Divisional, Radio Battalions, & other Units

This poster is different than the ones I found on the Web--notice his Tunic fades into the lower portion of the poster--on the Web the Tunic's bottom is defined.

Even the one listed on the Library of Congress web site shows 6-buttons(per row) whereas this one only show 5 1/2 buttons per row.

3507AH - WWI Admiral Dewey Marine Corps Recruiting POSTER, signed “PW”, NEVER FOLDED, additional verbage ‘No finer Military organization than the Marine Corps exists in the world.”, signed ‘George Dewey ADMIRAL OF THE NAVY’, ‘JOIN FOR ACTIVE SERVICE LAND AND SEA U. S. MARINES’, 2 x 1” tears at the top & a 5/8” tear on left-side by the “U”(collector put scotch tape on the backside-see pictures), overall in 90% condition, Used.....inquire

Dimensions: 21 1/8” x 27 3/4"+

(if serious, ask for additional picfiles)

( also on Marine Gear page )

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3507AJ - “Do Your Duty”

"JOIN THE U.S. MARINES HELP THEM DEFEND AMERICA ON LAND AND SEA"

"APPLY AT FIRST & SANTA CLARA STREETS, SAN JOSE"

3507AJ - WWI, Marine Corps Recruiting POSTER, "APPLY AT FIRST & SANTA CLARA STREETS, SAN JOSE", signed “PW”, 1/8” tear at top, NEVER FOLDED, overall 94% condition, Used......inquire

Dimensions: 18” x 26 7/8”

( if serious, ask for additional picfiles )

( also on Marine Gear page )

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3507AL - Official WWII USMC Picture

Four Londonderry Marines after Christmas Dinner, December 24, 1943

300dpi

3507AL - - chasing a Turkey on an Irishman's Haystack, shows rough storage but intact, Used.....inquire

3507AR - Japan Good Luck-Farewell Flag

His name was Hiramatsu

lots of wear, approximate size 26"(vertical) x 31", made of very-thin(silk-like) material, Used........inquire

( more picfiles available )

Prints of Pencil sketches of a Marine in WWII

( orginal is in the Marine Corps Museum, done by LTC Dickson(Ret), USMC Combat Artist )

The "Sniper" sketch is glued to the reverse of the "Marines Best Friend", 41/8" x 6.25" card, this is a print as you can see the dots with a glass, normal wear and tear for an older picture......inquire

7500BT - Navy Corpsman's P41 HBT Utility Shirt

click on picture for details

1st Marine Division

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1st Marine Division "GUADALCANAL"

Made in Australia or New Zealand

Embroidered on very-thin material, residue on back, UnUsed........inquire

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On Twill, made in USA

with cheesecloth backing, UnUsed.......inquire

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First Division Cape Gloucester Tab

worn for the battle to take New Britain in December 1943 to April 1944

UnUsed.....(SOLD)

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1st Marine Division

2nd Marine Division

"Battle Blaze" insignia for the "GUADALCANAL" campaign

inquire on availability and pricing

( be specific: top-row-center ..... bottom-row-right.....etc. )

2nd Marine Division

later style 2nd Marine Division insignia

Gold Hand on Felt, UnUsed.....Inquire

White Hand on Felt, Unused......Inquire

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White hand, posterboard residue on back, inquire

off-White hand, inquire

Yellow/Gold hand, inquire

White hand, inquire

3rd Marine Division

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Third Marine Division - made in Australia

3rd MARDIV on Red Felt with white backing, UnUsed.....inquire

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inquire on availability and pricing

( be specific: top-row-center ..... bottom-row-right.....etc. )

4th Marine Division

inquire on availability and pricing

( be specific: top-row-left..... bottom-row-right.....etc. )

bottom-right, RFU, Used......inquire

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7500BB - Marine Corporal's shirt from the 24th Regiment

Unit Stencil on back = a Corporal in B Company, 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 4th Marine Division

Marking system on the back is called Unit Numerical Identification System (UNIS) developed in 1944 (see "GRUNT GEAR" book by Alec S. Tulkoff, pages 14 - 19)

see on the Marine GEAR page

5th Marine Division

inquire on availability and pricing

( be specific: top-row-center ..... bottom-row-right.....etc. )

