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Description
Made of metal and plastic in good, functional condition. Mass-produced by the US Military contractor in the 1960s. Participant ID_00046, Object ID_00121
Keywords
Combatant; Military
Collection Site
Logan
Copyright
CC-BY-NC
Collection Date
10-27-2022
War Era
Vietnam
Recommended Citation
Bringing War Home, "Machete and Sheath" (2022). Bringing War Home Collection. 50.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/bwh_collection/50
Object Story
Machete and sheath were issued to the participant in 1967 or 1968 while serving in Vietnam during the Tet Offensive, and he currently resides in Utah. When the machetes that were issued did not work to cut through, they would use Agent Orange instead.