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WYLER
MILITARY WATCH
WITH
INSIDE CASE BACK MARKED
"45" "64"
AIR BORNE
E-5
WW 2
WITH
REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL
SNAP ON DRESS RVN CASE BACK
WITH
G-20 STYLE GREEN NYLON MILITARY STRAP
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VIETNAM COMBAT/SERVICE MEDALS
WITH
CAMPAIGN STARS
AND
RIBBONS
NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDAL
WITH
RIBBONS
UNIFORM BUTTONS
SERGEANT FIRST CLASS METAL INSIGNIA
5TH GROUP SPECIAL FORCES PATCHES
VIETNAM WAR U.S. GOVERNMENT
ISSUE GREEN PLASTIC WHISTLE
SPECIAL FORCES DI CRESTS
SPECIAL FORCES SHOULDER PATCH
US 5th Special Forces Gp Adviser
BIET KICH AIRBORNE
SIGNED VIETNAM WAR
MILITARY MAP OPS PHOTO
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A HISTORY OF THE YEARS 1961-1965
WHEN THE FIRST US COMBAT FORCES IN VIETNAM WERE MAINLY SPECIAL FORCES - IE: GREEN
BERETS/SPECIAL FORCES AIRBORNE
FRENCH INDOCHINA Vs VIETNAM:
Before WWII , the French colonized Indochina.[Cambodia
Laos Vietnam]. After the outbreak of WWII, the Japanese invaded Indochina but allowed the
French to continue to Govern. In 1945 the Japanese, fearing US invasion, rounded up
the French and the French "puppet government " and locked them up in what
amounted to concentration camps. During this time, with US assistance, Vietnamese
organized guerrilla units to harass the Japanese.
At the conclusion of WWII -1945- the French moved back
into Vietnam. which led to the French Indochina War --and eventually the halving of
Vietnam into South Vietnam [Republic of Chochinchina], under French control,
and North Vietnam, eventually under Ho Chi Minh and the Viet Minh Nationalists--
Communists.
With the defeat of China's Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist
Army in 1949 by the Chinese Communists, the US stepped up support for
opposition groups through out Asia. When war breaks out in Korea in 1950, with
China jumping in, the US stepped up support for the French in Vietnam fearing a domino
effect.
When both China and Russia recognized Ho Chi Minh's
Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the Viet Minh Nationalists defeated
the French in 1954, the US with UN Support, assisted in the establishment of a government
in South Vietnam. By 1959, US military support by way of cash, arms and advisers were
stepped up. In fact, the first US casualties in Vietnam occurred in 1959 when two U.S.
military advisers, Maj. Dale Buis and Sgt. Chester Ovnand, were killed by Viet Minh
guerrillas at Bien Hoa, South Vietnam.
( SEARCH: DIEN BEN PHU. A HISTORIC INCREDIBLE STORY OF
THE FRENCH SPECIAL FORCES & THE COMING OF AGE OF GENERAL GIAP AND THE VIET MINH )
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U.S. SPECIAL FORCES & CIDG IN SOUTH VIETNAM:
( Civilian Irregular Defense Group )
In April of 1960, the 5th Special Forces Group, 1st
Special Forces WWII Airborne was reconstituted.
The 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) was officially
activated in September of 1961 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, &, With the support of
President Kennedy, RECEIVED PERMISSION TO WEAR THE GREEN BERET....
By 1962, elements of the 5th Special Forces Group began
serving 6 month temporary tours of duty in Vietnam with a mission to advise and train the
ARVN & ARVN SP -Vietnamese Special Forces, assist in building relationships with
villagers, building schools, infirmaries, providing medical treatment, and
creating Civilian Irregular Defense Groups in the villages and hamlets to combat the Viet
Cong
[Viet Cong = guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam
supported and directed by the North Vietnamese / "Viet Minh"- Viet Minh =
Vietnam Independence League].
(To better understand what the mission was in 1962, Rent
that famous 1968 movie " Green Beret " starring John Wayne with its hit
Green Beret soundtrack).
While Vietnamese Villagers were recruited
into CIDG's, the Special Forces began to recruit the largest minority group in
Vietnam: the Montagnard.
(To better understand rent the 1979 movie
"Apocalypse Now" Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. With Marlon Brando, Martin
Sheen & Robert Duvall.
The Montagnard was not an individual TRIBE or SINGLE
peoples, rather, it was a term loosely applied to over 100 separate tribes constituting up
to one million indigenous primitive mountain people scattered throughout Indochina. They
lived in a tribal society that centered their livelihood and way of life on the village
and slash-and-burn agriculture; setting them apart from the Vietnamese who inhabited the
lowlands.
