VIETNAM WAR AUTHENTIC MONTAGNARD BRACELET FITS LARGE AND SMALL WRISTS SAME DAY SHIPPING

Description

This is an Authentic MONTAGNARD FRIENDSHIP BRACELET Made in Vietnam. You will be getting a Bracelet that will fit both large and small wrists, they are adjustable. Nice engravings and there is no name on the Bracelet so it can be worn by anyone.You will also get a Reproduction of the Ace of Spades Death card.

PLEASE SPECIFY SMALL OR LARGE WRIST. IF YOU DON'T YOU WILL GET ONE FOR A LARGE WRIST.             

NO TWO BRACELETS ARE  THE SAME.
                    

                                 FREE  SAME DAY SHIPPING

                                                 (IN THE USA ONLY)

This Bracelet is a sign of trust and a mark of respect from the Montagnard people to their SF advisors and paymasters.They were also given to U.S. Army Special Forces (Green Berets) and others during the Vietnam War. The Montagnards were despised by the Vietnamese, who looked down upon them as savages.The Bracelets measure Approx. 3 " outside Diameter and are Adjustable.

Montagnard (mountain yard) is a French word meaning mountain people. Yard is an American term meaning Montagnard. Yard is a term of endearment.

The mountain tribes people of Southeast Asia do not look Oriental. Most look Polynesian, and their language sounds more Polynesian than Oriental. They are the locals; the Vietnamese are the new kids on the block. The Yards viewed the arrival of Orientals much as the American Indian viewed the arrival of white men.

Yards live in tribal groups. Over twenty tribes wander the mountains of Southeast Asia. The Rhade, Sedang, Jarai, Koho, Bru, Bahnar and Raglai are indigenous to South Vietnam. They are primarily nomadic, and practice slash and burn agriculture. They also hunt with crossbows and forage the jungle. The OSS recognized the utility of using the mountain tribes to help the French fight the Japanese. The CIA saw them as a useful group to aid the French against the Viet Minh.

The Vietnamese had little contact with the tribes until President Diem decided to move settlers into the highlands. The neighborhood has not been the same since.

Little love is lost between these two peoples--the mountain people and the valley people. When Special Forces teams began arriving in the late fifties, they immediately saw the utility of turning this hostility to serve the needs of counter insurgency.

The Americans discovered that Yards needed little inducement. It was enough to say, "We'll show you how to kill lots of Vietnamese." The challenge then became keeping the Yards pointed north.

Yards took an instant liking to the big white men in the funny green hats. They reminded them of the French. The few Frenchmen that made contact with Yards did right by them. There were missionaries that made few converts but did good works in the attempt. French social workers and anthropologists gave without taking and treated Yards as human beings. Yards never forgot.

We in the Special Forces inherited that legacy of good will and harnessed it. Special Forces men are good at that. Over the years, a special bond grew between these disparate people: the U.S. Army Special Forces and the Yards of Southeast Asia.