turko Posted July 6, 2016 Share #1 Posted July 6, 2016 I was just watching Close Encounters of the Third Kind recently and the military wears this patch on their shoulders. It sure looks like 5th Group's beret flash but obviously much bigger and oval-shaped. The people in the movie are not supposed to be 5th Group, so I was wondering if the production crew made up a patch based on 5th Group's beret flash, or this is an actual SSI that 5th Group used at one point and the crew just appropriated it. I did a little research but couldn't find anything that indicates it's a real patch, so I thought I'd ask the experts here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryant U. Posted July 6, 2016 Share #2 Posted July 6, 2016 Made for the movie. Looks like an oversized jump oval. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarbridge Posted July 6, 2016 Share #3 Posted July 6, 2016 Fantasy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tredhed2 Posted July 7, 2016 Share #4 Posted July 7, 2016 Movie patch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted July 7, 2016 Share #5 Posted July 7, 2016 Good find, I was looking forever to catch an image to post in the Phony Hollywood patches topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted July 13, 2016 Share #6 Posted July 13, 2016 I was always trying to find an image of this character Major Will Bill Walsh, he's got that patch on, but could only find this image where his right side is showing and one more, a head shot. Until now. Here's one I finally found, it's supposedly called the " Guardian Team Patch". I will take that old liberty and link this entire topic in the phoney Hollywood Patches topic. http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/31502-hollywood-shoulder-patches/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willysmb44 Posted July 13, 2016 Share #7 Posted July 13, 2016 Hey, that's Carl Weathers in the first photo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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