Though there were unique differences amongst the
Montagnard peoples and villages, the Montagnards as a whole had an ingrained
hatred for the Vietnamese and an a historical desire to be independent and thus, they
were more than likly candidates for the US Special Forces.
During the French Indochina War, both sides, the French, and the Viet Minh, worked to win
the Montagnards to their side because they occupied territory of strategic value to what
had initially become an insurgency
[(French Indochina: Cambodia Laos Vietnam)- but the term
Indochina originally included all areas that were influenced by Indian & Chinese
Influence. IE: Cambodia Laos Vietnam Peninsular Malaysia Myanmar (Burma)
Singapore & Thailand (Siam)]
In 1961, it was estimated that twenty-nine tribes with
nearly 200,000 peoples of different cultural characteristic and linguistic patterns lived
in villages within the borders of South Vietnam.
The first "TRIBE" to be approached to
participate in the CIDG program were the Rhade. The Rhade, numbering around 100,000,
were the most influential and strategically located of the Montagnard tribes
in the highlands of Vietnam. Though the largest concentration of Rhade were centered
around the village of Ban Me Thuot in Darlac Province, they also had villages in
Quang Due, Phu Yen, and Khanh Hoa Provinces.
By April of 1962, a twelve-man U.S. Special Forces A
detachment , with the assistance of the U.S. & Vietnamese Special Forces,
incorporated forty Rhade villages into the CIDG ( Civilian Irregular Defense
Group ) program.
By June of 1963, the U.S. Special Forces had trained
close to 11,000 strike force and 40,000 hamlet militia from over 800 villages
in border surveillance and mountain scout programs, which included ambushes,
reconnaissance patrols, and combat patrols. With enough strike force troops, they
switched from training to military operations against the Viet Cong..
By 1964, the 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), 1st
Special Forces, with an authorized strength of 1,297, expanded their organization to face
the new mission head on -- to seek out and destroy the Viet Cong. This direct
confrontation required a change of troop commitment from a 6 montn temporary deployment to
a one-year permanent change of station.
Before the massive commitment of U.S. conventional
forces to South Vietnam in 1965/66, the U.S. Special Forces conducted counterinsurgency
programs to destroy the Viet Cong, create secure environments and assist in establishing
governmental control over the population--which included enlisting the Vietnam villagers
active support of government's programs.
By 1965 full deployment was completed with the main
operational base headquartered at Nha Trang, and operational units deployed
throughout South Vietnam to 270 established and manned camps and locations. From
these locations, the forces of the civilian irregular defense groups, including the
Montagnards, as well as the regular units of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Vietnam
were trained and led.
Though the 5th Special Forces Group Airborne was one of
the smallest units during the entire Vietnam War,it's soldiers were among the highest
decorated -- which included seventeen Medal Medals of Honor,-- and gathered twenty
campaign streamers to their Colors.
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IN 1937 THE WYLER WATCH
COMPANY CAUSED A STIR BY LAUNCHING A WATER RESISTANT WATCH THAT WAS NOT FITTED WITH THE
CONVENTIONAL SOFT GASKETS. THE MINERAL GLASS WAS PRESSED IN BETWEEN THE EDGE OF THE CASE
AND A PRESSED OR SCREWED BEZEL, THE GAP BETWEEN THE WINDING SHAFT AND THE WATCH CASE WAS
SEALED HYDRAULICALLY BY FITTING THE WINDING SHAFT AND BUSHING TOGETHER IN THE SAME
MATERIAL, TO 1/500mm.
THE FIRST CASES AND AS MOVEMENTS WERE SUPPLIED BY
MARQUISE WATCH COMPANY. WYLER WOULD INTRODUCE THE INCAFLEX BALANCE IN MODIFIED AS AND ETA
MOVEMENTS.
