BLACKHORSE ? SIR?

By Larry Doyle

When I joined the Blackhorse in Vietnam in1970 the patch was quite distinct. It was a black horse reared up on it's hind legs with his, quite prominent... how shall I say, John Thomas, pointing the way.

"Wow," I thought, "This is so cool. We get to wear these?" I really didn't want to be there, but this was way cool. I thought it unlikely at first that the Army would allow an anatomically correct logo, but then these were real men. And, real horses are hung like... well, horses.

I never saw the new version of the Blackhorse insignia until the day I put on my newly issued Class-A's and jumped in the back of the that deuce-and- a-half in Dion, headed for Ben Hoa Airbase, then home.