atb Posted November 11, 2015 Share #551 Posted November 11, 2015 "Unknown Air Force SSI....." 20th Air Force? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted November 12, 2015 Share #552 Posted November 12, 2015 "Unknown Air Force SSI....." 20th Air Force? I agree. Sure looks like a 20th AAF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILL THE PATCH Posted November 12, 2015 Share #553 Posted November 12, 2015 That picture is from the rozwell incident, those are pictures of the weather ballon . or alien craft whatever you believe. I remember seeing a documentary on it and yes it is the 20th a/F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted November 23, 2015 Share #554 Posted November 23, 2015 198th Infantry Brigade. It was much more common to see the Americal Division SSI worn as the 198th made up part of the Americal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted November 23, 2015 Author Share #555 Posted November 23, 2015 198th Infantry Brigade. It was much more common to see the Americal Division SSI worn as the 198th made up part of the Americal. BINGO! What a find Sean! Any date on the photo, would like to know if he was an original member of the 198th Inf Bde from Hood, as my theory with those wearing the 11th Inf Bde as a combat patch rather than the Americal, is that they were original members of the unit when it was sent over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted December 11, 2015 Author Share #556 Posted December 11, 2015 The old Philippine Division patch as a combat yet again on this MP, location and unit and MP unknown, definitely between 1946 and 1951 as they wear the quadruple discs. (Foto originally posted by member Austin R, maybe he has more info, I'll PM him). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted December 13, 2015 Author Share #557 Posted December 13, 2015 post-51120-0-52651000-1389248244.jpg The old Philippine Division patch as a combat yet again on this MP, location and unit and MP unknown, definitely between 1946 and 1951 as they wear the quadruple discs. (Foto originally posted by member Austin R, maybe he has more info, I'll PM him). Was sent the original group photo, it's a Fort Huachuca Arizona sometime in Winter or Fall 1947, probably winter, like February, no unit still, probably an MP Company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted January 12, 2016 Author Share #558 Posted January 12, 2016 Nothing uncommon for a 7th Div patch being worn as a Combat Patch in 1956, but I didn't know where else to post it . It's Buffalo Bill Quinn in Germany at a Change of Command ceremony for VII Corps in June 1956. I may be wrong but Quinn was not supposed to be in Germany, says he was in Greece at this time, maybe he flew up for the occasion and donned field gear rather then Pinks & Greens. Foto courtesy of USAREUR.Com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted January 30, 2016 Share #559 Posted January 30, 2016 198th Infantry Brigade. It was much more common to see the Americal Division SSI worn as the 198th made up part of the Americal. Looks theater made Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted January 30, 2016 Author Share #560 Posted January 30, 2016 Looks theater made Maybe, but maybe U.S., still a great find in showing it worn in lieu of the Americal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted January 30, 2016 Share #561 Posted January 30, 2016 Maybe, but maybe U.S., still a great find in showing it worn in lieu of the Americal. Definitely. One of my favorite designs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted February 11, 2016 Share #562 Posted February 11, 2016 Staff Sgt. Willie Myers of Company A, 1st Battalion, 122nd Infantry of the Georgia National Guard wearing the 7th Infantry Division SSI as a combat patch in 1984. It is doubtful he was old enough to have served in the Korean War, so he probably earned it along the DMZ in the 60's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted February 11, 2016 Author Share #563 Posted February 11, 2016 Staff Sgt. Willie Myers of Company A, 1st Battalion, 122nd Infantry of the Georgia National Guard wearing the 7th Infantry Division SSI as a combat patch in 1984. It is doubtful he was old enough to have served in the Korean War, so he probably earned it along the DMZ in the 60's. Good one sean, the first one of a DMZ 60s 7th Div vet I've seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted February 15, 2016 Share #564 Posted February 15, 2016 Here's another one of the Americal Division being worn by a LTC of the Georgia National Guard in September 2002, almost 31 years (November 1971) after the Americal was deactivated in Vietnam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted February 19, 2016 Author