floor was a small bar and steam bath.

I used to play pool almost every night in Desperados.

Best advice I can give is that you should keep your mouth shut and eyes open. We had one former Army Corporal in my platoon talk about what he did before and how things were in "the real military...