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Marc Garlasco
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Marc Garlasco

Gents,

 

Hope this is ok to post here. A friend's dad (87) is shown below. She is clueless and doesn't know much about his service. i am trying to help. He is not able to help as he has problems understanding. Thanks for any help - I have asked her to send me any info she has.

 

Nick

 

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1SG_1st_Cav

Lets get a better look at the patch please. It doesn't look like an 11th Abn Div patch from what I'm seeing. Danny

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Yep, 11th Abn Div circa 1948-late 1951, keys here are quadruple collar discs and the wear of the OD neck tie( these started to be used sometime in 1948) could be the late occupation period ( Div left Japan in May 1949, or when the Division was at Campbell.

 

By the light color in the center of the oval in this Black and White Photo, it could be either one for the 511th Airborne Infantry.

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Or the 188th Airborne Infantry.

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Marc Garlasco

Thanks guys! I am going over their house Friday to go through their stuff. He is living in an assisted center and is alive but not very lucid.

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