atb Posted June 13, 2024 #26 Posted June 13, 2024 7 hours ago, patches said: A Staff Sergeant of the 36th Division Salerno September 1943 with his Rank Stenciled on his M41 HBTs. A still from "A Walk in the Sun." A fine 1945 film. That's Dana Andrews.
patches Posted September 12, 2024 #28 Posted September 12, 2024 A Staff Sergeant with Chevrons sewn on his M41 HBT shirt, he is in the 1399th Engineer Construction Battalion (Nisei) Hawaii 1944, this obsure Nisei unit was in Hawaii the whole war. https://nvnvets.org/the-1399-engineer-construction-battalion/
patches Posted November 7, 2024 #30 Posted November 7, 2024 England Spring 1944, an Engineer unit, unit not mentioned.
patches Posted March 28, 2025 #31 Posted March 28, 2025 Found a couple Stenciled ones on Rangers of the 6th Ranger Battalion when training on New Guinea after the unit was activated
Rhscott Posted March 31, 2025 #32 Posted March 31, 2025 On 3/28/2025 at 4:32 AM, patches said: Found a couple Stenciled ones on Rangers of the 6th Ranger Battalion when training on New Guinea after the unit was activated A nice new M1907 sling too.
P-59A Posted May 5, 2025 #34 Posted May 5, 2025 These belonged to Sgt. Henrietta Burndl. She was USMC from 50-54 and worked in the motor pool.
JrBfloNY Posted September 13, 2025 #35 Posted September 13, 2025 On 10/25/2023 at 1:05 AM, patches said: Remembered this often seen photo and went looking for, found it, GIs of the 5th Infantry Division in Northern Ireland on maneuvers March 1944, Sub Unit not given, we see this 1st Sergeant who has his stripes on his shirt, the 1st Pattern HBT Shirt. Name given as Christopher McGuire Allentown Penna. I've seen HBTs from WWII and Korea with SSI, 1st Cav, 43rd Div, 28th, 90th & many more.
Rhscott Posted January 3 #37 Posted January 3 On 1/1/2026 at 12:04 AM, patches said: A S/Sgt somewhere in the ZI in 1942. Nice pix of a M1917 in training use.
patches Posted March 4 #38 Posted March 4 Stateside 1944 102nd Infantry Division, probably Camp Maxey, Texas. A Pfc or a Cpl, had to enlarge it a bit, got a little blurry.
patches Posted April 29 #39 Posted April 29 Stateside I think, with this guy being in the Air Corps, he is handing some kind of Bomblet container I believe
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