Yard Sale finds, 3 items, 1972 GI Joe Pin?

[rrobertscv]

Found these over the week-end. What was the purpose of the GI Joe Pin?

 

[mvmhm]

Looks like the freebies you get in the VFW for each member recruited.......it's nothing to to do with the greatest action figure ever.

 

 

Mark sends

[gwb123]

The keystone behind the helmet suggests it is from Pennsylvania.

[Allan H.]

Your VFW pin is most likely a memento of the 1972 Pennsylvania State Convention. All soldiers in WWII were referred to as "G.I. Joe" as a generic term- if you didn't know someone's name- you'd call them Joe, as in: "Hey Joe, you got an extra cigarette?" There was even a movie which starred Robert Mitchum and based on the writings of Ernie Pyle which came out in 1945 called "The Story of GI Joe."

 

Your type II collar disk is for the 114th Infantry Regiment, New Jersey National Guard.

 

Allan

[rrobertscv]

Thanks for the info!!

[Patriot]

Allan H., ... is this information than the average Joe should know?

[Allan H.]

Patriot- You have got to be Joe-King! Every Joe should know the sco'

 

Allan

[lovmilinsig]

Awesome finds.

 

Ed