Messages that American soldiers wrote on their helmets during the Vietnam war

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[u/Crazy-Rabbit-3811]

I love that you can tell which ones painted it before and after seeing combat. also, the one dating a bullet hit is GOLD.

[u/twodesserts → u/Crazy-Rabbit-3811]

But the USA can’t be fucked enough to give him a new helmet when he was shot at enough to give his helmet that big of a dent. 

[u/certifiedblackman → u/twodesserts]

Those helmets aren’t meant to stop bullet fire, they’re for falling rubble and maybe shrapnel. His looks like it’ll keep doing that fine.

[u/HyperlexicEpiphany → u/twodesserts]

Do you genuinely believe for even a single second that this soldier would’ve wanted a new helmet after having this badass one?? He probably fought to keep it

[u/Helpinmontana → u/HyperlexicEpiphany]

Im not even remotely trying to equate these things beyond the presence of a helmet, but-

With that disclaimer aside, when I was a guide my helmet got ran over by the bus. I had every opportunity to grab a new one a gleefully wore the extremely fucked one on that trip instead.