USS Guadalcanal LPH-7 Amphibious assault ship (helicopter) Navy patch Defense Contractor 3 3/4 x 4 inch

3 3/4 x 4 inch Navy Patch

1st Annual Navy Ball of North Texas

We know of 4 different types of this coin

as part of a US military aid package to the Philippines

USS Guadalcanal LPH-7 Amphibious assault ship (helicopter) Navy patch Defense Contractor 3 3/4 x 4 inchThis patch is 4 inches wide by 5 inches high with cut edges and cheesecloth back. This patch is from the Vietnam War era. USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7), the third Iwo Jima class amphibious assault ship (helicopter), was launched by the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard 16 March 1963, sponsored by Zola Shoup, wife of General Shoup, the former Commandant of the Marine Corps; and commissioned 20 July 1963, Captain Dale K. Peterson in command. It was the second ship