tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382754892322119466.post4801271023957723191..comments2024-03-29T04:19:27.038-05:00Comments on Flashback Summer: Controversial Post: Wearing Military Garments?Emileigh http://www.blogger.com/profile/13683866769745929646noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382754892322119466.post-44444812023215296042020-04-01T10:50:43.722-05:002020-04-01T10:50:43.722-05:00Awww, thank you! I post a lot more on Facebook and...Awww, thank you! I post a lot more on Facebook and Instagram these days if you want to follow there!<br /><br />https://www.facebook.com/FlashbackSummer/<br />https://www.instagram.com/flashbacksummer/Emileigh https://www.blogger.com/profile/13683866769745929646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382754892322119466.post-34350981030025471912020-03-18T17:48:56.485-05:002020-03-18T17:48:56.485-05:00I guess I never really thought much about the topi...I guess I never really thought much about the topic. But it is something to consider. We once found a uniform hat for my younger brother. (but he just wore it around the house.)<br />Anyway it is definitely good advice to think through your actions whatever they may be.<br /><br />Also am so excited to see that you posted! I have been following your blog but, at the time I joined, you had stopped posting for a spell, anyway its great to see that you still are blogging!!!Mindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09206286827703762179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382754892322119466.post-64785200600364426152020-03-15T10:25:29.876-05:002020-03-15T10:25:29.876-05:00I've also found that many orphaned uniforms ar...I've also found that many orphaned uniforms are given away by family members after someone dies.<br /><br />Yes, the anti-war pieces are a very important part of history and the American military experience. I think it's important that military members speak on their experiences; Vietnam was an especially hard time to be in the military.<br /><br />For me, though, these anti-war messages tied to military uniforms are meaningful when they're worn by the people who wore those uniforms in the military. They're *their* uniform pieces. It's their statement to make because they earned that perspective through experience. Emileigh https://www.blogger.com/profile/13683866769745929646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382754892322119466.post-81976851549235938802020-03-13T22:16:05.864-05:002020-03-13T22:16:05.864-05:00What a great, informative post. Many thanks!What a great, informative post. Many thanks!Melissa B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14558776251057255981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382754892322119466.post-88038533383452802942020-03-11T13:10:14.712-05:002020-03-11T13:10:14.712-05:00This is an incredibly interesting topic and I love...This is an incredibly interesting topic and I love the insight you gave to it.<br /><br />While I had two grandfathers who served in WWII, both had negative experiences, and I do not believe their uniforms were kept. At least, the discussion of where they are has not been brought up, nor did I ever see them.<br /><br />In some ways, finding a piece of a uniform second hand almost feels as if the person who "earned it" gave it up. Yes, the uniform is still part of a large group of people who are still around, but that original wearer abandoned it. Or, perhaps their heirs did.<br /><br />In my experience, most second-hand military uniforms (I remember 60s German jackets being very popular) were have been worn by anarchists, those in the punk scene, and those who overall don't really seem to care much for the military.<br /><br />For a long while I wore a Korean era Army Ike jacket, with a Vietnam era button that read "POWs Never Have a Nice Day" with an unhappy face on it. Later I amassed collection of anti-Vietnam War, pro-voting buttons that I put on the jacket, but eventually it got to a point where the jacket was more like a piece of art, than a garment, and it rarely is worn. I liked the juxtaposition of a military jacket being adored with anti-war messages, and it reminded me greatly of how many soldiers in Vietnam would alter their own gear with anti-war messages. I received one negative comment when I wore it, but overall the response was one of interest, but with no positive or negative comment. I can understand some being offended by it, and seeing it as disrespectful, however, I would point simply to the fact there were members of the military who had similar messages and altered their uniforms in a similar fashion.<br /><br />At one point I had a WAVES uniform, thinking I would get into reenacting, but later sold it, because I have complex feelings about reenacting.Janeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09179447682223205557noreply@blogger.com