crater Posted May 28, 2014 Share #1 Posted May 28, 2014 Hi, Need help iding this patch. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktrooper Posted May 28, 2014 Share #2 Posted May 28, 2014 Ryukyus Command Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crater Posted May 28, 2014 Author Share #3 Posted May 28, 2014 Thanks Darktrooper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atb Posted May 28, 2014 Share #4 Posted May 28, 2014 It was for USARYIS, United States Army Ryukyu Islands when I was on Okinawa, 1970-1972. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quack Posted May 29, 2014 Share #5 Posted May 29, 2014 I've also seen it identified as "Ryukyus Base Command". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamski Posted May 29, 2014 Share #6 Posted May 29, 2014 According to Aleck: Ryukyus Command 1950-1965 Okinawa Base Command 1965-1970 Ryukyu Islands 1970-1972 -Ski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atb Posted May 29, 2014 Share #7 Posted May 29, 2014 According to the US Army Institute of Heraldry- Approved for the Ryukyu Command 27 Feb 1950 Redesignated for US Army Ryukyu Islands 11 Oct 1965 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted May 30, 2014 Share #8 Posted May 30, 2014 Here's the patch being worn, anyone recognize this Captain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamarhooten Posted May 30, 2014 Share #9 Posted May 30, 2014 He was in "The Courtship of Eddies Father" with a very young Ron Howard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigsaye Posted May 30, 2014 Share #10 Posted May 30, 2014 My father-in-law wore it for a bit during his Army time during the Korean War Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottplen Posted May 30, 2014 Share #11 Posted May 30, 2014 Glenn ford is the actor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearmon Posted May 30, 2014 Share #12 Posted May 30, 2014 Wasn't Glenn Ford a Navy Commander? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atb Posted May 30, 2014 Share #13 Posted May 30, 2014 Wasn't Glenn Ford a Navy Commander? I's from a movie he was in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted May 30, 2014 Share #14 Posted May 30, 2014 I's from a movie he was in. Teahouse of August Moon, here's my original post on this subject below. Posted by patches on 03 June 2012 - 02:21 AM in ARMY AND USAAF The Ryukyus Command or as it was later known from 1965 on, as the Okinawa Base Command, Now in this 1956 movie, The Teahouse of August moon, since the weather is hot and the men are wearing khakis, the story then is presumably one thats taken place in the spring or summer of 1946, the problem with the patches being that this one worn by Glenn Ford did not come out till early 1950, and the one worn by Captain Mc Lean played by Eddie Albert, the 10th Army, was no longer active by the summer of 1946, it was inactivated in October 1945. Lets have some fun, what shoulder patch should they have been wearing ? Ocean Areas, the Western Pacific, Mac Arthurs GHQ, the first Ryukyus Command would be the one maybe ? what do you all think ? Attached Images Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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