Steve 'hardcore pose'1

Sometimes we posed in "unautorized uniforms" to be sent home to the folks. I never carried a bayonet, grenades were always inside my pockets not "clipped on" the vest I made with 14 magazine pockets but gave it to Jimmie because I usually carried the M60. We always wore steel pots outside the wire..the Berets were just "cool" we thought. I did wear the knife on my left leg. The knife was a world war II British Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife. Eugene Gabay Gave me the knife to use when he was in the HQ unit. When I left Vietnam on R&R, the Knife was left behind. I have no idea who ended up with it.