Special Operations Association Reunion, 2013. A vendor's rack of embroidered veteran ballcaps — 'Ranger,' 'Vietnam Veteran,' 'Retired U.S. Army,' 'Don't Tread On Me' — with a hook-and-loop patch case marked 'Velcro Patches' alongside. Commercially produced insignia apparel of this kind is a fixture of reunion vendor halls, and the caps and patches sold here become the visual vocabulary by which veterans identify themselves in later photographs. The lettering advertises stock for sale and does not record the service of the men shown. Project: 219861