US ARMY UTILITY SHIRT P-64 P64 1970’S 3RD INFANTRY DIVISION 1ST SERGEANT COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE SIZE 15 1/2 X 35(Us Army 1970s Vietnam Shirt Utility 3rd Infantry Division 1st Sergeant Combat Infantry)

The 1964 design of the Utility Shirt featured V-cut pocket flaps, cuffed sleeves and domed plastic summarys.¹ Like its predecessor, it was made from olive green (OG-107) 8.8oz cotton sateen.

1. Military Specification MIL-S-3001F. (6 November 1964)

3RD INFANTRY DIVISION (the square with the blue and white stripes on the left sleeve) : The division was stationed with the V Corps (1958–63, 1992-1996) and VII Corps (1963–92) in West Germany from near the Czech border westward throughout various towns including Wūrzburg (Div. Hq. & Support Command), Schweinfurt (1st Brigade), Kitzingen (2nd Brigade), and Aschaffenburg (3rd Brigade).

1RD INFANTRY DIVISION “The Big Red One” (right sleeve) : Following its return from Germany, the 1st Infantry Division established headquarters at Fort Riley, Kansas. Its troops reorganized and trained for war at Fort Riley and at other posts. In 1962 and 1963, four 1st Infantry Division Pentomic battle groups (2nd Battle Group, 12th Infantry; 1st Battle Group, 13th Infantry; 1st Battle Group, 28th Infantry; and 2nd Battle Group, 26th Infantry) rotated, in turn, to West Berlin, Germany to augment the U.S. Army’s Berlin Brigade during an international crisis initiated by construction of the Berlin Wall. These “Long Thrust Operations” were the most significant deployments conducted by 1st Infantry Division troops during the Cold War, placing Big Red One troops in confrontation with hostile communist forces.

Combat Infantryman Badge (Upper front) : The Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB) is a United States Army military decoration. The badge is awarded to infantrymen and Special Forces soldiers in the rank of colonel and below, who fought in active ground combat while assigned as members of either an Infantry or Special Forces unit of brigade size or smaller at any time after 6 December 1941.