Green Beret

Wartime, U.S. issued green beret that has a 5th Special Forces Group (5th SFG (ABN)) flash applied to the face and is 1967 dated.

In 1969 – 1971, John H. Gunnison was assigned to Military Assistance Command Vietnam Studies and Observations Group (MAC V SOG), Command and Control South (CCS), Recon Company and served on Recon Teams Level and Sickle. He later transferred to Command and Control Central (CCC), Recon Company where he reformed Recon Team Iowa. John was Wounded in Action and medevaced to CONUS in January 1971. It should be noted that the veteran performed a Static Line Combat Jump into Cambodia on January 21, 1970 with Recon Team Sickle.