Share #565 Posted February 19, 2016 The 9th Air Force as worn by 1st Lieutenant Clayton Ploegman of the 32nd Signal Company, 32nd Infantry Division Wisconsin National Guard early 1959. Ploegman no doubt was an enlistedman during the big war, and was for quite awhile after before being commissioned in the Wis NG given this 1959 date. Ploegman was probably in one of those Army support units that was assigned to the Air Corps during WWII, and never considered himself to be Air Force, choosing the Army National Guard rather then the Air Guard for his career in the post war 50s. By the time of the Berlin Wall Crisis when the 32nd Inf Div was Federalized, Ploegman turns up as Captain, CO of B Co 132nd Signal Battalion (32nd Signal Company upgraded sometime in 1960 to Battalion strength and retitled 132nd Signal Battalion). I got their 1962 Yearbook for this period. And through the wonders of the internet we have found that Mr Ploegman sadly is no longer with us. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/jsonline/obituary.aspx?n=clayton-h-ploegman&pid=133779004 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted February 22, 2016 Share #566 Posted February 22, 2016 Here's a 2nd Infantry Division SSI worn as a combat patch by a veteran of the DMZ in the 60's or early 70's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamecharles Posted March 11, 2016 Share #567 Posted March 11, 2016 and now you will be surprised .... Giancarlo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted March 11, 2016 Author Share #568 Posted March 11, 2016 and now you will be surprised .... Giancarlo Yeah look at that, both a Port of Embarkations and 3rd Army, very interesting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamecharles Posted March 11, 2016 Share #569 Posted March 11, 2016 no more space on the arm? no worry i've the other one! By the way it's a Signal corp (officer pins pinned on french fourragere) Gs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desertrat Posted March 11, 2016 Share #570 Posted March 11, 2016 1957 dated AG44 coat with a Seabees combat patch, all patches are cut edge and original; exactly as I bought it in 1982. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desertrat Posted March 11, 2016 Share #571 Posted March 11, 2016 1st pattern subdued USA,VN on a BDU jacket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doinworkinvans Posted March 11, 2016 Share #572 Posted March 11, 2016 I don't understand why these are rare? These soldiers were obviously in these units before and therefore have the SSI to match? What makes it so rare? Why does a 2nd Cav patch as a combat patch make it rare? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desertrat Posted March 11, 2016 Share #573 Posted March 11, 2016 I think it's more of when or how they were worn, not necessarily the patch itself.Unless of course the patch is odd or out of place or the unit was not ordinarily in a combat zone. I agree that some of these patches shown don't seem to fit the title. I honestly don't think a period picture showing a soldier wearing a "bookend" 101st uniform would be all that uncommon. However, as in the uniforms I posted, an AG coat with a Seabees combat patch would have been odd, even back then. And a Post 9/11 set of BDUs with a VN era combat patch is not something you see every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted March 11, 2016 Share #574 Posted March 11, 2016 no more space on the arm? no worry i've the other one! By the way it's a Signal corp (officer pins pinned on french fourragere) Gs It also looks like he's wearing the Expert Infantryman Badge above his ribbons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted March 11, 2016 Share #575 Posted March 11, 2016 I don't understand why these are rare? These soldiers were obviously in these units before and therefore have the SSI to match? What makes it so rare? Why does a 2nd Cav patch as a combat patch make it rare? To what are you referring? The 2nd Infantry Division photo I posted above? Both that and a 7th Infantry Division combat patch earned on the DMZ in the 60's and 70's were extremely rare as not many troops would have qualified for them. I don't believe everyone who served in either division during the time frame automatically qualified to wear a combat patch. I think it was limited to those very few soldiers of the division who actually came under fire at the DMZ. Now a 2nd Cavalry Division combat patch would be extremely rare as I believe that division was deployed to North Africa in 1943 or 1944 and almost immediately broken up so that its soldiers were mostly sent to service units in the Mediterranean Theater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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