Locally Made 199th Aviation Company Surveillance

Locally made 199th Aviation Company. Appliqué construction. Removed from uniform with age and service wear. The 199th started out as the 199th Airplane Company (Lt),with lineage going to the 199th Truck Company in the Philippine Islands in WWII. Initially the company's call sign was 'Mad Dog' however before the unit deployed over seas another unit was operating in RVN with that call sign. It's new name comming from the Revolutionary War hero, Francis Marion, The 'Swamp Fox'. In June of 1967, the 199th made the move from where it formed up, Fort Hood, TX, to Vinh Long, RVN