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BATGUANO is the latest restored addition to our collection.
It's a cut/reweld 1967 Kaiser M151A1, that we received from the estate of a dear friend of ours Chief Bernard Olive, of the Baytown Fire Department. Bernard had been a medic, and he had done a partial resto with markings from his time in service. The original intent was to restore it putting back his unit markings. That is until we found a unique marking on the passenger's side. That of a yellow bat.
With help from fellow SS Members (much appreciated) we did research and discovered that this vehicle had actually been used in Viet Nam by the 265th ASA, ABN, 101st ABN. The 265th was stood up and down in Viet Nam. Once we learned that, the plans changed, and we have instead restored as best we can, with proper unit markings etc, for it's service. This is a link to a history of the 265th, with additional pictures of other jeeps and vehicles used by them in Viet Nam. http://www.bathead.com/265RRC.html
Here also are some pictures of the restored vehicle, and the original yellow bat.
It's a cut/reweld 1967 Kaiser M151A1, that we received from the estate of a dear friend of ours Chief Bernard Olive, of the Baytown Fire Department. Bernard had been a medic, and he had done a partial resto with markings from his time in service. The original intent was to restore it putting back his unit markings. That is until we found a unique marking on the passenger's side. That of a yellow bat.
With help from fellow SS Members (much appreciated) we did research and discovered that this vehicle had actually been used in Viet Nam by the 265th ASA, ABN, 101st ABN. The 265th was stood up and down in Viet Nam. Once we learned that, the plans changed, and we have instead restored as best we can, with proper unit markings etc, for it's service. This is a link to a history of the 265th, with additional pictures of other jeeps and vehicles used by them in Viet Nam. http://www.bathead.com/265RRC.html
Here also are some pictures of the restored vehicle, and the original yellow bat.
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