CAP Emergency Services Patch

Started by Backwoodsman Pilot, November 11, 2009, 06:45:50 AM

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Backwoodsman Pilot

November 11, 2009, 06:45:50 AM
Does anyone know if the dog on the CAP Emergency Services patch has an official name?

  Here is a link to the patch. 
  http://www.vanguardmil.com/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=6_422_425

The patch is the last one on the 3rd row.  You can also find the patch on my profile.

Mark T.


Gunner C

#1
November 11, 2009, 07:41:23 AM
Goofy.  ;D

lordmonar

#2
November 11, 2009, 09:12:50 AM
Also called Pluto....but he doesn't look any thing like him. ;D
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Al Sayre

#3
November 11, 2009, 12:38:21 PM
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Angus

#4
November 11, 2009, 01:50:02 PM
He looks a little bit like Pluto.   The coloring is all that's realy off.  The patch harkens back to WW2 when Disney gave the military and anything close to the Military the right to use some of their characters on patches and logos.
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IceNine

#5
November 11, 2009, 03:32:04 PM
Not that I've ever heard.  People have all kinds of pet names for it but nothing official.
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alamrcn

#6
November 11, 2009, 04:14:14 PM
Historians and collectors refer to these patches as the "Pluto patch" - but not to the dog itself. The dog is actually a characture of a non-specific "Bird Dog".



Some have suggested that the patch's original design came from Disney, which very likely led to the coraltion with the cartoon character. Do you remember in the old Mickey Mouse films when Pluto would sniff around looking for something, and the tip of his skinny tail would "twinge" as if acting as a electronic locating device?

But no one I know has ever seen an authentic Disney version of this patch. I don't have the exact date of introduction with me at work, but it was around the mid-1960's - long after Disney ended its pro bono emblem designing of the WWII era.

So, the closest answer I can give you is, "the Bird Dog".

Now, the dog on the Connecticut Wing patch - THAT is a different story!  ;)



Ace Browning, Maj, CAP
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Backwoodsman Pilot

#7
November 13, 2009, 03:49:15 AM
Thank you everybody.  Those are some good answers.

Mark

Nomex Maximus

#8
November 13, 2009, 01:33:14 PM
Quote from: alamrcn on November 11, 2009, 04:14:14 PM. . .
Now, the dog on the Connecticut Wing patch - THAT is a different story!  ;)
Yikes! If I were in CTWG, I'd wear the region patch instead!
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EMT-83

#9
November 13, 2009, 05:30:20 PM
Hey, don't pick on my puppy! That's Connie the SAR dog.

Nomex Maximus

#10
November 14, 2009, 12:30:44 AM
Quote from: EMT-83 on November 13, 2009, 05:30:20 PM
Hey, don't pick on my puppy! That's Connie the SAR dog.

Looks like Dumbo went on a diet...
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SAINT

#11
March 21, 2010, 08:47:21 AM
To tell you the truth Pluto or Goofy could be pretty acurate being as Disney designed the Gremlin on the MN Wing Patch.

Dracosbane

#12
March 22, 2010, 06:01:03 PM
Mickey and Donald are on the ILWG ES patch.
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