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Patches in action: Photos of SSI being worn by the troops.


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These two look like they went To Hell and Back, too bad we can't see their ribbons (though they might not be wearing any, some times old timers didn't for whatever reason).

 

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Both First Sergeants were among the last WWII veterans serving in the Nebraska National Guard. Dale spent eighteen months in combat in Europe, Hank spent the war in the Aleutians. Hank had joined the Guard in 1939 in the same company he was currently serving with in Hastings, NE.

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Both First Sergeants were among the last WWII veterans serving in the Nebraska National Guard. Dale spent eighteen months in combat in Europe, Hank spent the war in the Aleutians. Hank had joined the Guard in 1939 in the same company he was currently serving with in Hastings, NE.

Thanks, got a unit on the one in the ETO?

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They're a little hard to make out, but here are screen shots of the 71st Infantry Division during its period in Alaska. These are from a The Big Picture film from 1956 about Exercise Moose Horn.

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A Specialist 5 wearing the Sergeants Major Academy SSI and branch unassigned collar insignia.

Bet this one was taken in 1976, note the Bicentennial flag Liberty Bell backdrop.

 

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Ryukyus Command SSI worn by an infantry lieutenant on Okinawa around 1952/1953. His branch insignia is numbered. I can't make it out when I zoom in, but I would assume it is for the 29th Regimental Combat Team.

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Searched to see if this one has been posted yet, didn't see it, so lets post it now.

 

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Ike wearing the Allied Forces patch photo was taken I think in England late 43 early 44, just after he arrived from the Mediterranean theater)

 

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Ryukyus Command SSI worn by an infantry lieutenant on Okinawa around 1952/1953. His branch insignia is numbered. I can't make it out when I zoom in, but I would assume it is for the 29th Regimental Combat Team.

29th IR assigned US Army Garrison Okinawa 1949, element of Ryukyus Cmd. Two battalions attached 19th IR (24th ID) in Korea 1950.

 

His collar insignia is numbered 29.

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29th IR assigned US Army Garrison Okinawa 1949, element of Ryukyus Cmd. Two battalions attached 19th IR (24th ID) in Korea 1950.

 

His collar insignia is numbered 29.

29th Infantry, as a Regimental Combat Team was destroyed in July 1950, it was not inactivated, survivors mostly assigned directly to the other two regiments of the 24th Inf Div, and rebuilt back on Okinawa in September, my question is, after a spell didn't this unit on Okinawa wear the Far East patch?

 

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Assistant division commander and tanker of the 4th Armored Division during a 1961 division review in Germany

Good view of that USAEUR Tank Helmet.

 

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Military policemen of the 9th Infantry Division in Vietnam wearing subdued MP brassards with subdued SSI which are bearly distinguishable from their uniforms.

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Civilian contractors from Litton Industries wearing an SSI showing the company's logo on fatigue uniforms while working with members of the Army's Combat Development Command. The SSI can be seen worn on the right sleeve in two of the pictures and the left sleeve in one, but it's hard to tell if it's worn on both sleeves at the same time.

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