Artefact Archive — vietnam war camouflage

A magnificent grouping of items once belonging to then-Major Lane Rogers, a distinguished commissioned officer in the United States Marine Corps. Rogers entered military service during the Korean War era and later served as an advisor to the Vietnamese Marine Corps, completing at least one tour in Vietnam during the early stages of American involvement, from 1964 to 1965. The grouping comprises several pieces of uniform and headwear, assorted paperwork and ephemera, original artwork, photographs, and a large USMC flag. Listen to a never-before-published interview with Rogers, and read first-hand accounts of signifcant and seldom-known about operations during the early stages of the Vietnam War.

This seemingly unassuming tigerstripe shirt was previously owned by Maurice Neill Prew, a Florida-born CIA agent, otherwise known by his pseudonym; ‘Roy V. Watlington’. Worn during his service in Vietnam as part of the Revolutionary Development Cadre Program - Plans Division.