The Don Englebreston Collection
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