Helmet Graffiti in the Vietnam War

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So, as an act of rebellion, many of the young US soldiers started to decorate the camouflaged cloth covering of their metal helmets.

At first it was with simple things like the name of their girlfriend or their favourite music band
But as the war progressed, slogans, symbols and doodles started to appear on the troop’s helmets; with many protesting against the war itself.

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Credit:
Created by Daniel Turner
Script: Conan White

Narrator:
Bryan 'Lazlo' Beauregard

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[Simplehistory]

What's your favorite Vietnam War Helmet slogans? 🌴

[TheNINDLE]

And my personal favorite, “Too young to vote, but not to die, too young to love, but too old to cry.”

[roboticsmarts]

"Don't shoot I'm too short." Which meant his time in Vietnam was almost up.

[jorgec.a]

This wasn't on a helmet but on a lighter, it's my favorite quote regardless, says "We are the unwilling led by the unqualified doing the unnecessary for the ungrateful"

[John-yhmr]

My dad was a Vietnam vet. I’d asked him in the past if he wrote anything on his helmet and he said he drew a target on the front

[spidermandemintheends]

“You write “born to kill” on your helmet and you wear a peace button? Is this some kind of SICK JOKE?”

[TheLordpeanuts]

"I got lost on the way to college"

[richard]

My dad carried his friend back to base after he was shot in the head. The bullet went through the front and somehow skimmed the side of his head. When he “got” a new helmet, he painted a “hole” and wrote “you missed”.

Sadly, his friend died in a helicopter explosion that my dad survived.

[southernNCfamily]

My favorite has to be my dad's, "so poor I actually volunteered for this"

[Samtheman]

My grandpa had a friends who put
"Jesus Is alive, he sells pot in mexico" he was one of the only people who my grandpa knew that survived

[warpartyattheoutpost]

*"I went to Nam and all I got was this lousy helmet"*

[oceanaxim]

"Fighting for peace? isn't that like f*cking for virginity?" FULL METAL JACKET

[Narceoda]

"We've been trying to reach you regarding your car's extended warranty."

[mahmoudibnemir]

"JFK sent me, Johnson killed me."

[louis]

"It just confused them into wondering why the Americans kept doing this" I don't know why but that is really funny to me that all that was accomplished was making them think we were fucking weirdos

[AbrahamLincoln]

Commercial promo for Vietnam:

*"It's Nerf or Nothing!"*

[TheUnderdog]

"FDA Approved: Farm Fresh"
"God is my shotgun"
"Front towards enemy"
"Mickey Mouse Adventure Club"

[thom]

“Born in the north, died in the south” made me laugh more than I should

[TheERUEDA]

"I'd rather be shrimping" on bubbas helmet from Forest Gump

[jessetellez]

When I was in the Army 2011, Id write on my helmet. Higher ups complained told me it was non regulation. At any rate I did it anyway, never really got into trouble for it. I wrote "Killroy was here." My fellow soldiers asked what it meant. It was a nice history lesson.