SPC Casey Ashfield7992072<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I work at a Veteran'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'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.Infantry cord on the left shoulder?2022-11-21T07:26:12-05:00SPC Casey Ashfield7992072<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I work at a Veteran'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'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.Infantry cord on the left shoulder?2022-11-21T07:26:12-05:002022-11-21T07:26:12-05:00MSG Private RallyPoint Member7992074<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>You are correct. Infantry cord is on the right shoulderResponse by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 21 at 2022 7:29 AM2022-11-21T07:29:13-05:002022-11-21T07:29:13-05:00COL Randall C.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 "Forage".<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't eat the officer and instead had them do the set-up and after meal clean-up).Response by COL Randall C. made Nov 21 at 2022 7:47 AM2022-11-21T07:47:52-05:002022-11-21T07:47:52-05:00SFC Private RallyPoint Member7992585<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>When you view old uniforms, they don't go by the wear regulations of today. Some of the regulations for wear didn't exist, others were determined by the commander at the time, some just wore items the Army didn't authorize, like every beret ever before the 1960s.Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 21 at 2022 1:09 PM2022-11-21T13:09:11-05:002022-11-21T13:09:11-05:00SGT Private RallyPoint Member7992818<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">
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