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Officers With Marksmanship Badges On Their Dress Uniforms 1930s-Early 1970s


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A foto first posted by seanmc11114 officer of a unknown III Corps Signal Corps unit Ft Hood in the 70s with branch colored beret, he also sears his badge.

 

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Brigadier General Francis Woolfley and Colonel Frank Spiess at a Louisiana Civil Defense meeting, 1960s.

 

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Signal Corps officer assigned to the Infantry School. He was an instructor for a field radio mechanic course at the U.S. Army Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia.

 

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Chief of Staff of the Tank Destroyer Forces School

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Capt. John M. Hasek, 979th AAA

 

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Capt. John M. Hasek, 979th AAA

 

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Once again we see the badges over the pocket, thanks for the posting ww2guy.

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Military Police officer. And yes, his last name really is Provost.

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Military Police officer. And yes, his last name really is Provost.

We had a Policeman out of our local precinct house several years back who's last name was Outlaw, his name would crop up in arrests in our local newspaper's NYPD blotter for the said week as the arresting officer, PO Outlaw :lol:

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Military Police officer. And yes, his last name really is Provost.

At least his first name isn't Major, then he'd be Lieutenant Major Provost :D

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Colonel Chester Hirschfelder 9th Infanty C.O. during WWII wears his badge with a ladder.15008.png.b46fd6e55ef3833cb189bfeca1206b37.png

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Here's one with his badges, sometime in the 1930s, a Reservist of the 310th Infantry, 78th Division from New Jersey. He's Captain Thomas B. Protzman MC, and I assume either the regimental surgeon or one of the battalion''s of the regiment's surgeon. Protzman was called to active duty in 1940 and would be by late 1942 a Lieutenant Colonel and given command of the United States Army Hospital Ship Acadia (Wasn't aware the Army ran Hospital Ships, knew they ran Minesweepers and Transport Ships but not Hosptal ones) .

 

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13 hours ago, patches said:

 

 

Here's one with his badges, sometime in the 1930s, a Reservist of the 310th Infantry, 78th Division from New Jersey. He's Captain Thomas B. Protzman MC, and I assume either the regimental surgeon or one of the battalion''s of the regiment's surgeon. Protzman was called to active duty in 1940 and would be by late 1942 a Lieutenant Colonel and given command of the United States Army Hospital Ship Acadia (Wasn't aware the Army ran Hospital Ships, knew they ran Minesweepers and Transport Ships but not Hosptal ones) .

 

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There were approx 24 Army hospital ships during WW2, ferrying wounded troops to CONUS. The Navy had 3 (?) which they used as floating hospitals. 

 

https://www.med-dept.com/articles/ww2-hospital-ships/  

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Brigadier General Kenneth N. Walker who commanded the V Bomber Command of the Fifth Air Force during World War II1197312727_kennethwalker.png.15941a2a89743fbafbddc762cbd53e44.png

On 12/20/2017 at 2:54 PM, seanmc1114 said:

Brigadier General Kenneth N. Walker who commanded the V Bomber Command of the Fifth Air Force during World War II

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Here's a 1920s photo of him, with his Expert badge with one of the BARS, Walker received the Medal of Honor Posthumously.

 

Here's a great site on him.

https://www.daedalians.org/founder-spotlight-brig-gen-kenneth-n-walker/

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1889 Army Rifle Team of Distinguished Marksman 

Upper row 3rd from left 1st Lt. W. A. Mercer who finished 4th

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Col. George B. Pickett, Jr. while serving as commander of the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment in 1963.

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"Major William L. Reynolds of Handley, Texas has been in the national guard since 1923 and on the active Army duty the last five years. He was stationed at Kearns, Utah as a training squadron commander. At the end of his terminal leave March 9, 1946 he will return to his former job as a railway postal clerk. He is standing against the wall and wearing his military uniform." Published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram evening edition, December 23, 1945.

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