gatormeat Posted August 26, 2018 Share #1 Posted August 26, 2018 squadron sized theater made patch came from USS BANNON DD450 vietnam vet grouping -appears japanese made...typical for USN WEST PAC 7th FLEET cruise souvenir -5" diameter has the muslin cloth type backing suspect its a USN AVIATION unit? anyone know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocsfollowme Posted August 26, 2018 Share #2 Posted August 26, 2018 DESRON 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatormeat Posted August 26, 2018 Author Share #3 Posted August 26, 2018 steve tango yankee! this came with group lot of USS BANNON DD450 vietnam vet grouping.... lot of his other patches were done in same theater made (JAPAN) style.... most were taken off a tour cruise book or scrapbook thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted August 26, 2018 Share #4 Posted August 26, 2018 Actually......... It's USS WALKER (DD-517) CORTDESDIV 11 (Escort Destroyer Division Eleven, part of Destroyer Squadron One - DESRON 1). The patch is a tribute to her Korean War Service with them. From the ships' history..... In July 1951 WALKER joined the newly formed Escort Destroyer Squadron ONE based at Pearl Harbor, T. H., and there became the fourth member of Escort Destroyer Division ELEVEN. In November 1951, WALKER departed for the Western Pacific area and there joined the United Nations Blockading Force assisting our ground troops in the Korean War. She escorted the fast carrier task forces that were steaming up and down the hostile shores supporting our Army with strategic air strikes. The fourfold dangers from enemy mines, submarines, air attacks and the bitter cold were never too great for WALKER. More than once the ground forces found enemy fire threatening their advances and called WALKER in for call fire shore bombardment. She chalked up several artillery emplacements and railroad installations. March 1952 found CORTDESDIV 11 back in Pearl Harbor. Examples from my collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted August 26, 2018 Share #5 Posted August 26, 2018 USS WALKER (DD-517) Fletcher class in service 1943 to 1969 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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