https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/infantry-cord-on-the-left-shoulder <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I work at a Veteran&#39;s nursing home. Which does a phenomenal job honoring veterans of generations past. In the main entry hall way are display cases dedicated to each branch. In the Army case hangs a uniform of a WWII/Korean War infantry soldier. The blue infantry cord is on the left shoulder and the brown braid (French word, can&#39;t remember exactly) is on the right. I have always seen and out my blue cord on the right shoulder, with the brown braid going on the opposite side. <br /><br />Is this correct? I want to make sure I have the correct information about uniforms if a correction is needed. Mon, 21 Nov 2022 07:26:12 -0500 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/infantry-cord-on-the-left-shoulder <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I work at a Veteran&#39;s nursing home. Which does a phenomenal job honoring veterans of generations past. In the main entry hall way are display cases dedicated to each branch. In the Army case hangs a uniform of a WWII/Korean War infantry soldier. The blue infantry cord is on the left shoulder and the brown braid (French word, can&#39;t remember exactly) is on the right. I have always seen and out my blue cord on the right shoulder, with the brown braid going on the opposite side. <br /><br />Is this correct? I want to make sure I have the correct information about uniforms if a correction is needed. SPC Casey Ashfield Mon, 21 Nov 2022 07:26:12 -0500 2022-11-21T07:26:12-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/infantry-cord-on-the-left-shoulder?n=7992074&urlhash=7992074 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>You are correct. Infantry cord is on the right shoulder MSG Private RallyPoint Member Mon, 21 Nov 2022 07:29:13 -0500 2022-11-21T07:29:13-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/infantry-cord-on-the-left-shoulder?n=7992091&urlhash=7992091 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="509578" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/509578-spc-p-casey-ashfield">SPC Casey Ashfield</a> - Those cords are called fourragères (fur-ah-zher) which is derived from the French for &quot;Forage&quot;.<br /><br />Early Infantry Soldiers would use the cord to set snares and catch small animals or even wayward junior officers for the evening meal (they usually didn&#39;t eat the officer and instead had them do the set-up and after meal clean-up). COL Randall C. Mon, 21 Nov 2022 07:47:52 -0500 2022-11-21T07:47:52-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/infantry-cord-on-the-left-shoulder?n=7992585&urlhash=7992585 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>When you view old uniforms, they don&#39;t go by the wear regulations of today. Some of the regulations for wear didn&#39;t exist, others were determined by the commander at the time, some just wore items the Army didn&#39;t authorize, like every beret ever before the 1960s. SFC Private RallyPoint Member Mon, 21 Nov 2022 13:09:11 -0500 2022-11-21T13:09:11-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/infantry-cord-on-the-left-shoulder?n=7992818&urlhash=7992818 <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-735861"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Finfantry-cord-on-the-left-shoulder%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Infantry+cord+on+the+left+shoulder%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Finfantry-cord-on-the-left-shoulder&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AInfantry cord on the left shoulder?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/infantry-cord-on-the-left-shoulder" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="facee801ef581419080b37333dff2d9b" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/735/861/for_gallery_v2/8b84888f.JPG"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/735/861/large_v3/8b84888f.JPG" alt="8b84888f" /></a></div></div>Blue on the right SGT Carl Blas Mon, 21 Nov 2022 15:49:40 -0500 2022-11-21T15:49:40-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/infantry-cord-on-the-left-shoulder?n=7996378&urlhash=7996378 <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-736384"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Finfantry-cord-on-the-left-shoulder%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Infantry+cord+on+the+left+shoulder%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Finfantry-cord-on-the-left-shoulder&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AInfantry cord on the left shoulder?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/infantry-cord-on-the-left-shoulder" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="60d81aebc98ab576e03e25e5d54185a7" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/736/384/for_gallery_v2/379ba21c.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/736/384/large_v3/379ba21c.jpg" alt="379ba21c" /></a></div></div> SPC Casey Ashfield Thu, 24 Nov 2022 01:14:02 -0500 2022-11-24T01:14:02-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/infantry-cord-on-the-left-shoulder?n=8033065&urlhash=8033065 <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-741646"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Finfantry-cord-on-the-left-shoulder%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Infantry+cord+on+the+left+shoulder%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Finfantry-cord-on-the-left-shoulder&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AInfantry cord on the left shoulder?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/infantry-cord-on-the-left-shoulder" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="4dde09f533f646beaaf421d82299f7e2" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/741/646/for_gallery_v2/063d5ecc.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/741/646/large_v3/063d5ecc.jpg" alt="063d5ecc" /></a></div></div>Looks better and correct now. Thanks all. SPC Casey Ashfield Sat, 17 Dec 2022 04:26:18 -0500 2022-12-17T04:26:18-05:00 2022-11-21T07:26:12-05:00