US MILITARY ISSUE VIETNAM ERA BOONIE CAP JUNGLE HAT 1967 MEN ' S 6 - 5/8 NOS
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ITEM: VIETNAM ERA BOONIE CAP, JUNGLE HAT CONDITION: VINTAGE NEW OLD STOCK CONDITION - HAT APPEARS TO HAVE HAD ALOOSE SEAM AND NOW SHOWS EVIDENCE OF A HAND STITCHED REPAIR BUT DOES NOT APPEARTO HAVE BEEN WORN – SEE PHOTOS of ACTUAL NOMENCLATURE: &nbs...p; HAT, JUNGLEw/ HEADNET (HEADNET NOT INCLUDED) NSN / FSN: 8415-935-2887 CONTRACT #: DSA-100-67-C-4455
CONTRACTDATE: 1967 MANUFACTURER: MILLER BROS. HAT CO., INC. SIZE: 6-5/8MEN’S HAT SIZE ABOUT BOONIEHATS:A BOONIE HAT OR BOONEY HAT, ALSO KNOWN AS GIGGLE HAT, IS A FORMOF WIDE-BRIM HAT COMMONLY USED BY MILITARY FORCES IN HOT TROPICAL CLIMATES. THE BOONIE HAT DESIGN IS SIMILAR TO A BUCKETHAT BUT WITH A STIFFER & MORE NARROW BRIM. OFTEN A FABRIC TAPE BAND OF 'BRANCH LOOPS' ISSEWN AROUND THE CROWN OF THE HAT FOR INSERTING FOLIAGE AS CAMOUFLAGE MATERIAL ORCARRYING SMALL COMBAT ACCESSORIES. ASTRAP WORN MOST COMMONLY IN THE BACK AT THE BASE OF THE WEARER’S SKULL BUT ALSOAS A CHINSTRAP IS PROVIDED TO KEEP THE CAP ON AND STABLE. THE CROWN OF THE BOONIE CAP MAY BE VENTED WITHEYELETS OR SMALL MESH PANELS. SNAPS MAY ALSO BE PROVIDED WITH WHICH TO FIX THEBRIM IN THE STYLE OF AN AUSTRALIAN BUSH HAT. THIS US MILITARY OFFICIAL BOONIE HAS THE MESH SCREENS AND NO SNAPS.THE BOONIE HAT WAS INTRODUCED TO THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCESDURING THE VIETNAM WAR, WHEN U.S. ARMY GREEN BERETS AND MACV-SOG ADVISORS BEGANWEARING THEM IN THE FIELD, ALONG WITH AUSTRALIAN AND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC OFVIETNAM UNITS. FURTHERMORE, THE BOONIECELEBRATED A REVIVAL WITH THE RELEASE OF THE BOOK MARINE CORPS SNIPER THATRECOUNTED THE EXPLOITS OF CHARLOS HATHCOCK AND HIS SIGNATURE BOONIE CAP.
CONTRACTDATE: 1967 MANUFACTURER: MILLER BROS. HAT CO., INC. SIZE: 6-5/8MEN’S HAT SIZE ABOUT BOONIEHATS:A BOONIE HAT OR BOONEY HAT, ALSO KNOWN AS GIGGLE HAT, IS A FORMOF WIDE-BRIM HAT COMMONLY USED BY MILITARY FORCES IN HOT TROPICAL CLIMATES. THE BOONIE HAT DESIGN IS SIMILAR TO A BUCKETHAT BUT WITH A STIFFER & MORE NARROW BRIM. OFTEN A FABRIC TAPE BAND OF 'BRANCH LOOPS' ISSEWN AROUND THE CROWN OF THE HAT FOR INSERTING FOLIAGE AS CAMOUFLAGE MATERIAL ORCARRYING SMALL COMBAT ACCESSORIES. ASTRAP WORN MOST COMMONLY IN THE BACK AT THE BASE OF THE WEARER’S SKULL BUT ALSOAS A CHINSTRAP IS PROVIDED TO KEEP THE CAP ON AND STABLE. THE CROWN OF THE BOONIE CAP MAY BE VENTED WITHEYELETS OR SMALL MESH PANELS. SNAPS MAY ALSO BE PROVIDED WITH WHICH TO FIX THEBRIM IN THE STYLE OF AN AUSTRALIAN BUSH HAT. THIS US MILITARY OFFICIAL BOONIE HAS THE MESH SCREENS AND NO SNAPS.THE BOONIE HAT WAS INTRODUCED TO THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCESDURING THE VIETNAM WAR, WHEN U.S. ARMY GREEN BERETS AND MACV-SOG ADVISORS BEGANWEARING THEM IN THE FIELD, ALONG WITH AUSTRALIAN AND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC OFVIETNAM UNITS. FURTHERMORE, THE BOONIECELEBRATED A REVIVAL WITH THE RELEASE OF THE BOOK MARINE CORPS SNIPER THATRECOUNTED THE EXPLOITS OF CHARLOS HATHCOCK AND HIS SIGNATURE BOONIE CAP.
