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Old 04-01-2008, 09:01   #8
Shar
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I just spent some time looking at every crest on the heraldry site and found two more (the 1st and 5th at the top):
the blue Sea Lion is for the Phillipine Command
the AF is for Allied Forces Headquarters
the single oil lamp (we lead the way) is 29th INF REG - which apparently was my grandfather's first assignment at Ft. Benning in 1932

- as they are being identified they are making sense to me based on his history, but it is very convoluted and I would suggest to all of you that you do a really good job writing down your entire military history to include all of your units and associations, interesting stories, etc. because even though it may seem really clear and documented to you (and believe me, my grandfather kept everything and wrote down TONS) there are still certain things that are a mystery to us. This isn't the biggest hole in the puzzle, we've got a couple other things to unravel that are going to take me some serious time and digging.

...and you see I'm a nerd at this because I flipped TRADOC and FORSCOM.
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