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My Wife's dad he was in Germany 1954
They sure were, your wife's father was with the 29th Signal Battalion (Clear and Open) which was located in Coleman Barracks, Sandhofen, Germany during the mid fifties. The 29th is now located at Fort Lewis, Washington. The second photo is a DUI for the 317 Signal Construction Battalion (Beware The Web) was located in Pirmasens, Germany
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Beautiful bullion patch and "Germany" tab!
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Had to comment on that GREAT patch again!
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This is great piece of history filmnet ! Great post