H &MS 36 - HQ and MAINTENANCE Sqn 36 - VIETNAM WAR VARIANT PATCH -199

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UP FOR SALE AN ORIGINAL MADE IN COUNTRY VIETNAM WAR PATCH. REFER TO PHOTOS. HAS SOME AGE WEAR MOSTLY ON BACK OF PATCH. APPROX 4 INCHES IN DIAMETER. FULLY EMBROIDERED - VARIANT BACKING. HALF CROSS LOOM STICHING HALF PAPERBACK WITH FIBER COVERING. 100% ORIGINAL. FOUND AT A SALE OF A MILITARY COLLECTOR. I SHIP USPS 1ST CLASS MAIL WITH TRACKING. MORE INFO BELOW. THANKS
MAG 36 – US Marine Aircraft Group 36
Vietnam War Patch - Chu Lai Combat Base
Headquarters and Maintenance Squadron 36 - H&MS 36
MAG 36 – Marine Aircraft Group 36
Originally formed at Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, in Santa Ana, California, on 2 June 1952 as Marine Air Group (Helicopter Transport) 36, the Group spent several years training for amphibious operations to carry out the role of ship-to-shore assault support.
At this time, the Group consisted of squadrons HMR-361, HMR-362, HMR-363, all flying HRS-1 helicopters.
In 1959, it was renamed Marine Air Group 36, and in 1965 attached to the 1st MAW, when it deployed to Vietnam in August of that year.
It sailed for Vietnam aboard the USS Princeton, flying ashore at Kỳ Hà on 1 September.
This was both the first full Marine Air Group to arrive in Vietnam, and more generally the first time a full helicopter group had been transported this way.
The Group participated in a wide variety of support missions during the Vietnam War, ranging from assault missions to medical evacuation and logistical flights using CH-53A Sea Stallions, HMH-462, UH-1 E gunships, HML-367, Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight, HMM-164, HMM-265, and UH-34 Seahorses, HMM-362.
In 1968, it was heavily involved in support of actions in Huế during the Tet Offensive.
On 4 November 1969, MAG-36 withdrew from Vietnam and re-based to MCAS Futenma, Okinawa, Japan.
VMGR-152, which had provided combat air refueling for detachments in Vietnam from Futenma since 1965, became a part of MAG-36 at that time.
Until 1972, MAG-36 provided support squadrons to Marine Amphibious Unit aboard ship. In 1972, VMGR-152 was deployed to Thailand and Vietnam to provide refueling services to 1st MAW aircraft, whilst attack squadrons carried out operations against North Vietnamese logistics as part of the 7th Fleet.
In early 1973, MAG-36 squadrons participated in Operation End Sweep clearing Haiphong harbor of mines, after which they returned to Futenma.