Vietnam Veteran Hats

Every March 29 is National Vietnam War Veterans Day, set by the Vietnam War Veterans Recognition Act of 2017 on the anniversary of March 29, 1973, when the last combat troops left and the last prisoners of war came home. The American Legion notes that many Vietnam veterans returned to an America that did not welcome them, which is why Welcome Home is the phrase this page leans on hardest. These Vietnam veteran hats are the era cap for the veterans themselves and for the children and grandchildren who buy one for them. The badges name the service plainly: VIETNAM VETERAN, VIETNAM ERA VETERAN and VIETNAM COMBAT VETERAN, the wording sold on conflict caps. The sentence designs carry the memorial lines (ALL GAVE SOME, OLD SOLDIERS NEVER DIE), the draftee who showed up, and a few dry bits in the veteran's own voice: the P-38, the 1.5 inch pocket can opener issued with C-rations since 1942 that owners say they still carry decades later, and the man who has camped enough. This page covers the Vietnam era specifically. It is separate from Veteran Hats, which is generic and joke-led. Every design is custom embroidered on an unstructured dad hat. Wear one on March 29 or Veterans Day, or give one to a dad or grandpa who served.