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The spade on the helmet serves to identify that they are with the 506th Regiment of 101st Airborne Division. The other regiments used diamonds, hearts, and clubs. The spade designated the 506th Infantry Regiment. Colors were used to distinguish each particular Battalion of the 506th. The 1st Battalion used a red spade, the 2nd Battalion used a white spade and the 3rd Battalion used a blue spade.
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Easy Company had an insignia on their helmet a white spade what does it stand for?
The White Spade stood for the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment. A tactical marking to assist in the assembly of troops on the D.Z. Each unit in the 101st Airborne Division had a tactical marking on the side of it's helmet. Richard V. Horrell WW 2 Connections.com This was the symbol for the 506th PIR-parachute infantry Regiment.
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The US 101st Airborne Division sometimes painted white emblems on the side of their helmet to designate their unit. They painted the heart, club, and spade and placed a "-" at the top, left or right. These symbols were not official markings and represented the regiment within the Division and the -Dashes represented the battalion, I believe. It didn't make sense to paint white markings on a helmet while in combat. The enemy would see this and you could get shot. However, the Paratroopers also used camo netting and stripes of cloth to cover their helmets, thus covering the white insignias.
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