USAF GOC Merit Pin . FLU3377

United States Air Force GOC (Ground Observer Corps) For Merit Pin. Pin back. I believe this one is 1950s (Korea) era. Size approximately 1 1/8 inches X 3/4 inch.

Additional Notes: The first Ground Observer Corps was a WW2 Civil Defense program of the U.S. Army Air Forces to protect United States territory against air attack. The second Ground Observer Corps, with programmatic aims and methodologies similar to the first, was organized in early 1950, during the Cold War. The second GOC program ended in 1958 with the advent of automated Army (Missile Master) and Air Force (SAGE) radar systems. GOC volunteers were encouraged to continue their service in the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES).

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