Name Tapes

[Graebarde]

Name tapes in US Army were as stated black print/embroidery on white tape and gold on black USARMY in the mid-fifties. It was about 1966-67 that they went subdues (that white stripe makes a nice target at night if nothing else). I know when the build-up in Nam started they were NOT subdued, but by the time I entered in '68 they were. Though even at that time, our winter issue for the wool shirts (Korean war ere BTW) mostly had the gold and black tapes. We of course, at our expense of time, effort, or money, had to replace them with issued black and OD.

Grae