Salvage Sailor Posted February 23, 2019 Share #326 Posted February 23, 2019 Sub Chaser Training Center, Miami Florida 1944 "The Donald Duck Navy" Sub Chaser Training Center, Miami Florida WWII, 1944, from a USN Vet's scrapbook Sub Chaser Training Center, Miami Florida WWII, 1944, from a USN Vet's scrapbook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted February 24, 2019 Share #327 Posted February 24, 2019 Sub Chaser Training Center, Miami Florida WWII, 1944, from a USN Vet's scrapbook That is a great patch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted July 27, 2019 Share #328 Posted July 27, 2019 USN Harbor Pilot Port/Harbor Operations, Naval Support Activity (NSA) Da Nang United States Naval Forces Vietnam (USNAVFORV) Harbor Pilot Dies in Rough Seas Accident, October 23, 1966 SUMMARY: On October 23, 1966, Senior Chief Boatswain’s Mate (BMCS) Charles F. Busby, was fatally injured while serving as the chief harbor pilot at Da Nang Harbor, Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam. Busby, assigned to Port/Harbor Operations, Naval Support Activity (NSA) Da Nang, United States Naval Forces Vietnam (USNAVFORV), was to safely pilot ships to the pier in the busy port. He was boarding a merchant freighter from his tugboat (YTL-452) in rough seas, when he fell and was crushed between the two vessels. Busby was one of 11 men from NSA Da Nang who made the ultimate sacrifice during that 1965-1966 tour. FULL DETAILS -->> HERE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamarhooten Posted August 2, 2019 Share #329 Posted August 2, 2019 Can't recall if I have ever posted anything on this thread. Here is a harder one to find And another one A bullion Greek Elections patch 82nd Chemical Bat 8225 WAC Bn. G-2 Far East Command patch that came with the 8225th WAC patch Already shown in this thread. My exampkle of the Tank Co. that was part of the 18th Inf. for a very short time after occupation in Germany. On 11/17/2019 at 9:53 AM, lamarhooten said: 82nd Chemical Bat This is the same patch that Dr. Mort had shown in 2014 on this thread. Early 241st Tank Co I side with the idea that this is for the 814th Tank Co and not a Tank Destroyer unit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josesharontraders Posted November 17, 2019 Share #330 Posted November 17, 2019 I believe this is a Flying Tigers on a black background facing in the reversed direction. I thought I've seen this referred to by another name and can't remember. Either way it's a beautiful bullion patch. 14th AF.JPG CATF (China Air Task Force) Period. That is an authentic China Air Task Force patch. The CATF were the successors-in-interest of the AVG Flying Tigers for prosecuting WW2 against the 4 million-man Japanese Kwantung Army in China with primarily its Nationalist Chinese Army allies. They were formally activated from July 4-19, 1942 up to the end of December 1943, when the 14th Airforce actually took over with more air wings and squadrons from the USAF. So your patch belonged to one of the 20,000 American soldiers rotating into this theatre as part of the 23rd Fighter Group composed of 3 fighter & 1 bomber squadrons. Technical About Tiger Patches. When the flying tiger is facing sinister-left it is usually from the CATF period, than from the later 14th Airforce period, and less common & more valuable. WW2 14th Airforce tigers patches are far more common and usually facing dexter-right, because there simply were far more American airmen and personnel--estimated at 55,000, rotating into the CBI (China-Burma-India) theatre of war; and many of their patches were made stateside en masse. This did not count the operational involvement of the US Navy and US Marines, as the fleet approached China's coastline in the waning Asian summer months of 1945. Very nice China-made bullion patch, probably belonging to an officer or HQ person vs. CATF patches that American airmen had local Chinese artists in Kunming or Chungking, China cheaply paint on leather supplied from the mainland...let me know when you tire of curating this, my bro...hahahe. Thank you for showing, really, even if I was quite late to survey your splendid forum. Thank you, Dan. Jose (ps. a comparative below of painted CATF patches vs your more elaborate bullion) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josesharontraders Posted November 25, 2019 Share #331 Posted November 25, 2019 WW2 527th Bomber Squadron WW2 831st Bomber Squadron U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer & Petty Officer, 1st Class WW2 71st Liaison Squadron of British India-based U.S. 10th Airforce; & onwards from July 1943-Dec. 1943 overlap with outgoing CATF (China Air Task Force); thence, from Dec. 1943-Dec. 1945, the U.S. 14th Airforce, CBI (China-Burma-India theatre of war) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted November 26, 2019 Share #332 Posted November 26, 2019 Lamar, this is for the 149th Infantry Kentucky National Guard 38th Division. it fights in the Pacific in the war. Patch is vintage for sure, 1930s-post war 1940s???, maybe off a athletic jacket for a regimental baseball basketball football team??? Check the unit's lineage, the regiment's Headquarters and 1st Battalion redesignated as the 241st Tank Battalion in 1955, when that occurred the now 241st Tank Battalion simply retains the old 149th's DI,we guess cause it was the senior units of the regiment that went on to form the new tank battalion. https://history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/inf/0149in.