We were getting ready for deployment from Fort Hood to Vietnam in October 1966 and all our underwear were white.There were no official OD greens issued to us.

     We bought all the green type dye at the post exchange (PX) at Fort Hood, Texas, and dyed everything ourselves at the base laundromat. After we finished dyeing the clothing we didn't realize that you should run the machines on a wash cycle to get rid of the green dye remaining in the washing machines. The next people to use the washing machines were surprised to see their clothes come out looking tie-dyed green!

Journal of SP/4 Allan M. Portnoy, Fot Hood, Texas, B Company & 615th MP Company, 720th MP Battalion, 89th MP Group, 18th MP Brigade, Vietnam, October, 1966 to October 1967.