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bamaj1 posted an update Wednesday, Oct 26, 2011, 5:56pm EDT, 14 years ago
Prior to lessons learned on the ground in Vietnam, officers and enlisted just wore their usual gold insignias. Which turned out to be pretty good targets for snipers. So they went to subdued black. I will say I have never run across a hat badge in subdued black; that item wasn't worn on the combat uniform. OK, your star US pin is one of two versions of the Honorable Discharge pin, the other being the more famous "ruptured duck" with an eagle.