docmorgan77

Thanks Gunny, I traded my Scout backpack for an Alice and my "782 Gear", and my Beach bag with my Corpsman's 3 Fold Pouch. I humped the same hills and ate and slept with my platoon. "D" Co. Charlie Med 3rd FSSG Platoon Corpsman FMF. HM2 DD MORGAN USN/NAC/FMF/AW

!. Yes. My Eagle badge is on a blue beret that I wear to this day in the field. Not worn in Formal settings of any kind, i.e.Troop meetings, COH, etc. I, along with others of my day, wore them at Jamboree in Japan. Not regulation. I am fully aware. The knot adorns my uniform now as it did as an Explorer. I am in favor of the display of the badge. No limit to the age of the displayer.(Ill take the grammar hit.) 2. Eagle 1971 (I was 14)

I remember SDCC having us add them to our uniforms when we under-going World Jamboree shakedown, made some sense before we left. But when we arrived in Japan made even more sense, uniforms of every nationality were everywhere, a sea of color. I on more than one occasion had to use that flag to navigate when going threw the various subcamps, as did others in the reverse. (...and just for fun. As I was about to write this, I noticed the "Sponsor" to the forum here was a set of FLAG SUSPENDERS" for $19.95 How's that for punctuation on the subject.....) I wear the flag, from then until now. My choice, my right, my "Legacy". former HM2-USN NAC,FMF,AW

I received the "Eagle kit" as most did, but after the ECOH, Mr. H. White my SM said..."Walk with me..." And on that night told me a story of a father that earned the same Eagle medal, like the one hanging from my left pocket flap, and about the son on which had hung that same medal years later. Wars (both large and small)and America torn down and re-built....years in the making. My SM had a "Legacy" in the making too, but as he explained, no son(s)......would I take this legacy and go further with it? He told me that he would be retiring from the Navy soon and would be passing on the troop leadership to another Scoutmaster. In his hand was this small green box, and a worn red, white & blue ribbon, and darker colored medal than the one I wore. I said I would be honored as he pinned the old medal on me, and I would pass it on to my son when it was his time. I would be Mr. White's last Eagle scout, and youngest, too. I was 15, and just back from the "71"World Jamboree in Japan. Years later, I have wondered about that night and what it now means. I am 51 now. My son just earned his "Bobcat". We will see. I wish that every Scout who finishes this trail, to have a Mr. White or fathers "Legacy" to carry on. (The medal is a Robbins type 3 in a "green coffin box" Early 1933-35.)

Thank you all for the replies and information. Ebay to the rescue. I found what I was looking for. Doc Morgan

Thank you all for the replies and information. Ebay to the rescue. I found what I was looking for. Doc Morgan

Community Strips are the "red and whites" with the City or Townships or Village names on them. I am referring to the Council strip as stated in my initial entry.

Sir....have you tried EBAY? If you are unfamiliar with eBay you can enter a search criteria to alert you if and when a match hit the net. Hope this helps. YIS Doc

An "RWS" stands for Red & White Strip, referring to the old council strips before the CSP invasion.

Looking for a RWS of San Diego County Council California in any shape or form.....Trade or buy, as this has been a difficult one to obtain.