Quite a while ago I had thought about making my husband a lap throw representing his Army days, but he also served in the Air Force, and has a desire for a War Between the States lap throw as well. It was just too many lap throws! So I decided to make two wall hangings to represent his service time...this is the first one, just completed. It commemorates his time in Viet Nam in 1970-71 where he served in Chu Lai as a helicopter door gunner for Nighthawk (under Blue Ghost, F Troop, 8th Cavalry). I happened to find an authentic piece of camouflaged fabric (the real stuff!) in our things...why we had it, I have no idea. It was perfect for this project! I's about 3 1/2 feet by 3 3/4 feet. I recreated some of his photos onto fabric and appliqued most of the wall hanging, adding his patches.
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| The right side, including the map of Viet Nam. |
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| The left side of the wall hanging. Cleaning his M-60. Also shows the Blue Ghost patch. |
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| The Nighthawk patch is below my favorite photo of him with his mini-gun. |
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| The red arrow in the top left photo points to one of his "hooches" or places he lived during his year there. Look at that SMILE!!! |
