EJINPA Posted November 7, 2013 Share #1 Posted November 7, 2013 Howdy. I just received a grouping of items form the son of a WW2 USMC vet. Everything was pretty easy to identify....except this patch! Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearmon Posted November 7, 2013 Share #2 Posted November 7, 2013 looks like the dice and 0 represent the 506th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Scott Posted November 8, 2013 Share #3 Posted November 8, 2013 Just a thought this may be a Military Order Of The Devil Dog insignia.The MOOD is an offshoot of the Marine Corp League.Their Logo is a heavy jowled Bull Dog.Just google Devil Dog organization and see the resemblance.Scotty PS almost every WW@ and Korean War Vet I knew belonged to one or the other or both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted November 8, 2013 Share #4 Posted November 8, 2013 Looks familiar.I want to say a MAG unit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBCannon Posted November 11, 2013 Share #5 Posted November 11, 2013 EJINPA; Your patch is for Marine Air Warning Squadron 11. See the article in the July-September ASMIC Trading Post submitted by Mike Bigalke for the history of the unit and the patch. Briefly: the "Lucky 11 patch designed by Capt. John L. Carnegie and 1st Sgt Ted Kleinfelter. The patches were made in the San Diego, CA area. Around 400 patches were made, and at least one patch was given to each man in the Summer of 1944 at Camp Miramar. The unit saw action at Okinawa. Nice and rare patch. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted November 11, 2013 Share #6 Posted November 11, 2013 EJINPA; Your patch is for Marine Air Warning Squadron 11. See the article in the July-September ASMIC Trading Post submitted by Mike Bigalke for the history of the unit and the patch. Briefly: the "Lucky 11 patch designed by Capt. John L. Carnegie and 1st Sgt Ted Kleinfelter. The patches were made in the San Diego, CA area. Around 400 patches were made, and at least one patch was given to each man in the Summer of 1944 at Camp Miramar. The unit saw action at Okinawa. Nice and rare patch. Jim Great detective work. Very cool and indeed a rare find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamski Posted November 11, 2013 Share #7 Posted November 11, 2013 Cool! Another mystery solved! Well done! -Ski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBCannon Posted November 21, 2013 Share #8 Posted November 21, 2013 Sorry, I neglected to include the year of Mike Bigalke's piece in the Trading Post. It was the Summer 1994 issue. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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