Posted: 2/14/2025 2:36:03 PM EDT
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We've been collecting little pieces of trivia here and there but nothing specific to the Blood Sweat and Tears V100 while in Vietnam so we're still searching for that elusive photo of this V100 while in Vietnam or someone familiar with it and hoping someone has a box of old photos that may have captured this vehicle somewhere in the background. Reg#1304269 hull number #10602 So far we have been unable to find a single photo and as time slips away, hope for finding any relevant photos or information naturally fades as well. We've ran down every lead that has been offered and unfortunately those leads have all ended at either an obituary or with someone who would rather forget that chapter of their lives...either way, a dead end. John McDonald (a retired Cadillac Gage representative) was able to tell us a lot about the manufacture and delivery to Vietnam (March '69) and it being assigned to the 16th MP Group, 504th MP Bn, B company "Roadrunners" and operated in the Central Highlands AO, based near Pleiku. Later Da Nang in the north and later Ling Binh west of Saigon in '72 before returning to USA. We were able to locate and reunite the young soldier (gentleman in the photo) named Don Tillman with his engraved Zippo in this vehicle, and he even provided some interesting items relating to his service there, but that is pretty much where the trail ends. The completion of this restoration with markings would receive a much needed shot in the arm if we could only locate someone with personal knowledge of it's history and hopefully a photo. Since this journey had began, we've found tons of photos and video featuring other V100's with a variety of nose art examples and there's been a few folks recommending possibly rebranding this one to a more recognizable variant, which we'd rather not do. As always, any help will be greatly appreciated and I'd gladly pay for someone's effort to help us complete this project. Here is a link to the FB page with more pictures and info we have so far. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100077892416147  
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If anyone can offer suggestions on where to search, I appreciate all leads. CherriesWriter - Vietnam War website |
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Unfortunately many veterans from that period are either no longer with us or doesn't do forums, while others would probably rather forget that chapter in their lives. If you have photos, slides or negatives that you've purchased at an estate sale, storage building lot or inherited, I'd gladly pay you for any copies relevant to this project. Here's a picture sent to us recently, and although it wasn't the Blood Sweat and Tears V100, it would have shared some of the same mud back in the day. 
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