by VAslayer2002 » Tue Mar 03, 2015 8:47 am
Jim - thank you, very much, for your response! It clarified what I thought. It's just something that's irritated me for a number of yrs. We had a vet, in my PTSD group, that "claimed airborne status" while "assigned" to the 1/50th, and even went so far as to have the 173rd Airborne patch tattooed, on his arm, in the '90's. To my knowledge, because the 1/50th were "attached," to the 173rd, they could wear the 173rd patch, while attached to the 173rd, but their combat patch, on their right arm, would've have been 1/50th. Correct me if I'm wrong, please! I haven't seen this vet since the early 90's and probably won't ever see him again, but it is just something that's been stuck in the back of my mind. Thank you again for your response and Welcome Home!!
I even did some research, for him, at the National Archives, in College Park, MD, back then. I was able to get the documents that show him being wounded at one of the bridges, on Highway 19, in 1968 or 1969(memory is slipping these days) during a night attack, when they were guarding the bridge.
Again, thanks!