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hirsca Posted November 26, 2019 Share #333 Posted November 26, 2019 Posted this earlier looking for a positive ID. Thought it would fit well here. Free French Air Force attached to the 9th USAAF. Enjoy, Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocsfollowme Posted November 26, 2019 Share #334 Posted November 26, 2019 Some rare ones from the Home Front world. One of the rarest insignia. Worn by MLB players that fought in WW2. Less than 1 dozen players wore these. See my thread here http://www.usmilitar...-patches/page-2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josesharontraders Posted November 26, 2019 Share #335 Posted November 26, 2019 Some rare ones from the Home Front world. One of the rarest insignia. Worn by MLB players that fought in WW2. Less than 1 dozen players wore these. See my thread here http://www.usmilitar...-patches/page-2 Hi Steve/Osfollowme, I cited some of the pictures you took of AVG Bob Neale's Flying Tiger patch based on your 2014 visit to the San Diego Air & Space Museum (SDASM). The citation to you is in my tiger zoo forum, and unfortunately comparing the Unofficial AVG Flying Tigers variant patch to my June 2019 picture of the same, the patch has deteriorated due to mould penetration under the glass. Too bad really for such an expensive $5k to $9k value range rare patch. Your above rare patches are very nice, too, bro. Jose ps. Below is your picture followed by mine five years later as of June 2019: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchman88 Posted December 4, 2019 Share #336 Posted December 4, 2019 New Addition more being uploaded to this thread Set #2 Set#3 Enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDogMilitaria Posted December 5, 2019 Share #337 Posted December 5, 2019 https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191205/e1fc33c9396dd21d21ff3b906b9265ca.plist 126th Anti Aircraft Artillery Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDogMilitaria Posted December 5, 2019 Share #338 Posted December 5, 2019 https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191205/d3fe6c7bd717ca6bdd49851c1269baf2.plist Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovmilinsig Posted December 5, 2019 Share #339 Posted December 5, 2019 Beautiful patches !!! Thanks for sharing them with us . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irish Posted December 5, 2019 Share #340 Posted December 5, 2019 Here is a pair to a local veteran. Mars Task Force and the 173rd Truck Bn. The 173rd is somewhat unique in my opinion. See reverse photo, both patches utilize the British style poppers to remove from uniform for cleaning. I should add that both patches appear to be made by the same hand...........thanks. reverse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Queen Posted December 5, 2019 Share #341 Posted December 5, 2019 Irish, Those are truly awesome. Very nice. Thanks for showing. Have never seen the truck bn. one before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tredhed2 Posted December 5, 2019 Share #342 Posted December 5, 2019 Have not seen the 173rd in bullion. Interesting - the campaign credit register shows a 173rd QM Bn......does not mention "Truck" - same unit, I guess Truck looks better than QM... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irish Posted December 5, 2019 Share #343 Posted December 5, 2019 Have not seen the 173rd in bullion. Interesting - the campaign credit register shows a 173rd QM Bn......does not mention "Truck" - same unit, I guess Truck looks better than QM... Yes I had seen that also. A Qm Truck Bn. Truck works better with Hell Drivers. His discharge mentions the Ledo Road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irish Posted December 5, 2019 Share #344 Posted December 5, 2019 Irish, Those are truly awesome. Very nice. Thanks for showing. Have never seen the truck bn. one before. Thanks Eric. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortaydc60 Posted December 5, 2019 Share #345 Posted December 5, 2019 Have same unit patch as above but as a giant back jacket patch and has further designation as Company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tredhed2 Posted December 5, 2019 Share #346 Posted December 5, 2019 Have same unit patch as above but as a giant back jacket patch and has further designation as Company. No, the company was an element of the battalion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortaydc60 Posted December 6, 2019 Share #347 Posted December 6, 2019 Thanks Dave for the correction; my bad on improper wording. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irish Posted December 6, 2019 Share #348 Posted December 6, 2019 Italian made. From what I can tell this was a segregated all black unit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDogMilitaria Posted December 6, 2019 Share #349 Posted December 6, 2019 Ill try this again, a couple nice ones i have in groupings currently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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