Tropic Lightning help

[gregM]

hi Guys,

I bought this set at a flea market 20 years ago. Can someone please give me some

information about the MANCHU ?? rocker. It has been suggested that the rocker

does not go with the patch for the 25th.

any help would be appreciated,

Thanks,

Greg

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[gregM]

I did a little more research---

The 4th battalion, 9th infantry division was assigned to the 25th Infantry division.RVN

from 1966 to to 1970 and received 2 presidential citations for operations around Cu Chi.

I found this picture taken at the EM club at Tay Ninh in 1968 showing the MANCHU rocker above

a 25th patch

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[gregM]

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[Bob Hunter]

...and I'll bet you can guess where the "Manchu" nickname comes from.

[ehrentitle]

...and I'll bet you can guess where the "Manchu" nickname comes from.

It's the nickname of the 9th Infantry Regiment (not Division) of which the 4th Battalion 9th Infantry Regiment was stationed in Alaska prior to deployment to Vetnam and assigment to the 25th ID. Manchu came from the regiment's service in China in 1900 during the China Relief Expedition.

Kevin