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| 407th RRD Unit Patch |
| Not long after the 407th unit arrived in Vietnam, members of the unit created a distinctive unit insignia worn as a pocket patch on the left breast pocket of the fatigue shirt. |
| ASA Shoulder Patch |
| 5th InfantryDiv. (Mechanized) Shoulder Patch |
| Early design using lightening bolt from ASA patch, 5th Div (Red Devils) patch with a devil's head and an Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) to represent mechanized. |
| In 1968 and 1969 most of the patches were produced by local Vietnamese at individual sewing machines in Quang Tri City. This resulted in minor design variations , as shown above. Sometime in 1970, the patches began to be produced professionally in Japan by Kasamaki & Co, LTD., Tokyo. |
| The Kamasaki patch, front and back, actual size, in its original plastic wrapper. |
| T-Shirts, coffee mugs, hats and other items bearing the 407th RRD pocket patch imprint may be purchased at the 407th Radio Research Detachment Store. |
| Go to Deployment of unit along the DMZ |