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HOSTS

BRITISH

OFFICERS

The

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"l>t'

li f e i s dull and drab. '

Tis be t t e r

l e f t

un tol d .

For mere along t hese

li nes , see

page four

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Volume

6,

Number

6

Sclnraebisch Qauend , Germany

12 July , 1971

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ALONE:

BRIG DE

GETS

NEW

P TCH

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:::S7Ai3LISH PERSEING

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SEPARATE

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ll

TITY

IN EUROPC:

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BY JOHM B

W RD

SCJ-WAEBISCH GMt'ElfD -

With i t a

designation aa a

Brigade

las t

t a l l ,

the

56th Artil lery v u

authorized - in

tbe vord1

or

Th•

Inetitut,

of Heraldry, the

ArMy,,

gOTerni og

bo~

in euch

matters

-

tttbe

wear

or

a

dis

t inct be

ahoulder e l H H

1.Dai,-

nia.•

The day for w,ar ia

not

y-et

at hand,

but

the

dHigs,.

or the

patch

and i ta color eoheme hrre

been

Hlected

and tlw whole ha1

been forwarded to the Heraldry

In

st

i tu te

tor production. JJ ,

eo

rdizlg to COL :&tgene

Ganley,

colllll.ander of

the

Inst i tute, nne

velopment action haa

been i n i -

t iated

•••

(and) •••

procurelllfnt

cr i ter ia will be lalde available

to the

US

z~

Support

Centern

around

the f i r s t

ot September.

Which

means

that

111.eabera

or

the

Brigade should have the patch on

thei r shoulders, according

to

CSM Edvard A Joyce, Brigade Se r

geant Major,

"by about the

t i r a t

of next year.n

The patch i tse lf a

three

inch diec

who11

deaign 1pproxi-

11111tu a

red, white,

and blue

bullseye. A

black

missile s i l

houette , t ra i l ing

white amok:e

and f i re , rises vertically a

erose the

diac.

Two gold

l ight

nine

bolts

f lsah

trol'II itl war

hO ed.

The symbolism

ot

the

duign-

an

important

part of c y herald

ic device - su.f'fueu

each

o f

i t s

ind

i

vidual

elenienta. The

ecarlet and gold

of

the patch

are

t

he

col

ors of the

Artil lery

Branch

mid the blue

ring

in th•

bullseye

denotes the

infantry

aupport ot the 2nd Battalion,

4th Infantry. Pershing'•

•du

tructive

paver

&Pd ta

r

get

capa

bi l i

t y •••

are

1111ggeated

by

the

red

diac a t center and the up

right lldll lile aignifi es the

Brj

gade 'a readineu.n The twin ·

bolts

or

lightDing ulce note of

the

abi l i ty of Pershing's

miss

i le battalions to act

quickly

in

time

of need.

The design

concept vaa

ar

rived

at

rrruch in

the 111111

111anner

that

a

great chef creates

a eGUp.

A COD.test was ini t iated to

gath

er battalion entries for a sui t

able design

and,

though none

of

the entri11 prOTed

ent i r e~

su c

ceufu l ,

each contributing art

i s t ' • bu t conc,pte W N combin

ed to create

one

unified design.

The resultant pat-pourri

i s

vh11t.

will nentual ly

be

worn

on Bri.

gader '• shoulder, .

The

pa

t ch v i

ll put

a

bright ,

alJloat

g111.1dy,

aplaah of co l or .:>1:

the Class A uniform and

provide

a

bold

, in teresting, and easil~·

reoogniiable

bullseye patter•

when vol'll

1ubdued

OD

fat igues.

Hopeful~, the patch will be ne>

t ieed and create co11111111nt

i t

repr1uDt1

a Brigade-ide e ·

tor t to eatablieh

a

unit identi

ty.

Said

BG Patrick

WPoW'ers o~

the new insignia, I th ink i t is

illlportant that

ve

hffe

a

dis

t inct patch describing the

1,,...

portant

lfATO miaeioo

ot

th e .unit ,

•I t should increase recogni

t ion el CIOng unit

IUllbera

-

and

now

there

will

be no doubt about 

which

unit ve a l l

belong

to .

The

patch, I hope, will help estab

l ish

recognition of Perehing

a~

a dist inct and

separate enti ty

·

  .

 

BG

Fo.

t r i

c;, W F0',1C

rs

,:,i ns

t : i

~

Brig

a1 : ""Jat

ch"

on CS /.1

E :: w

:::

·

Jr:

·y

c~

.

GEI

F

er~hi

ng

obs "rv

0

 

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better

onn

than off ...

DON :;Af.~A

.

NFl  UUI - - All t he c lu n~ws;,a

;,

er

sa,.v ing goes, there ' s

a t least

one story

in

everyone,

I t is

that

sa :

/ ing that

~o

,;s i

nt

o rni nd

w1en

:ro

poke yo·,•r

head int-

~

the

TM l ibrary at the 1st

3ottalion,

8

1s t

Artillery and see

a f rant

i c

person

buried

under stacks of

paperbo1.md books,

Here ie a

man wh

o •1as bl' en

overloo

k

ed; a rum with an

inter

es t ing story to

te l l , So a~

pears

PF

~

Davi:3

,1 Crin,

But af ter c l ose in q

,

i ry ,

i t

becones

oainfully

obvious

that

PF C l'.rin h1111 no s tory at al l to

t e l l , i s com

:i)

ete 1;; lacklu

s ter

an~ ·•i thc,s:t redeeming interest .

In

fact,

t , at er.e~s to

he

the

stRndar'1

by

which he

liv~s: "I

i·e·:e ~othinP

to

te l l ,"

This,

Hen,

i s

t he n