Phxhoward Posted July 29, 2017 Share #1 Posted July 29, 2017 Hello. Thank you for any help in identifying this WWII era patch. I have been taking notes on each item that I have from my grandfather's time in the United States Army in Japan. I believe he was stationed in Kobe Japan. Everything is identified except for this patch. Hopefully someone on this forum can identify it and tell me what it represents. Thank you, Howard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vintageproductions Posted July 29, 2017 Share #2 Posted July 29, 2017 Looks like it might be a signal unit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phxhoward Posted July 29, 2017 Author Share #3 Posted July 29, 2017 Thank you. He had a Signal Corps lapel pin that I have identified but I did not find a patch like this one in my web searches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve B. Posted July 29, 2017 Share #4 Posted July 29, 2017 Looks like 58th Signal Battalion DUI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted July 29, 2017 Share #5 Posted July 29, 2017 Right you are Steve. Here's the metal version, the cloth one posted by the OP looks like a loop. You will note in the TIOH, it says" A distinctive unit insignia was approved on 26 November 1941. That design was cancelled and a new design authorized on 20 October 1967". This then will be that 1941 adopted DI, with the one in the TIOH being the redesigned one from 1967. http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Catalog/HeraldryMulti.aspx?CategoryId=4283&grp=2&menu=Uniformed%20Services Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phxhoward Posted July 29, 2017 Author Share #6 Posted July 29, 2017 Thank you everyone. I am so happy to have this information for my notes and to share with my family. Howard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve B. Posted July 29, 2017 Share #7 Posted July 29, 2017 Happy to have helped! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tredhed2 Posted July 29, 2017 Share #8 Posted July 29, 2017 Here is a nice version of their shoulder patch. The patch in the upper left is 8th US Army and the one in the upper right is I Corps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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