tredhed2 Posted February 20, 2018 Share #3301 Posted February 20, 2018 76th Infantry Division. I can't identify the DUI's. Appears to be 417th Inf Regt. Motto: "Spirit of 76" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted February 21, 2018 Share #3302 Posted February 21, 2018 White bordered theater made snap on China-Burma-India Theater SSI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted February 21, 2018 Share #3303 Posted February 21, 2018 Coast Artilleryman of the Eastern Defense Command Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted February 21, 2018 Share #3304 Posted February 21, 2018 82nd Airborne Division with no AIRBORNE tab from the late 40s. Based on his ribbons, it looks like he served in the Pacific in World War II, including the Philippines. Yet he's only a PFC. I'm guessing he was discharged after the war then returned to active duty some time later and went airborne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted February 21, 2018 Share #3305 Posted February 21, 2018 82nd Airborne Division with no AIRBORNE tab from the late 40s. Based on his ribbons, it looks like he served in the Pacific in World War II, including the Philippines. Yet he's only a PFC. I'm guessing he was discharged after the war then returned to active duty some time later and went airborne. Looks like there's a missing ribbon? Top row on our left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted February 22, 2018 Share #3306 Posted February 22, 2018 GI of the 3rd Squadron 4th Cavalry, 25th Infantry Division 1966. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted February 22, 2018 Share #3307 Posted February 22, 2018 Fifth Air Force with KOREA tab? The soldier was a photographer with the 891st Engineer Aviation Battalion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted February 24, 2018 Share #3308 Posted February 24, 2018 Some 2nd Army GI's with the Davy Crockett circa 1962-63, unknown sub unit and location, 2nd Army, perhaps Ft Meade??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted February 26, 2018 Share #3309 Posted February 26, 2018 Member of the 1st Special Forces Group wearing the Special Forces SSI with Special Forces, Ranger and Sapper tabs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted February 26, 2018 Share #3310 Posted February 26, 2018 Cadre of an armor training unit at Fort Knox sometime in the late 60s or early 70s. Most appear to be wearing the unnumbered Armor SSI with USATC Armor tab. However, the soldier in the bottom right appears to be wearing a Pennsylvania Army National Guard SSI. Several of the soldiers are wearing combat patches from Vietnam and Combat Infantryman Badges. Note the Sergeant First Class standing second from right appears to have a CIB with a star. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted February 28, 2018 Share #3311 Posted February 28, 2018 304th Sustainment Brigade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted March 7, 2018 Share #3312 Posted March 7, 2018 3rd Armored Division SSI worn by a soldier in Germany in 1968 with the unusual combination of full color SSI along with subdued sleeve rank insignia that was seldom seen outside of Vietnam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted March 7, 2018 Share #3313 Posted March 7, 2018 Very early wear of the 49th Infantry Division SSI by a member of Company C 679th Engineer Battalion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted March 7, 2018 Share #3314 Posted March 7, 2018 The colors in this photo are reversed from the ones in the insignia but I have seen this SSI identified as First Army Engineer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atb Posted March 7, 2018 Share #3315 Posted March 7, 2018 The colors in this photo are reversed from the ones in the insignia but I have seen this SSI identified as First Army Engineer It is for First Army Artillery units. The First Army Engineers SSI has a red castle below the cross bar of the "A." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted March 9, 2018 Share #3316 Posted March 9, 2018 The same Corps of Engineers soldier, George J. Reece, wearing the Second Army SSI stateside prior to his deployment to Europe in World War II and the Third Army SSI after he returned from Europe and was discharged. In the first photo, he is with his brother who joined the Royal Canadian Air Force. He is wearing the same DUI in both photos but I don't know what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted March 9, 2018 Share #3317 Posted March 9, 2018 It is for First Army Artillery units. The First Army Engineers SSI has a red castle below the cross bar of the "A." So are the patch worn by the soldier and the one in the color photo both artillery even though the positions of the red and white are reversed? and after looking closer at the soldier in the first picture, he does seem to be wearing an artillery branch disc on his cap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysteriousoozlefinch Posted March 9, 2018 Share #3318 Posted March 9, 2018 The same Corps of Engineers soldier, George J. Reece, wearing the Second Army SSI stateside prior to his deployment to Europe in World War II and the Third Army SSI after he returned from Europe and was discharged. In the first photo, he is with his brother who joined the Royal Canadian Air Force. He is wearing the same DUI in both photos but I don't know what it is. Looks like the compass square of the 30th Engineer Battalion. Topographic map unit. It was a 3rd Army unit, but there may have been others with a similar DUI design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamski Posted March 9, 2018 Author Share #3319 Posted March 9, 2018 Looks like the compass square of the 30th Engineer Battalion. Topographic map unit. It was a 3rd Army unit, but there may have been others with a similar DUI design. It has a wide border, so I doubt it is the 30th. Can we get a better shot at the DI? -Ski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted March 9, 2018 Share #3320 Posted March 9, 2018 It has a wide border, so I doubt it is the 30th. Can we get a better shot at the DI? -Ski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted March 9, 2018 Share #3321 Posted March 9, 2018 This looks to me like an AIRBORNE tab over the Air Corps SSI. Any thoughts on this and the DUI? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tredhed2 Posted March 10, 2018 Share #3322 Posted March 10, 2018 The patch and tab combo were worn by Aviation Engineers, brought in on aircraft, to construct airbases, air fields, etc. The aircraft transportation resulted in the engineers being brought in by air, or "air borne" (two words). Their basic and advanced training were under the auspices of the Air Force Technical Training Command, and it appears to be the DIs he is wearing. Angle is not the best for viewing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted March 10, 2018 Share #3323 Posted March 10, 2018 This looks to me like an AIRBORNE tab over the Air Corps SSI. Any thoughts on this and the DUI? You will aslo see the blue and white airborne tab over the 5th AF patch in WW2 for the Aviation(Airborne)Engineers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted March 10, 2018 Share #3324 Posted March 10, 2018 Photo S/Sgt Cox driving around the base.Phu Cat 1970 12th SPS Note the camo ball caps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted March 12, 2018 Share #3325 Posted March 12, 2018 A pathfinder of the 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion wearing a subdued 1st Cavalry Division SSI with full color gold on black AIRBORNE tab on his ERDL uniform late in the war. His tour was from 1971 to 1972. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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