6th Marine Division

"MELANESIA MICRONESIA ORIENT"

6th MARDIV with white-sword, poster board residue on back, UnUsed........(sold)

gold sword...........Inquire

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Yellow Thread variant

6th MARDIV, UnUsed.....inquire

First Marine Amphibious Corps

some of the IDs may not be correct

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1st Picture

shirt patch, Headquarters, cheesecloth backing, UnUsed....inquire

Headquarters, UnUsed....inquire

Barrage Balloon Battalions, UnUsed....(sold)

Supply Battalions, UnUsed....inquire

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Artillery Sleeve Insignia

2nd Picture

Artillery with the RARE Gold-color Cannons, UnUsed......inquire

( also on New arrivals page )

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Parachute Troops

3rd Picture

UnUsed.......inquire

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4th Picture

Headquarters, from the Green Collection, top-third is a little rough, UnUsed....inquire

Defense Battalions, factory-blem (left border=you can see some khaki backing), UnUsed....inquire

"Smiling" Raider skull, factory-blem (top-star=you can see some khaki backing),UnUsed....Inquire

Barrage Balloon Battalions, from the Green Collection, top-third is a little rough, UnUsed....inquire

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5th Picture

Defense Battalions, RFU, Used....inquire

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6th Picture

Defense Battalions, from the Green Collection, minor soiling, UnUsed....inquire

Supply Battalions, from the Green Collection, minor soiling, UnUsed....inquire

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1st MAC Aviation Engineers

8th Picture

Embroidered on felt, scrapbook residue on back, UnUsed......inquire

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Aviation Engineer - small size (2 3/4") for a shirt

UnUsed.......inquire

Amphibious Corps

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3rd Amphibious Corps

inquire on availability and pricing

( be specific: top-row-center ..... bottom-row-right.....etc. )

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5th Amphibious Corps

inquire on availability and pricing

( be specific: top-row-center ..... bottom-row-right.....etc. )

Fleet Marine Force - Pacific

Headquarters, poster board residue-from Green Collection, UnUsed.....inquire

HQs, UnUsed.....inquire

Supply with White Star, poster board residue-from Green Collection, UnUsed.....inquire

Supply with White Star, UnUsed.....inquire

Engineer Battalions, poster board residue-from Green Collection, UnUsed.....inquire

Engineer Battalions, UnUsed.....inquire

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Tractor Battalions, poster board residue-from Green Collection, UnUsed.....inquire

Tractor Battalions, UnUsed.....inquire

Bomb Disposal Company(ies), poster board residue-from Green Collection, UnUsed.....inquire

Bomb Disposal Company, UnUsed.....inquire

Dog Platoons, poster board residue-from Green Collection, UnUsed.....inquire

Dog Platoons, UnUsed.....inquire

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Artillery Battalions, poster board residue-from Green Collection, UnUsed.....inquire

Artillery, UnUsed.....inquire

Anti-Aircraft Artillery, UnUsed.....inquire

DUKW Companies, UnUsed.....inquire

Excellent details on the DUKW, poster board residue-from Green Collection, UnUsed.....inquire

Defense Battalions

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13th Defense Battalion

13th Defense Battalion, ...............(sold)

13th Defense Battalion, ................inquire

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18th Defense Battalion

scrapbook residue on back, Unused.....inquire

Unused.........(sold)

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51st Defense Battalion

inquire on availability and pricing

( be specific: top-row-center ..... bottom-row-right.....etc. )

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52nd Defense Battalion

inquire on availability and pricing

( be specific: top-row-center ..... bottom-row-right.....etc. )

inquire on availability and pricing

( be specific: top-row-center ..... bottom-row-right.....etc. )

Ship's Detachment

top-left, Unused....inquire

top-right, Unused....inquire

bottom-left, Unused....(sold)

Bottom-right, felt with a blemish on right point, poster board residue on back, UnUsed....Inquire

WWII Naval Amphibious Forces

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1st Design, see on Navy Brown Water page for details

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Naval Amphibious Forces

2nd design, found in a Marine Collection, blue-edge, UnUsed......inquire

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Embroidered on Felt

a good "filler patch" for your collection until you find a mint one

Naval AMPHIB Forces, damage on borders , Used......inquire

( I cannot see stitch marks but I would guess that it has been hand-sewn to a uniform and roughly removed )

5th Marine Brigade of the WWI A.E.F.

anyone know why these patches were made in WWII?

