Manchu Hair - What was it and how was it made? 

That's a great story! Thanks for sharing! Wish we here in the States embraced scrim a bit more!

That's awesome! Thank you for sharing and for your service!

Keep up the fire!

It's definitely unique, and thank you for your service! I'm curious to see if OCP would work.

Awesome! I'm glad you liked it and hope you make your own!

You're welcome! I'm glad I could help!

Thank you!

Thank you!

I completely understand that! My wallet has been taking quite the hits these last few years! I also would love to get my hands on a 77 but just way too expensive at the moment.

Thanks! I'm glad I could help! 82nd did not use manchu hair in Just Cause! Only the 7th Infantry and 75th Rangers had manchu during the operation!

Thank you!

I'm glad you liked it! I'll try to do more things like this!

Thanks, and that's awesome!

@@SurplusGeek Thank you for the inspiration!

Thanks! I got the fabric off eBay. You want something that is similar to the original BDU fabric, so 50/50 cotton nylon blend.

Honestly, I'm not sure about the exact origins of it. My best guess would be, yes, it's in reference to the queue hairstyle.

Manchus is the nickname of the 9th Infantry Regiment. It comes from their participation in the Boxer Rebellion: "At the beginning of the century the U.S. Army dispatched the 9th Infantry Regiment to Qing China during the Boxer Rebellion and the China Relief Expedition where the regiment earned the nickname "Manchus". During the Battle of Tientsin, three 9th Regiment soldiers received the Medal of Honor and the regimental commander, Col. Emerson H. Liscum, was killed by Chinese fire, as was the flag bearer for the regiment. A Chinese sniper shot Liscum as he tried to steady the flag after the bearer was killed. The Chinese again unleashed a torrent of fire upon the Allies, which forced them to lie face down in mud. The dark blue uniform of the American troops provided a virtual bull's eye to the Chinese troops, equipped with western firearms, such as Winchesters, Mausers, and Mannlichers.[5] Many American troops died from Chinese sniper fire before they took the city.[6] The regiment suffered a ten percent casualty rate in the battle. Colonel Liscum's dying words gave the regiment its motto, "Keep up the fire!".

Thanks for your service! It's a pretty cool bit of history!

Fair enough. I knew the Rangers started wearing it in the late 80s and then the 25th but didn't know about the 2nd ID, so that is pretty interesting.

@@SurplusGeekyes most units used it but the 7th was the one who started it and I believe they where the only one who could wear them on base, I read somthing about that and have heard it form a lot of veterans but it may be wrong. I don’t know how to word it, but all units could wear the Manchu hair in deployments but the 7th was the only one allowed on base. At lease in the 80’s

@@Buzza1966 it is true. You'd get smoked if you didn't have Manchu hair on your kevlar lol.

Juice​@@SurplusGeek we earned the right to wear our Manchu hair after a Rite of passage exercise. We were a COHORT unit (we all went through basic together and went to the same unit) we were A co. 1/9. We also earned the right to wear our Manchu belt buckle after completing the Manchu Mile. The Manchu hair came from the 9th Infantry Regiment...the "Manchus". I was in the 1st Bn of the 9th Regiment......1st Machus. KEEP UP THE FIRE!

@@6916lightfighter KUTF!