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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;longnine009, post: 33915, member: 1886&quot;]<img src="http://img198.exs.cx/img198/8701/9thinfnickelsize0or.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I picked up some pieces for the Army 9th Infantry division at the F.U.N show.&nbsp; I had a lot of fun reading about their&nbsp; unit insignia which is called&nbsp; an octofoil.&nbsp; An octofoil&nbsp; is some kind of a 8 pointed leaf that a 15th century custom is based on. That custom being that each son is represented on a point of the leaf&nbsp; and the 9th son is in the middle, surrounded by 8 brothers.&nbsp; Not sure what they did about daughters or what they did if there were more or less than 9 sons but apparently the idea&nbsp; worked for 9th Infantry.&nbsp; Their Division news letter is even called The Octofoil. The troops in Vietnam gave their insignia the unofficial, (I&#039;m sure very unofficial) nickname of the &quot;psychedelic&nbsp; cookie.&quot; Here&#039;s what the shoulder patch looked like at the top of the page on the right: </p><p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.mrfa2.org/9thUnitCrests.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrfa2.org/9thUnitCrests.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.mrfa2.org/9thUnitCrests.htm</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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