3rd Brigade, 7th Infantry Division – HUGE – 7″ X 6 1/8″ Embroidered Patch – 17th Infantry Regiment / 21st Infantry Regiment- Wax Backed, Merrowed Edge

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• 3rd Brigade, 7th Infantry Division – HUGE – 7″ X 6 1/8″ Embroidered Patch – 17th Infantry Regiment / 21st Infantry Regiment- Wax Backed, Merrowed Edge

Original Mural painted on the 3rd Brigade HQs in 1987 by SP4 Donald E. Shook Jr. (Bco 4-17 – “NASTY BRAVO”) 

The original Mural lasted until 2004-2005 when it was painted over (Fort Ord was closed in 1994)

• The 17th Infantry Regiment is a United States Army infantry regiment. An earlier regiment designated the 17th Infantry Regiment was organized on 11 January 1812, but it was consolidated with four other regiments as the 3rd Infantry in the post-war reorganization of the army following the War of 1812, due to the shattering losses it sustained at the River Raisin. The current 17th Infantry was constituted as the 17th Regiment of Infantry on 3 May 1861.

  The Buffalo
  A buffalo, displayed on the a shield below the stone wall, represents the regiment’s history in the Korean war. The “Buffalo” nickname was adopted at the suggestion of the 17th Regiment’s commander in the Korean War, Col. William W. “Buffalo Bill” Quinn.