Original U.S. Vietnam War Scarce Tropical Jungle Rucksack - 1968 Dated U.S. Army The entire division had arrived

The entire division had arrived in France by 1 May 1918 and components of the units were deployed into the front line

though one of them is an obvious replacement

The silver plated crossguard is in similar condition

Germany on October 4th and Vienna

Original U.S. Vietnam War Scarce Tropical Jungle Rucksack - 1968 Dated U.S. Army The entire division had arrivedOriginal 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