Chevrons on HBT

[atb]

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]

One more from the movie.

[patches]

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/

[29navy]

Sorry, mis-post

[patches]

England Spring 1944, an Engineer unit, unit not mentioned.

[patches]

Found a couple Stenciled ones  on Rangers of the 6th Ranger Battalion when training on New Guinea after the unit was activated

[Rhscott]

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.

[patches]

Found one more.

[P-59A]

These belonged to Sgt. Henrietta Burndl. She was USMC from 50-54 and worked in the motor pool.

[JrBfloNY]

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.

[patches]

A S/Sgt somewhere in the ZI in 1942.

[Rhscott]

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]

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]

Stateside I think, with this guy being in the Air Corps, he is handing some kind of Bomblet container I believe