Original U.S. Vietnam War Helicopter Pilot Marine Corps Task Element SHUFLY APH-5 Helmet and Named Flight Suit French Artwork & Posters The P-1A was utilized with

The P-1A was utilized with A-13A and A-14 oxygen mask

The regiment was formed as volunteer cavalry in 1794 during the French Revolutionary Wars

probably to allow it to sit against the hip more comfortably

Moving north to Bergrath

The head does show wear and sharpening

Original U.S. Vietnam War Helicopter Pilot Marine Corps Task Element SHUFLY APH-5 Helmet and Named Flight Suit French Artwork & Posters The P-1A was utilized withOriginal Items: One of a kind Set. Marine Task Element 79. 3. 3. 6, code named SHUFLY was the first Marine Task Unit to provide air support during the Vietnam War beginning in 1962. The tasking represented the first large unit commitment of a Marine unit to Vietnam during the anti communist struggle in Southeast Asia. The mission was to provide assault support, offensive air support and air reconnaissance, with primary objective being troop lift and