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Unknown USN Theater made CRUISE TOUR PATCH?


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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?

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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

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Salvage Sailor

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

DD 517 USS WALKER CORTDESDIV 11 Ace Novelty 001.jpg

DD 517 USS WALKER CORTDESDIV 11 Ace Novelty 002.jpg

DD 517 USS WALKER CORTDESDIV 11 Ace Novelty 003.jpg

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