FIRST THE WATCH
THE DIAL
WHITE MATTE FINISH
WYLER
OUTLINED RAISED LUME NUMBERS
SWISS
WITH
BUTLER STYLE
BLACK SECONDS CHAPTER RING
AND
SUB-SECONDS REGISTER
PICTURE TAKEN BEFORE CASE RESTORE
THE MOVEMENT CASE
IS ONE PIECE STAINLESS STEEL
WITH
A VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL
SNAP BACK IS
RVN BRONZE MEDAL
&
STAINLESS STEEL
PICTURE TAKEN BEFORE CASE RESTORE
CASE BACK IS STEEL AND WELDED TO BRUSHED CHROME PLATED
BASE METAL LUGS AND BEZEL
INSIDE CASE BACK
AIR
45 WW2 64
E-5
BORNE
THIS WATCH BELONGED TO
CAREER
MILITARY MEMBER
AND
WAS WORN DURING
WWII
&
VIETNAM
IT MAY HAVE ALSO SERVED
IN
KOREA
A TWO PIECE STEM ALLOWS
THE MOVEMENT TO
FIT IN TO THE TOP OF A SOLID STEEL CASE
WITH PRESSED & WELDED LUGS AND LUG RING
A STEEL
DIAL RING THEN FITS INTO CASE OVER DIAL
AN OUTER BEZEL RING IS THEN
PRESSED OVER THE CRYSTAL
FORMING SEALING THE WATCH MOVEMENT & DIAL
THE MALE PART OF STEM IS IN THE
CROWN
THE CROWN IS FITTED TO THE FEMALE END IN MOVEMENT
SUPER CLEAN DIAL
THIS PICTURE OF THE GLOWING NUMBERS
& HANDS
WAS TAKEN WITH SHOP LIGHTS ON
BRONZE &
STEEL CASE BACK
FITS OVER SOLID STEEL CASE
GOLD SIGNED
ORIGINAL
WYLER CROWN
FINISHED AS ORIGINAL
BRUSHED
NOTICE THE CASE BACK IS A GENUINE RVN
MEDAL
SILVER AND RE-LUMED HANDS
THIS IS A SUPER RARE FIND
ONE PIECE CASE
SIGNED
STAINLESS STEEL BACK
MARQUISE WATCH CO
SWISS
6523
THE FIRST 1937 WYLER CUSTOM MADE
ONE PIECE SPLIT STEM WATCH CASES WERE MADE BY THE MARQUISE WATCH CASE COMPANY AND A WYLER
BRAND WAS INSCRIBED ON A "DRESS" OUTER STEEL CASE BACK THAT FIT OVER
THE ONE PIECE STEEL CASE. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH CASE INTEGRITY OR SEALING. A VIETNAM
SERVICE MEDAL WAS ALREADY FITTED TO THIS DRESS CASE BACK WHE WE INVESTED IN THE WATCH AND
OTHER MEMORABILIA INCLUDING A VIETNAM HUEY HELICOPTER HELMET.
THIS IS A GSWW GSW ARCHIVE PHOTO SHOWN ONLY
TO DEMONSTRATE HOW THIS WATCH AND OTHER SINGLE CASE WATCHES LIKE IT ARE SEALED AND NOT A
REPRESENTATION OF OR FOR THIS OFFER OTHER THAN TO DEMONSTRATE BY PHOTO HOW THIS WYLER IS
ASSEMBLED.
THIS MOVEMENT WAS OVERHAULED
NEW HAIR AND MAINSPRING
WYLER WATCH CO
1936
MARQUISE WATCH CO
SEVEN 7 JEWELS
006
Features
manual wind
sub second
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Executive Order 11231--Establishing the Vietnam Service
Medal
Description:
Bronze medal, 1 ¼ inches in diameter, an oriental dragon behind a grove of bamboo
trees above the inscription "REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM SERVICE." On the reverse, a
crossbow surmounted a by a torch above the arched inscription "UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA".
Any member who qualified for that medal by reason of service in Vietnam
between July 1, 1958, and July 4, 1965, shall remain qualified for that medal. Upon
application, any such member may be awarded the Vietnam Service Medal . The Vietnam
Service Medal may be awarded posthumously.
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GSW
MEMORABILIA WATCH BOX
HISTORICAL VIETNAM SPECIAL
FORCES
GENUINE MEMORABILIA MILITARY
WATCH BOX
CAN BE OPENED TO REMOVE THE WATCH
AND COMPASS FOR WEARING
FOUR
GENUINE US 5TH SPECIAL FORCES GROUP PATCHES
Constituted
July 5, 1942 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment,
1st Battalion, Third Regiment, 1st Special Service Force, a combined Canadian-American
organization. It was activated four days later on July 9 at Fort William Henry Harrison,
Montana. During World War II, 5th Group was disbanded[citation needed] on January 6, 1945
in France.
5th
Group was reconstituted on April 15, 1960, concurrently consolidated with Headquarters and
Headquarters Company, 5th Ranger Infantry Battalion (activated September 1, 1943). The
consolidated unit was re-designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 5th Special
Forces Group, 1st Special Forces. Organic elements were constituted on September 8, 1961.