WWII era manufacture, poster board residue-from Green Collection, UnUsed.....inquire

WWII era manufacture, factory BLEM at 1700 ( border trimmed too close ), UnUsed.....inquire

Early-WWII Discharge Sleeve Insignia

WWII era EGA

3 3/8" white felt diamond sewn to a Marine Forest Green wool backing, then sewn on the right Dress Jacket sleeve after discharge in early-WWII, named on the jacket lining, cut from the sleeve of a dress jacket, Used....(sold)

Red EGA embroidered on white felt, found with a VMF-312 Veteran's jacket (see picture below), UnUsed.....inquire

WWII Marine Aviation Insignia

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Aircraft Fuselage Wings in the Pacific

Headquarters Aircraft Wings in the Pacific, residue on back from poster board, UnUsed.......Inquire

Headquarters Aircraft Wings in the Pacific, UnUsed......Inquire

Aircraft Fuselage, 1st Wing, residue on back from poster board, Unused.....Inquire

Aircraft Fuselage, 1st Wing, Unused....Inquire

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Aircraft Fuselage, 2nd Wing, residue on back from poster board, Unused....Inquire

Aircraft Fuselage, 2nd Wing, factory blemish of right-border, Unused....Inquire

Aircraft Fuselage, 3rd Wing, residue on back from poster board, Unused.....Inquire

Aircraft Fuselage, 4th Wing, odd designed wing, residue on back from poster board, Unused.....(sold)

Marine Corps Air Wings

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3rd MAW on Red Felt with Blue Border variation

made in USA, UnUsed......inquire

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Marine Air Wing III

3rd Marine Air Wing, residue on back from poster board, Unused....inquire

3rd Marine Air Wing, Unused....inquire

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Marine Air Wing IV

4th Marine Air Wing made in U. S. A., UnUsed.......inquire

WWII Related Items

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WWII Navy Corpsman's Rank for Marine Forest Green Uniform

( see on Brown Water Navy patch page )

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WWII Seabee Radioman's Rank

( see on Brown Water Navy patch page )

WWII Marine Dog Tag

see on Souvenirs page for details

UI#168 - USMC "Banana Wars" era device?

small, 13/16", badge - circa 1927

scanned at 266dpi

( also on UI page )

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partial History

ID'd as a Nicaraguan Guardia Nacional device worn by all ranks of the U. S. Marine Corps and Nicaraguan personnel assigned to the Guardia.

Anyone have a detailed picture of this device being worn by USMC personnel?

( if you have more information on this Device, contact Jack@LJMilitaria.com )

Korean War Era

( 1950 - 1955 )

3507P - BG Litzenberg's Staff Car Flag

Commanded the 7th Marines during the Chosin Reservoir to the Sea March

see on Marine Gear page for details

3507AO - Female Marine's SAMPLE/Experimental Clothing

PLUS her Dog Tags and EGAs from the 1950s

ALL items will be sold as ONE LOT

see on the GEAR-SERVICES, Marine page

4740A - Korean War Era Marine FIELD CAP

Similar to the Army's Ranger/Patrol Cap (catalog #s: 3330 - 3360), designed to be worn under the M1 Steel Pot and Liner

( I have never seen this Ranger/Patrol style of USMC Cover )

( listed on the Marine Gear page )

7517F - USMC Field Jacket

styled like the Army M-1943 model

Made of a loose-weave OG Cotton material, some jackets have Green Flat Plastic buttons and others have Army OD/OG buttons.

