602nd F.A. Battalion Insignia

This web site is a combination of both 601st and 602nd Field Artillery information. It is the 7th in a series of 9 web sites pertaining to these two very unique Field Artillery Battalions. To go to the main home page of either the 601st or the 602nd, click on the links below.

This site was constructed on 8-15-2005 This site last updated on: 11-18-2009

To contact me, Dennis Cutter MASTEROFNEON2@msn.com or NEONMASTER@webtv.net Editors Note: If you do write me for information, please include 601st or 602nd in the subject box of your e-mail, otherwise it may be deleted as spam / junk.

2 Man Mountain Tent 1943

Views of Kiska Island

The 601st and 602nd were part of the invasion force who's mission was to remove the Japanese from the Aleutian Islands in August 1943

This original Kiska Task Force patch sold on Ebay for $174.50!

Sweetheart pin the men could send home to their loved ones. May also be a pin worn by the officers, but not really sure.

Many versions were made for the troops by local jewlers in the vicinity, not all were government issue. This one sold on eBay for $197.00.

This insignia was worn on the service cap or lapel. Not sure if they were for officers only? It sold on eBay, April 2008, for $305.03

This version sold for $274.00!

This one for $80.99!

$204.50!!!!!

$48.00 for this version

This pair $224.72

This one with the 10th Mountain insignia sold for $280.00!

These are the collar pins worn by the Veterinarian's who cared for the mules and horses in the 601st & 602nd battalions. They are very rare and hard to find pins.

This is said to be a ski instructors pin. It sold on eBay for $224.50.

421st Field Artillery Group While in Southern France, the 602nd was attached to the 421st. It consisted of 5 different military units combine into one group. I was contacted by Dale Stoddard who's Dad, Tech 5 Richard P. Stoddard was with the 421st. Dale found the following cartoon among his Dad's personnal belongings.

Caricature of the 421st F.A. Group... submitted by, Dale Stoddard

Notice the Japanese Americans. These were members of the 442nd Inf. Reg. who were in the area of Southern France in which the 601st and 602nd furnished fire support. Dale's Dad, T/5 Richard P. Stoddard is on the left, holding the keys. He would have been 26 or 27 years old.

Group insignia for the 421st Field Artillery Group

Delford Von Eschen "C" battery 602nd, with a German 88, somewhere in Italy.

Some members of the finance department at Camp Hale. My Dad is the tall guy on the back row. Because of his typing skills and the fact he was a mailman before the war, he was assigned clerk typist & Battalion mailman. He was in Battery "A" 601st F.A. Detail Section.

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