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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jwt708, post: 2368897, member: 32619&quot;]It&#039;s been a little while since I&#039;ve seriously added any new military trade tokens. I did pick up a couple Vietnam tokens before Christmas time and I &quot;think&quot; I posted them in the exonumia thread. As [USER=1886]@longnine009[/USER] and [USER=10328]@jello[/USER] know I&#039;m very interested in the Korean and Vietnam War. I&#039;ve been looking to expand my Vietnam tokens as I feel they&#039;re poorly represented in my collection. So I was cruising the eBay and snagged a couple tokens. One of the great things about my collection focus is I can add to it for very small amounts of money. Seriously, the two tokens I&#039;m posting here cost me less than a four pack of beer bought on the British economy.</p><p><br /></p><p>First up is this rough looking token from Kunsan Air Base (AB), Republic of Korea.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]484120[/ATTACH]</p><p>KR1000a, Korea, Kunsan Air Base (K-8)</p><p>Obv.: AIRMENS OPEN MESS / 5¢ / KUNSAN</p><p>Rev.: (same)</p><p>Brass, 20mm</p><p>This token has seen far better days. I&#039;m a little concerned about it and I bought it because it was so inexpensive and I don&#039;t have one from Kunsan and I was drinking a little. Maybe it can be cleaned up, maybe not.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just a couple quick tidbits about Kunsan AB: the Japanese first built a base there in 1938. In the 40s the U.S. Army operated out of it and with the end of WWII maintained a small presence. In 1950 when the North came south they took it. Well we took it back and the first Air Force unit to occupy it was 27th Fighter Escort Wing which was the direct descendant to my first Wing, the 27th Fighter Wing now the 27th Special Operations Wing. Kunsan AB currently flies F-16s and I have a friend stationed there, for his second tour in Korea.</p><p><br /></p><p>Moving to my Vietnam pick up...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]484125[/ATTACH]</p><p>VN4150a/b*, Vietnam, Qui Nhon AB</p><p>Obv.: QUI NHON MESS / ASSOCIATION</p><p>Rev.: 5¢</p><p>Plated brass, 21mm, *two varieties exist &quot;5&quot; is 8mm or 9mm won&#039;t know until it&#039;s in hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>I actually have very little about this base. Built in 1966 and operated until 1975. More research needs to be done.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a couple other tokens thrown in for fun...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]484129[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]484130[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]484127[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]484128[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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