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odd patch USMC/USN 2nd Bn Aid Station sharpshooters


Bob Hudson
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Can anyone deduce where and when this was made? The fabric is very flat and thin.

 

It is apparently from the BAS - battalion aid station - for the Second Bn 9th Marines. I wonder if this was from a shooting competition or was it made for the BAS security forces?

 

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USN Medics assigned to 2/7th Marines. Thats funny. Sharpshooter is a play on words for a medic giving a shot. Japanese made? Probably used durn Vietnam

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Sharpshooter is a play on words for a medic giving a shot.

 

 

Thanks! Those "crossed rifles" do look like syringes with bayonets for needles.

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Thanks! Those "crossed rifles" do look like syringes with bayonets for needles.

Yup syringes, forgot to mention that. Very cool patch.

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This appears to be for the 9th Marines - would this have been made in Japan during the period between the Korean and Vietnam wars? Wikipedia says,

 

"The regiment was reformed on 17 March 1952 at Camp Pendleton, California and assigned to the 3d Marine Division. It was deployed during August 1953 to Camp Gifu, Japan and then in June 1955 to Okinawa. The regiment alternated between Japan and Okinawa in the 1950s."

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This appears to be for the 9th Marines - would this have been made in Japan during the period between the Korean and Vietnam wars? Wikipedia says,

 

"The regiment was reformed on 17 March 1952 at Camp Pendleton, California and assigned to the 3d Marine Division. It was deployed during August 1953 to Camp Gifu, Japan and then in June 1955 to Okinawa. The regiment alternated between Japan and Okinawa in the 1950s."

I accidentally said 7th, meant 9th.

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