1st Design (Copy)

Worn from:
18 February 1946 - 23 August 1963.

(First Design)

During World War II, the 158th Regimental Combat Team
was stationed in the Panama Canal Zone and was known as
the Bushmasters. An exceedingly poisonous snake, the
bushmaster is found in the jungles of Panama as well
as other parts of Central America.