OG-107 Uniform

Unnamed - 4th Rec. Sq. 9th Cav.

This small grouping consist two OG-107 shirts and a picture taken at Camp Breckenridge in 1959, once belonged to a member of the 4th Reconnaissance Squadron, 9th Cavalry. The first one is originaly an "OG-107 Type I"  model, but it is modified by the owner to become Short-sleeve from long. The second one is "OG-107 Type III" model.

On the left sleeve of both shirts is the patch for the 83rd, the unit he was assigned to while wearing this uniform. On the front of one of the shirts there is an US Army OD-107 and black tag but no name tag above the other pocket.

The 4th Reconnaissance Squadron, 9th Cavalry was assigned to the Army Reserve and activated on 20 March 1959 at Mansfield, Ohio as the divisional reconnaissance squadron of the 83rd Infantry Division. The squadron became the 4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry (4-9 Cavalry) on 15 April 1963, but was inactivated on 31 December 1965. On 24 November 1967 it was reactivated as a Regular Army unit with the 6th Infantry Division at Fort Campbell. The squadron was reactivated in April, 1986, at Ladd Army Airfield, Hangar 2, Fort Wainwright, Alaska, with the 6th Infantry Division, where it served during the later years of the Cold War.

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