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 Posted: Fri Jul 6th, 2007 02:18 pm
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KenC



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Don Rait wrote: Never seen that patch before.   Snooper Poopers as in.... stumble around in the jungle, smoke, talk loud, cuss at every impediment and hope the gooks don't hit us?  Been There,  but the patch is cool, thought it was an air wing thing but Mike 3/4 slapped me between the eyes!  S/F Don Rait  Mike 2 Actual Oct '67- June '68 Are you a member of 3/4 Association?  Reunion comming up in Savannah end of the month

Don, that is not a patch; that is a challenge coin for the unit.  Here is the patch:



Infantry company, official designation: Bandido Charlie.

Historical lineage, Company C, 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st US Army Division via Company C, 5th Battalion, 60th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division.

http://www.bandidocharlie.com

Mech unit that also operated "leg", used primarily as a security and reaction force when I commanded it.  Currently deployed in Al Asad, Iraq.