Original U.S. Vietnam War Scarce Tropical Jungle Rucksack - 1968 Dated Gift Card II - April 1945

II - April 1945

The five-button front tunic has the appropriate mounts at each shoulder for epaulets

but the only maker we could find was Perkins-Campbell

Found in woods west

listing his date of birth as May 12th

Original U.S. Vietnam War Scarce Tropical Jungle Rucksack - 1968 Dated Gift Card II - April 1945Original Item: Only One Available. Development of the Tropical Rucksack (a. k. a. Jungle Rucksack) began in 1965 when MACV requested a nylon version of the ARVN pack from Natick Labs for evaluation purposes. However, after initial testing the rucksack had to be significantly redesigned in order to strengthen the pack and round off the corners of the frame. The redesigned rucksack was assessed against three Cresson H. Kearny modified Gurkha Australian