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Salvage Sailor

Sub Chaser Training Center, Miami Florida 1944

"The Donald Duck Navy"

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Sub Chaser Training Center, Miami Florida WWII, 1944, from a USN Vet's scrapbook

 

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Sub Chaser Training Center, Miami Florida WWII, 1944, from a USN Vet's scrapbook

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Salvage Sailor

USN Harbor Pilot

Port/Harbor Operations, Naval Support Activity (NSA) Da Nang

United States Naval Forces Vietnam (USNAVFORV)

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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

 

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lamarhooten

Can't recall if I have ever posted anything on this thread. Here is a harder one to find

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And another onepost-3643-0-70085600-1564723016_thumb.jpg

 

A bullion Greek Elections patchpost-3643-0-19339800-1574020346_thumb.jpg

 

82nd Chemical Bat

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8225 WAC Bn.post-3643-0-47206700-1574020453_thumb.jpg

 

G-2 Far East Command patch that came with the 8225th WAC patchpost-3643-0-56281500-1574020637_thumb.jpg

 

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.post-3643-0-82554900-1574022712_thumb.jpg

 

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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.

 

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I side with the idea that this is for the 814th Tank Co and not a Tank Destroyer unitpost-3643-0-91410700-1574023234_thumb.jpg

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josesharontraders

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.

 

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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)

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josesharontraders

WW2 527th Bomber Squadron

 

 

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WW2 831st Bomber Squadron

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U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer & Petty Officer, 1st Class

 

 

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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)

 

 

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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

 

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josesharontraders

Some rare ones from the Home Front world.

 

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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

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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:

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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.

 

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reverse.

 

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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...

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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.

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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.

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