All are stamped inside on the wearer's lower-left and are stamped with the old WWII USMC measuring System.

listed on USMC GEAR page

Hand Embroidered backpatch

6.5" x 7.75", appears damaged on top-left corner but I believe it was made like this, UnUsed......inquire

( see Civilian Picture page for 3 x photos from the same Marine's Group )

3rd Marine Division in Japan

47140D - circa 1953-54, 3rd Marine Division on their deployment to Japan, MG Lewis B. Puller was an Assistant Division Commander (a few pictures), Excellent Used condition......inquire0

VMO-2 circa 1953-54 Japan

6th Marine Corps District HQ, Atlanta GA

In my opinion the "CU PS" is probably a maker's mistake and should-read "CORPS"

Notice the "square-bottom" stripes - anyone know the last year these were worn?

large 5 1/8"(Vert) Marine Bulldog patch, UnUsed.......inquire

( not sure of the era, may belong in the 1955 to 1975 era, anyone positive when this patch was made? )

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partial History (minor editing done to the USMC verbage)

6th Marine Corps District covers the Southeastern states of: Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and part of Mississippi.

Also includes Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Main mission is to control Recruiting.

The District Headquarters relocated to Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, SC in July 1996 from Atlanta, Ga.

The 6th MCD was established in 1946. Prior to that year, the administration of voluntary enlistment was done at various Marine Corps recruiting offices, posts, and stations throughout the South, coordinated through the Southeastern Recruiting District Headquarters in New Orleans, La.

Over the years, the District has borne several titles:

1937 – 1945 6th Reserve District

1946 – 1952 6th Marine Corps Reserve District

1953 – 1963 6th Reserve and Recruitment District

1964 – present 6th Marine Corps District

1955 to 1975 Era

3507 - Marine's Banner

( see on Marine Gear page )

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3507M - Thai made Parachutist's Party Suit

( see on Marine Gear page )

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3507AD - OG Water-repellant Utility COVER

( see on Head Gear page )

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3507AE - USMC M-79 Manual

3507AE - MCIO P1550.264 40mm Grenade Launcher M79 dated January 15, 1963, 22+/- pages, Used....inquire

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3507AG - USMC/USMCR Carved Wall-Hanger

3507AG - Carved 11” x 28”+ board, “USMC” carved and “USMCR” inked over the outhouse door, I have no idea what this was for or who would use it in the Marine Corps, Used.....inquire

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3507AK - July 1967 Issue of LEATHERNECK Magazine

Articles and pictures on: K-9s, Engineers, and Martha Raye in Vietnam

300dpi

3507AK - July 1967 copy of LEATHERNECK Magazine in Good Condition, Used.......(sold)

3507AM, M-14 Stock modified as a Desk Top Souvenir

Probably presented as a Change-of-Station or Retirement memento

3507AM - M14 Rifle Stock modified as a Desk Top Souvenir for a Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT), buttplate with shoulder support and cleaning rod compartment door still intact, large EGA on base with 4 x rounds mounted on wooden base board, Used...inquire

( sample S/I cost to East Coast is $21.00 )

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3507AN - 1st Battalion, 26th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division

OPERATION SCOTLAND KHE-SANH 1968, Vietnam

300dpi

3507AN - Cigarette Lighter, 1/26th Marines, no maker’s name or mark, looks new with storage marks, UnUsed......(sold)

Marine Barracks Sasebo, Japan

"SEMPER FIDELIS" engraved on lid

U.S. MARINE CORPS 186TH BIRTHDAY

all picfiles scanned at 300dpi

USMC Lighter by Penguin of Japan, marking service from 1775 to 1961, above average condition, Used.......inquire

2nd Light Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (2nd LAAM BN)

RVN Era

2nd Light AA Missile Battalion, large patch made in USA, minor puckering from the maker's shop, UnUsed......inquire

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partial History

2nd Light Antiaircraft Missile Battalion Activated August 1, 1960 at Twentynine Palms, CA; Assigned to Force Troops, FMF Pacific; Detached in May 1962

