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Old 05-18-2010, 05:13   #13
Richard
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That's a great collection of post-RVN ODA patches.

However, I think there are a few misplaced/identified - probably due to the changes in ODA numbering over the years.

Ones I think are misplaced/misidentified under 10th SFGA:

SFODA-005 (Airborne Committee) should be 3/7th SFG A-5
SFODA-006 should be 3/7th SFG A-6
SFODA-007 should be SFODA-7 - we were not 007 - ODAs in 1/10th SFG were 1-6 (A Co) and 7-12 (B Co) during that time.
SFODA-008 (MilGrp Advisor) should be 3/7th SFG A-7
SFODA-009 (The Mule Team) should be 3/7th SFG A-9
SFODA-015 (SFUWO ODA-15) should be 3/7th SFG ODA-15
SFODA-017 (AST ODA-17) should be 3/7th SFG ODA-17

When the 7th and 10th SFGAs had 3/7th in the CZ and 1/10th in Bad Tolz, the forward deployed BNs all had the shortened ODA numbering in the 70s - e.g., A-5 (Airborne Committee) or ODA-5 vs the A-775 it would have had if co-located with the 1st and 2nd BNs at Fort Bragg during the same time period.

The web-site administrator did a hell of a job putting that patch page together, though, and I sent a note to the Chapter on this. Well done!

Richard's $.02

PS - I have original RT Idaho, Indigo, and Iowa patches - and they aren't for sale...yet.
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