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US Army Cavalry Patch - 8th Cavalry -
The history of the 1st Cavalry Division began in 1921 after the Army established a permanent cavalry division Table of Organization & Equipment on 4 April 1921. It authorized a Square Division
organization of 7,463 Officers and Men.
The division next saw combat during the Vietnam War. No longer a conventional infantry unit, the
division had become an air assault division as the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), commonly
referred to as the 1st Air Cavalry Division, using helicopters as troop carriers. The division's
colors and unit designations were transferred to the 11th Air Assault Division (Test), then at Ft. Benning, Georgia, in July 1965, and began deploying to Camp Radcliffe, An Khe, Vietnam that
month.
The division, along with the 101st Airborne Division perfected new tactics and doctrine for
helicopter-borne assaults over the next five years in Vietnam.
This is a 1st Cavalry patch. As used by the US Army during the Vietnam war. Several versions of this patch were produced.
A black stripe crosses the patch in a diagonal direction. The words 8th Cav are written in the stripe.
Indicating being a member of that unit.
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points that should be noted.
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This US Vietnam War patch is currently being
reproduced.
It is becoming more difficult to be able to tell the fake ones from the real ones because
the quality of the reproductions is improving. The collector must become familiarized with
the construction style and materials employed in the manufacturing of this headgear.
Attention to the details is critical in order to be able to determine the authenticity of
the collectible.
If you have an interest is seeing other Vietnam War patches, you can do so by
going to our Vietnam War Military Patches
identification guide. Where we cover Army, Navy, Army Air Force and other organizations.
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