ReAssigned July 1965 to Marine Wing Headquarters Group 3, 3rd MAW

Reassigned August 1965 to Marine Wing Headquarters Group 1, 1st MAW

Deployed September 1965 to Chu Lai, RVN; Remained in-Country until October 1968

Relocated October 1968 to Twentynine Palms, CA; ReAssigned to Marine Air Control Group 38, 3rd MAW, FMF Pacific

Relocated March 1971 to Yuma, AZ; carried-out many Training Exercises circa 1971 into the 1980's

Active in: Operations Desert Shield & Storm; Deactivated September 1994

First Marine Division Vietnam Novelty patch

1st MARDIV "VIETNAM" finger patch, made in Vietnam, Unused.......(sold)

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8790B - 1st Marine Division Vietnam SWEATSHIRT

see on Clothing page

2nd Marine Division

2nd MARDIV, made on Okinawa, Japan, UnUsed.......inquire

3rd Marine Division

"FIDELITY VALOR HONOR"

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Large, UnCommon Insignia, Japan made

Large Alpha Company, 3rd Engineer Battalion, 3rd MAR DIV (REIN) FMF, UnUsed......inquire

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OKINAWA MARINES RUNNING CLUB, "100 MILES"

Made on Okinawa, UnUsed.....inquire

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3rd MARDIV, Made in Japan

3rd Marine Division, UnUsed.......inquire

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From an American Airlines Stewardess' checkerboard Apron

She flew in the late-1960s on the "Freedom Flights" out of the RVN; I saw her sell the apron years ago at the San Diego Militaria Show.

3rd RECON Battalion, 3rd MARDIV 'MORTALIS CELER SILENS' Japan made, sewn-on the apron-otherwise in near-new condition, Used......inquire

3rd Marine Division, 3rd Service Battalion

These three x Third MARDIV patches came from the same collection, relationship unknown.

Made in Japan, UnUsed.......inquire

Large 1st (RE) COMMCO(PROV)

"CC ALL THE WAY"

1st Communications Company (Provisional), Japan made, scrapbook residue on back, small stain on right-border, UnUsed........inquire

(any know what the mission was for this "Provisional COMM Company", was it a "Marine Radio Company"?

Large 3rd Marine Division, 9th Marine Regiment

"ROAD RUNNERS - OKINAWA PHILIPPINES"

Larger patch made in Japan, UnUsed.....inquire

Made in Japan

3rd MARDIV insignia, UnUsed......inquire

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Headquarters Battalion, 3rd Marine Division - Vietnam

HQS BN, 3rd MARDIV, I CORPS, Vietnam, made by "SPORT", Excellent Condition, Used........inquire

Operation Harvest Moon, Vietnam

Harvest Moon was conducted December 8 - 20, 1965 in the Que Son Valley to prevent the Communist from overrunning the area; the ARVNs called this OP "Lien Ket-18"

made in Japan, UnUsed.......inquire

( stored in gray cabinet )

1st Platoon "MINE BOOBY TRAP"

Vietnam made, scrapbook residue on back, UnUsed.......inquire

( anyone know the history on this Unit and Patch? )

Force RECON/Parachutist's Badges

Marine Force RECON

"SWIFT SILENT DEADLY"

1970s era, made on Okinawa, UnUsed......(sold)

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First Force Reconnaissance Company, Amphibious Platoon

Large Japan made patch, "First Force RECON CO AMPHIB PLT", UnUsed......inquire

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USMC FORCE RECON

"Pebble" backing cloth first observed in the late-1960s

"pebble" backing material, UnUsed......inquire

USMC - Parachutist's Badge

Middle badge has the Navy approved Hallmark with "N" suffix

( Items hallmarked with GEMSCO's "G-22-N" are post-1974 )

300dpi

made in Asia, Pin Back with rolling-lock, lots of use, Used.......inquire

Navy approved Silver-tone Badge hallmarked "G-22-N" (GEMSCO of Milford, CT), UnUsed......(sold)

post-1975, Very-cheaply made, metal is a little bit thicker than tinfoil, UnUsed.....inquire

MOUNTAIN WARFARE TRAINING CENTER

MWTC is located near Bridgeport, California

Not positive this patch is pre-1976 as PELON was being used as patch backing material in the mid-1960s

RFU, merrowed-edge is damaged at the top (probably from rough removal from garment), Used........inquire

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partial History

Mountain Warfare Training Center (MWTC) Established 1951 as the Cold Weather Battalion with a mission of providing cold weather training for personnel bound for Korea.

