BEERCAN LAPEL BADGE - US SPECIAL FORCES - DE OPPRESSO LIBER - Vietnam War - 0177

Description

I was fortunate to come across a small collection of Beercan pieces some years ago. They all show varying level's of use.
Please view. These are in-country, hand cut, hand made pieces.
De Oppresso Liber - US Special Forces - US Special Operations Group
To Free The Oppressed
USSF - MACV-SOG -
Lapel Badge
Measures - 1.2 x .8 inches (3 x 2 cms)
De Oppresso Liber
De oppresso liber is the motto of the United States Army Special Forces.
In the United States Army Special Forces, the motto is traditionally believed to mean "to free from oppression" or "to liberate the oppressed" in Latin.
A correct translation of the Latin phrase de oppresso liber would be "from (being) an oppressed man, (to being) a free one".
The phrase stems from the exploits of World War II Office of Strategic Services Jedburgh/Sussex Teams operating behind the lines in France.
Colonel Aaron Bank, father of United States Army Special Forces, and his teams enabled the French Resistance to grow and oppose the occupying German Army.
The unconventional warfare tactics of Colonel Bank differed from the conventional warfare tactics of the rest of the United States Army in that they included clandestine support for one side of an existing conflict and that they were subversive to the Axis forces in power.
For your kind Consideration.
Coan Control, North, South, Central, MACV, Special Forces, SOG, Special Op’s, Special Operations Group, 5
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Special Forces, Army Security Agency, Military Intelligence, Psy-Ops, US Army, De Oppresso Liber, Airborne, 1
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Special Forces, CIDG, Mike Force, Mobile Guerrilla Force, Mobile Strike Force
, Operations Detachment, Provincial Recon Unit, Recon Teams, RT
, USMC, United States Marine Corps, Vietnam War, WWII, WWI, French Indochine War, French Foreign Legion, Legion Etrange, Project Omega, Recondo School, Rapid Fire, Project Delta, Special Missions Advisory Force, Project Gamma, Project Sigma, Indigenous Troops, MACV-SOG, CCC, CCS, CCN, USARV, SMAG, TAG, Field Training Command, Recon Team Leader, US Navy, Air Force, AATTV, Long Tan, Nui Dat, AAFV, ATF, New Zealand V Force, Big Red One, 1
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Infantry Division, 1
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Cavalry Division, Tropic Lightning, 25
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Infantry Division, Subdued, Patch, Patches, Uniform, Helmet, Flash, Beret, Arc, Tab, 101
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Airborne Division, 82
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Airborne, 173
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Airborne, Combat, Militaria, Medal, Badge, Map, 199
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Infantry Brigade, Old Ironsides, 5
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Infantry Division, MAAG, USARPAC, XXIV Corps, 23
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Infantry Division, Americal, 38
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Infantry Division, Black Op’s, Clandestine, Non-Conventional Warfare, 11
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Infantry Brigade, 11
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Armored, 196
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, 1
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Aviation, 18
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Engineers, Medic, Medical, Viet Cong, VC, Viet Minh, Dien Bien Phu, Saigon, Tiger Force Rangers, Ranger, Logistical Command, Khe Sanh, POW, RVN, ARVN, South Vietnam, North Vietnam, NVA, Hanoi, Siagon, Phan Rang, LLDB, Bright Light, Free World Forces, Company, Platoon, Patrol, Long Range,