Originally Posted by Joe Obenberger

At the beginning of my years in the Army, I was assigned to the First Infantry Division in Goeppingen, West Germany. To that time - and I believe currently - Army personnel assigned to The Big Red One wear a green and red cord around the left sleeve, with a gold tip, that is an honor of the French government bestowed on that division for the liberation of their country starting at Normandy. When I look at my uniform in the closet tonight, thanks to this thread, it will give me another cause to remember and respect the greatest generation that ever lived on these shores.