In 1963, the Battalion was Redesignated "Mountain Warfare Training Center"; in the 1980s focus was on training for Missions for NATO's Northern flank.

Currently, the training is in support of the Global War against Muslim Terrorists.

Related Marine Items

4736AS & AT - USMC Vietnam Era Covers

see listing on HEADGEAR page

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7460 - Local Made Garrison style CAP

Similar to Sergeant Stryker's Cap in the movie, Sands of Iwo Jima

see on USMC GEAR page

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Vietnamese Marine Corps Beret Badge

Marine Advisor's Wore this style of Beret Flash

see details on Foreign/Vietnam Page

Radio Battalions

First Radio Company - Fleet Marine Force

Unit ReActivated in 1958; redesignated 1st Composite Radio Company in 1959;

ReDesignated 1st Radio Company on September 17 1963: then made a Battalion

RARE, Large USMC insignia, from the "Burns Collection", UnUsed.......inquire

("I RAD" = 1st Radio Detachment?)

partial History

#1, Internet info: Sub-Unit #1 went to Pleiku, Vietnam in 1962 to carry-out assignments for the Army's 3rd Radio Research Unit(3rd RRU)

#2, from a DET J,3rd RRU Veteran (1963-64): "In 1962-63 the First sub-Unit of the 1st RAD was assigned to DET J, 3rd RRU at Phu Bai, not Pleiku...."

#3, From a RDF site Installer from the 3rd RRU (email 110219): "I was working on a communication van by a hanger at Tan San Nhut air field when Captain Hyatt and the Marines of the 1st Composite Radio Unit arrived on 8 January 1962. I had just arrived myself a couple days before. Within two weeks, I was assigned to set up a DF site at Pleiku. I stayed with the Marines in Pleiku until May(1962) when I was reassigned to install another DF site in Phu Bai. There were still no Marines in Phu Bai when I departed on or about 10 July 1962."

( You decide - I just report. I am leaning toward information #1 and #3 )

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for associated units click on pictures

Navy Army

Air Force

( for associated: USAFSS or ASA or Navy insignia )

1976 to present

3580B - USMC RECON Team

Large 16 x 20 PHOTO on Kodak type paper

300dpi

3580B - picture of a Marine Reconnaissance Team on heavy Kodak-style photo paper, Excellent Used Condition....inquire

United States Marine Corps Military Police

larger size USMC MP patch, older style PELON backing, UnUsed.....inquire

CVN-70 Marine Detachment

NORPAC WESTPAC Indian Ocean 1988

see CVN-70 on the Navy Carriers page for details

3rd Division Insignia

3/9th Marines, "STRIKING", 9.5" high Backpatch, made in Asia, Okinawa(?), UnUsed......inquire

3rd Marine Division "FAR EAST", 8" high Backpatch, made in Japan/Okinawa, UnUsed....inquire

( stored in site done box )

13th Marine Amphibious Unit

"THE FIGHTING 13TH"

13th MAU designator used from 1985 to 1988, then Redesignated 13th MEU

13th MAU patch made in the Philippines Islands, puckered on the border(common for the PI), T-shirt type material used as backing, UnUsed......inquire

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partial History

13th Marine Amphibious Unit Activated at Camp Pendleton, CA on February 1, 1985; Redesignated 13th MEU Feb. 5, 1988

Very-Large (9.75") United States Marine Corps Military Police backpatch, made for the "CHICHI JIMA B. I." MP Detachment, Very Nice USMC, Japan made, Novelty patch, late 1950s - 1960s, UnUsed.........inquire

( stored in site done box )

(Chichi Jima is the island where George Bush Sr. was shot-down while attacking the radio station Tower)

(Chichi Jima, B. I. = an Island in the Bonin Islands chain)

Marine's Grouping

strange Dog Tags