The Don Englebreston Collection

Souvenir Apparel Vendor Table in the Darkened Ballroom, SOAR XXXVII, Las Vegas, 2013 (underexposed)

Souvenir Apparel Vendor Table in the Darkened Ballroom, SOAR XXXVII, Las Vegas, 2013 (underexposed)

SOAR XXXVII, Las Vegas, 2013. The souvenir apparel table at the thirty-seventh Special Operations Association Reunion, photographed with the house lights down. Folded T-shirts and racked ballcaps were sold alongside books, patches and unit insignia; the shirt worn by the browsing attendee at left carries lettering for the association's riders group. Reunion merchandise served a practical purpose beyond commerce, giving veterans of units such as MACV-SOG - whose insignia had been unofficial or classified - visible markers of an affiliation they could finally acknowledge. Project: 219854