seanmc1114 Posted October 12, 2013 Share #76 Posted October 12, 2013 Branch bib of unknown color with unknown DUI patch being worn by a member of the I Corps, probably during the Korean War. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted October 12, 2013 Share #77 Posted October 12, 2013 Branch bib of unknown color with unknown DUI patch being worn by a member of the I Corps, probably during the Korean War. Another interesting one sean, note the wear of the Name Tape on the right side rather than the common pre U.S. ARMY tape period left side, also looks like a OD bordered 1st Corps patch being worn doesn't it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted November 13, 2013 Share #78 Posted November 13, 2013 Yellow bib for Armor/Cavalry worn by an 11D trainee at Fort Knox. Not the Armor branch insignia but no background discs or shoulder chord. Also note the Sharpshooter badge with no bar. I'm pretty sure that's unauthorized. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted November 14, 2013 Share #79 Posted November 14, 2013 Wish I could find my fathers old pic from the late 50's.He was signal corps and has a pic with a orange bib.the post above just reminded me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted November 14, 2013 Share #80 Posted November 14, 2013 Wish I could find my fathers old pic from the late 50's.He was signal corps and has a pic with a orange bib.the post above just reminded me. Look around hard FF we'd all love to see it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted November 14, 2013 Share #81 Posted November 14, 2013 Look around hard FF we'd all love to see it I'll look. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted January 13, 2014 Share #82 Posted January 13, 2014 Artilleryman of the 2nd Infantry Division in South Korea - 1969 - wearing the artillery red bib. I accidentally posted this in another forum on shoulder cords by mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted January 13, 2014 Share #83 Posted January 13, 2014 Here's a very unusual one. Soldier wearing the SSI and DUI of the 6th Cavalry Brigade and a bib in the red and white colors and pattern to match the brigade insignia instead of the traditional yellow cavalry bib. His lack of National Defense Service Medal and Army Service Ribbon lead me to think this dates to sometime between 1974 and 1981, a period when all sorts of odd insignia/uniform combinations were tolerated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Ragan Posted January 13, 2014 Share #84 Posted January 13, 2014 Great thread. I acquired this "INSIGNIA, BOS, SCARF, BIB TYPE MIL-I-11922C" today at an estate sale along with a bag full of USAF insignia and metal officer collar and shoulder rank. It has been well used and needs to be dry cleaned (only--according to the label), but it will stay as is for now. When the War Department started research on it as we made our way to the next sale, she discovered that the 374th Strategic Missile Squadron has had a rather tragic incident in its past. I won't go into all of the details, but on 18 September 1980 at Little Rock AFB, South Dakota, during a routine maintenance operation a 9 pound socket was dropped and punctured the first stage fuel tank of the Titan II nuclear tipped intercontinental ballistic missile. Through a chemical chain of events, the missile exploded at 0300 the next morning. Wikipedia has a condensed version of the events. Again, great thread. Thanks, Al. When did Little Rock AFB move from Arkansas to South Dakota? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted January 13, 2014 Share #85 Posted January 13, 2014 Although this is a black and white picture, I assume this soldier is wearing the orange bib representing the Signal Corps. The photo caption did not give a date but indicated the following: "Army pvt. Ronald D. Lamothe, a Mr. and Mrs. Henery L. Lamothe, 1101 Broadway, sille Mass., recently completed the lineman's course a southeastern signal school, Fort Gorden, Ga." The interesting thing is that he is wearing double U.S. collar discs indicating he has not received a branch assignment yet, but he is apparently already assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division, probably at Fort Benning in the early 60's.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted January 15, 2014 Share #86 Posted January 15, 2014 Extract from the 11th Airborne Division uniform regulations dated 30 September 1952. Notice that item (5) refers to the wear of an infantry blue rayon scarf while item c. below it refers to the wear of the rayon scarf in the first color named for the branch by troops of branches other than infantry. It references SR 600-60-1 as the authority for this. Special Regulations? From other references in this 11th document, I believe AR 600-60 was the Army's regulations on the wear of uniforms at the time. I don't suppose anyone has copies of these two regulations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hirsca Posted January 15, 2014 Share #87 Posted January 15, 2014 When did Little Rock AFB move from Arkansas to South Dakota? New Google map!! Sorry, definitely Arkansas. Al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted February 8, 2014 Share #88 Posted February 8, 2014 SP5 Bernhard Broker wearing a huge shoulder cord and white bib with 8th Infantry Division SSI and either an Airborne or Honor Guard tab while a member of the 1st Brigade (Airborne) 8th Infantry Division Honor Guard. He was assigned to the 1st Platoon 8th Military Police Company. Not sure if that's the unit represented by the Airborne oval. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted May 2, 2014 Share #89 Posted May 2, 2014 Armor/cavalry yellow bib along with black beret worn by a soldier of Troop L 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment c.1973-1975 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted May 2, 2014 Share #90 Posted May 2, 2014 Armor/cavalry yellow bib along with black beret worn by a soldier of Troop L 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment c.1973-1975 Nice picture.I think this is the first time I have ever seen the white plastic background used with a rank insignia.So I spume they were used on beret's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted May 12, 2014 Share #91 Posted May 12, 2014 A certain famous singer wearing the Armor/Cavalry yellow bib while assigned to the 3rd Armored Division in Germany, late 1950s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted May 22, 2014 Share #92 Posted May 22, 2014 Camouflage bib worn by airborne infantryman Ira J. Spittler, III who was KIA in Vietnam February 5, 1967 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted May 31, 2014 Share #93 Posted May 31, 2014 I couldn't resist adding another 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment trooper with his typical 70s pornstache (No offense intended; I had one myself) and shades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted June 14, 2014 Share #94 Posted June 14, 2014 A follow up to post #83 with the 6th ACAV Brigade GI circa late 70s early 80s in Red/White Cav scarf. This one a 1966 photo of Lieutenant Colonel John Stockton CO of the 1st Squadron 9th Cavalry 1st Cavalry Division wearing the Red/White scarf, it was Stockton who took the 1st of the 9th over to South Vietnam from Fort Benning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted June 14, 2014 Share #95 Posted June 14, 2014 Soldier of the 25th Infantry Division's 65th Engineer Battalion wearing what is presumably a scarlet bib. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted June 15, 2014 Share #96 Posted June 15, 2014 Camouflaged bib worn by Klaus Dieter Egolf who was later killed in action in Vietnam on January 28, 1968. He appears to be a drill instructor based on his Smoky Bear hat, but it looks like he is wearing a U.S. disc on his left lapel rather than a branch disc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted July 16, 2014 Share #97 Posted July 16, 2014 Future Medal Of Honor recipient Roy Benavidez as a Private with the 17th Infantry Regiment mid-50s wearing what is presumably the Infantry blue bib with 17th DUI, shoulder chord and enlisted collar discs with plastic backings on his wool shirt. Probably taken in Korea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted July 20, 2014 Share #98 Posted July 20, 2014 Soldier assigned to the 3rd Missile Command wearing all of the infantry accoutrements, including bib, shoulder chord and plastic backings behind his branch insignia. The DUI is for the 32nd Infantry. I did find a reference online to Company C 32nd Infantry being assigned to the 3rd Missile Command at Fort Bragg, NC in the early 60's, probably to provide security to the missile batteries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VolunteerArmoury Posted July 22, 2014 Share #99 Posted July 22, 2014 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted August 9, 2014 Share #100 Posted August 9, 2014 White bib with Training and Doctrine Command SSI, shoulder chord and service cap worn by an MP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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