3.3 by 3.6 inches
Mort cohen collection
made in China in silk
The 158th Infantry Regiment was origi-
nally an Arizona National Guard unit, part
of the 45th Infantry Division.
It was re-
lieved from the 45th early in WW I, and
fought as a regimental combat learn during
The regiment trained in Panama prior
lo being assigned to the SWPTO.
The
158th participited in assaults at New Brit-
din, New Guinea, Hollandia, Noemfoor Is-
land, and in The Philippines, receiving
credit for Ince campaigos. It was a diverse
unit in that it included soldiers from sex-
cral different American Indian trbes.
The unoficial shoulder sleeve insig-
nia (SS1) is depicted on the far right. It is a
light blue shield featuring a bushmaster Kaufman
The 158th Infantry Regiment was origi-
nally an Arizona National Guard unit, part
of the 45th Infantry Division.
It was re-
lieved from the 45th early in WW I, and
fought as a regimental combat learn during
The regiment trained in Panama prior
lo being assigned to the SWPTO.
The
158th participited in assaults at New Brit-
din, New Guinea, Hollandia, Noemfoor Is-
land, and in The Philippines, receiving
credit for Ince campaigos. It was a diverse
unit in that it included soldiers from sex-
cral different American Indian trbes.
The unoficial shoulder sleeve insig-
nia (SS1) is depicted on the far right. It is a
light blue shield featuring a bushmaster
TRADING POST
snake, a particularly poisonous type of
snake found in the Canal Zone. coiled
around a machete. The tab is also light
blue with white lettering.
The SSls and
tabs appear in different colors, including
painted on wood (or a coconut husk). It is
black, red, and green.
a dark bluc shickd and lettering, with a white
The DI is depicted above,and is
