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Beret flashes[edit]

Affixed to the cover is the Beret Flash for the Green Beret's assigned unit.

Grandpa Diaz saw combat as a Green Beret starting in the jungles of Vietnam and finishing in the arid deserts of Iraq. During his Special Forces career he served in the following SF Groups:

5th Special Forces Group 12th Special Forces Group 19th Special Forces Group

Beret insignia[edit]

Pinned to the beret flash is the Special Forces Distinctive Unit Insignia for Enlisted soldiers or the rank insignia for Officers.

Special Forces Distinctive Unit Insignia Lieutenant Colonel Officer Rank Insignia

Useful history[edit]

https://specialforcestraining.info/history/vietnam.htm

https://ut.ng.mil/ABOUT/Units/19th-Special-Forces-Group-Airborne/

https://tmd.texas.gov/texas-special-forces

https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA312864.pdf