Buy US Army 498th Medivac Patch

Product Information

This is the Vietnam patch for the 498th Medivac. It's 5" tall x 3.5" wide.

The 498th Medical Company (AA) was constituted in the Regular Army as Company C, 57th Medical Battalion, on 13 January 1941 and activated on 10 February 1941 at Fort Ord, California. On September 10th 1941, the unit was

reorganized and redesignated as the 498th Collecting Company, and after serving in WWII, was inactivated at Camp Shanks, New York on 24 October 1945. The 498th was redesignated as the 498th Preventive Medicine Company on 11 September 1950 and activated on 2 October of that year at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. The unit was reorganized and rededicated the 498th Medical Company on 19 June 1953 only to be inactivated on 24
September 1956 at Fort Meade, Maryland.

On 23 September 1964, the unit was activated as an air ambulance company at Fort Sam Houston, Texas and deployed to Vietnam. Upon return to the states in October 1971 the unit was relocated to Fort Jackson, SC, Fort Stewart, GA and Fort Benning, GA and has remained in service at Ft. Benning to this day.

Product Description

US Army 498th Medevac Patch

Dust Off — the 498th ran medevac in Vietnam when every LZ was hot and every flight was a gamble.

The 498th Medical Company (Air Ambulance) — callsign "Dust Off" — conducted helicopter medevac operations during the Vietnam War, evacuating wounded soldiers from combat under fire. Constituted in 1941 and activated at Fort Ord, California, the 498th earned its combat reputation flying UH-1 Hueys into hot landing zones where the only way out was up. The Dust Off crews of the 498th saved countless lives at extraordinary personal risk.

Perfect For:
498th Medevac veterans, Army Dust Off crews, Vietnam-era helicopter medics, air ambulance personnel, and military medical patch collectors.

Dust Off. When you're hit, they come.

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