Viet Cong Uniform
date: label: associated date
content: 1955-1975
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: Black with short sleeve shirt with blue and red “flag” pinned to proper left pocket. Brown wool pants. Black and white checked cloth neckerchief with red band at each end. Brown cloth rice belt. Rubber sandals.
label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: The Viet Cong were a guerilla force that fought against the United States and South Vietnam during the Vietnam conflict. Viet Cong could be a farmer, a woman, or a child and they were indistinguishable from the United States' South Vietnam allies. They used makeshift weapons, had a variety of uniforms, and avoided traditional combat, making it difficult to know who exactly the enemy was. Their orders came from the North Vietnam Communist party.
place: label: worn
content: Vietnam
topic: label: related event
content: Vietnam War
label: related event
content: Postwar United States
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: ThinkFinity
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2004.0003.05
label: accession number
content: 2004.0003
label: catalog number
content: 2004.0003.05
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Shirt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 25 in x 22 in; 63.5 cm x 55.88 cm