1st Cav Veteran

[RonR]

Robert Spichinger fought with the 1st Cav in Korea.

Here are some of his insignia recently acquired.............


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[RonR]

23

[RonR]

45

[RonR]

67

[TORCH03]

Nice! Thanks for sharing it with us!

Matt

[chevy216]

Really nice grouping. .

[juoneen]

Most Korean War vets in service went to Japan for R&R, you should go back and. See if he has a canon Leica camera he got when there...almost every vet bought one at the time...they were copies of the range Finder Leica the Germans gave the Japanese the lense grinding secrets to During WW2.
Nice find ....what division was he in?

[historyguy]

Nice grouping! I love the convex collar discs!

Thanks for sharing with us!!

[historyguy]

....what division was he in?

1st Cavalry Division-- the large yellow patches.

[juoneen]

I was referring to the DI's on the green epilet loops ?

[RonR]

I was referring to the DI's on the green epilet loops ?

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[historyguy]

8th Engineer Combat Battalion from 17 August 1949; redesignated 8th Engineer Battalion on 18 May 1955.

BTW the green loops are Leaders Identification Insignia a.k.a. "combat leaders(hip) tabs."

Once again. great grouping, Ron. Excellent photography, too!