5th Group was reactivated September 21, 1961 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.[1]
Fearing the growing threat of the Viet Cong insurgency to the Vietnamese government,
President John F. Kennedy begin activating special forces units in anticipation of their
insurgency combat expertise in 1961. The 5th Special Forces Group was amongst those units
activated in 1961, and while attending training at the Special Warfare Center, Kennedy
visited the units and personally approved the distinctive Special Force's Green Beret.[2]
The 5th SFG was first deployed as a battlefield advisory group for the Army of the
Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). By February 1965, it was deployed as a mainstay battle
force[3] once the war was in full swing.[4] The group mostly operated behind enemy lines
with either other Special Forces groups or South Vietnamese special forces. They were
specialized in combating both regular and irregular units of the Vietnam People's Army,
and other communist bloc insurgents. They used unconventional and conventional warfare,
and were some of the last soldiers the United States pulled out of Vietnam.
During their time in Vietnam, members of the unit earned 19 Medals of Honor, making it the
most prominently decorated unit for its size in that conflict. Members of the unit
continued to conduct intelligence operations in Southeast Asia until the collapse of the
South Vietnamese government on 29 April 1975.
In addition men of the Special Forces earned the following number of awards:
* Distinguished Service Cross 60
* Distinguished Service Medal 1
* Silver Star 815
* Legion of Merit 235
* Distinguished Flying Cross 46
* Soldier's Medal 232
* Bronze Star with V Device 3,074
* Bronze Star 10,160
* Purple Heart 2,658
* Air Medal with V Device 394
* Air Medal 4,527
* Army Commendation Medal with V Device 1,258
* Army Commendation Medal 5,650
1967 IN
COUNTRY
VIETNAM MILITARY OPS MAP PHOTO
SIGNED
ON THE 26TH OF JANUARY 1967
Three Ribbons & Medals As Follows
1- National
Defense Ribbon & Medal
Awarded to all military personal who served in
any branch during a war
- June 27, 1950 to July 27, 1954 for service during the
Korean War
- January 1, 1961 to August 14, 1974 for service during the Vietnam War
- August 2, 1990 to November 30, 1995 for service during the Gulf War
- September 11, 2001 to a date to be announced for service during the War
on Terrorism
2- Vietnam
Service Ribbon & Medal
Awarded to all members of the Armed Forces of the United
States serving in Vietnam and contiguous waters or airspace thereafter, after 3 July 1965
through 28 March 1973.
Campaign stars were worn on the ribbon to
indicate the number of campaigns the recipients served in during their tours:
This one has TWO STARS for:
Vietnam Counteroffensive Phase III 1967-1968
Tet Counteroffensive 1968
3 - Vietnamese Campaign Ribbon
& Medal
South Vietnamese Government Award
Green/White
The decoration may also be awarded to any service member
who, while serving IN Republic of Vietnam, provided direct combat support to the Republic
of Vietnam Armed Forces for a period exceeding six months. AUS service member must have
been awarded either the Vietnam Service Medal or the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, unless terminated by battle casualty. Name of
Award: Vietnamese Campaign Medal. Green with three vertical white stripes. Date
cluster "1960-" worn centrally on ribbon with straight sides of scroll
perpendicular. Clasp or Emblem Worn (if Awarded) 3 July 1965 through 28 March 1973.
TWO WWII UNIFORM BUTTONS
SERGEANTS METAL STRIPES
Yellow Handle
Sword Patch
USARV
(U.S. Army, Vietnam)
September 1965 – September 1968
Unit’s motto “NIGHT HIDES NOT”
Vietnam
*Defense, *Counteroffensive, *Counteroffensive, Phase II, Counteroffensive, Phase III,
*Tet Counteroffensive, *Counteroffensive, Phase IV, *Counteroffensive, Phase V,
*Counteroffensive, Phase VI, *Tet 69/Counteroffensive, *Summer-fall 1969
Symbolism: Yellow and red are the colors of Vietnam. The
blue center represents the United States, together with the sword it alludes to the U.S.
Military in Vietnam.
Background: The shoulder sleeve insignia was approved on 10 Feb 1966.
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US 5th Special Forces Gp Adviser
BIET KICH AIRBORNE
AND
SPECIAL FORCES SHOULDER PATCH
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PAIR OF
SPECIAL FORCES DI CRESTS
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VIETNAM WAR
U.S. GOVERNMENT ISSUE
GREEN PLASTIC WHISTLE
SIGNED
US 72 LAYDON
COMPLETE WITH
ORIGINAL
BLACK CORD.
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