Vietnam Era Silk Blood Chit

The Vietnam Era blood chit was issued to USAF, USN, and USMC aircrew flying over Southeast Asia — the longest-running blood chit program in American military history, spanning from the early 1960s through 1975. The Vietnam blood chit contains survival text in 12 languages covering the complex linguistic landscape of the theater: Vietnamese (northern and southern dialects), Khmer, Lao, Thai, Malay, Indonesian, Tagalog, and others — reflecting the operational reality that a downed pilot might land in any of several countries and encounter civilians speaking entirely different languages.

This reproduction bears the Military Airlift Command (MAC) stamp — the authorization mark of the command responsible for logistics and personnel recovery, which took over centralized blood chit distribution during the mid-war period. The MAC stamp dates this specific design to that standardized phase, distinguishing it from earlier, command-specific Vietnam blood chit variants. The 12-language format was the result of years of refinement: early Vietnam blood chits had fewer languages and were found to be insufficient for the geographic spread of the conflict.

Screen-printed on genuine silk. 13.75” H × 10” W. MAC stamp. Made in the USA by Int’l Insignia. Suitable for framing, or carried folded inside a G-1 or flight suit interior pocket as original aircrew carried them.

• Vietnam Era blood chit — USAF/USN/USMC aircrew, 1960–75
• Genuine silk — screen-printed in 12 languages
• Military Airlift Command (MAC) stamp — mid-war standardized issue
• Longest-running blood chit program in American military history
• 13.75” H × 10” W
• Made in the USA by Int’l Insignia

Displays well with a Navy G-1 flight jacket. Learn the history in What Is a Blood Chit?, or compare every era in the blood chit collection.