✅ SOLVED Colonial Paratrooper buttons ??

[Toecutter]

Not sure what these are, haven't had any luck with Google. Anyone recognize these neat buttons?

 

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[ripvanb]

I believe that is a League of American Wheelmen button or League of American Bicyclists. Lots of info on Wikipedia a such..

 

[Zakon Krzyżacki]

Not sure what these are, haven't had any luck with Google. Anyone recognize these neat buttons?
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[CreakyDigger]

Not sure what these are, haven't had any luck with Google. Anyone recognize these neat buttons?
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It may have something to do with bicycling or motorcycling. There is a Cyclist's Touring Club in the UK with a very similar emblem.

 

[Toecutter]

I believe that is a League of American Wheelmen button or League of American Bicyclists. Lots of info on Wikipedia a such..

Thats it thanks ripvanb!!

 

[crashbandicoot]

Thats it thanks ripvanb!!

Nice ID! Just as a FYI,the only Colonial Parachute units I,m familiar with are the French Colonial Parachute Battalions that served in the French Indochina War,circa early 1950s.

 

[crashbandicoot]

If interested,Bernard Fall,s excellent books,"Street Without Joy" and "Hell in a Very Small Place" give an excellent picture of France,s experience there.

 

[CreakyDigger]

If interested,Bernard Fall,s excellent books,"Street Without Joy" and "Hell in a Very Small Place" give an excellent picture of France,s experience there.

Which would you recommend to read first?

 

[crashbandicoot]

Which would you recommend to read first?

Street without Joy, It goes into the entire war,in Vietnam,Laos and Cambodia. Hell in A Very Small Place is specifically on Dien Bien Phu,which set the stage for France,s retreat from Indochina and America,s entry to Vietnam. You probably know,but Indochina encompassed all of North and South Vietnam,Laos and Cambodia.

 

[crashbandicoot]

Fall died in Vietnam of battle wounds while covering U.S. operations.

 

[CreakyDigger]

Street without Joy, It goes into the entire war,in Vietnam,Laos and Cambodia. Hell in A Very Small Place is specifically on Dien Bien Phu,which set the stage for France,s retreat from Indochina and America,s entry to Vietnam. You probably know,but Indochina encompassed all of North and South Vietnam,Laos and Cambodia.

Thanks for the recommend. I ordered a copy of Street. There's an awful lot I don't know; this will fill in a gap.

 

[crashbandicoot]

Thanks for the recommend. I ordered a copy of Street. There's an awful lot I don't know; this will fill in a gap.

A little covered period outside France.Very compelling!

 

[crashbandicoot]

For those who reacted with WOW! I wasn,t trying to be cute or diminish toecutter,s find,it was an attempt to place a bit of knowledge out there,that,s all.If anyone is offended,I apologize,no offense meant.