David Posted November 27, 2016 Share #1 Posted November 27, 2016 Received this from a friend last night. Came from his step fathers house. He's not a collector, nor was his step father. Jacket was in a trash bag in a trunk in the garage. There's no sign of any other patching previously on the jacket. I'm leaning towards it being legitimate because of the randomness of a put together and not being overly flashy, but I've been wrong before. Haven't really collected patched items as a focus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonomachi Posted November 27, 2016 Share #2 Posted November 27, 2016 Wow great find. The paratrooper wing is SVN made. I agree a legitimate uniform for probably General George I. Forsythe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted November 27, 2016 Share #3 Posted November 27, 2016 Looks good, right down to the red stain. For some regions of Vietnam, that seems to have been typical. It must have been a high iron content in the soil, or something similar. I've had a number jackets with that same staining. It just cannot be duplicated. I am not so sure either of the wings was locally made, but that shoulder patch very well could have been. I have one source referring to that patch as Combat Developments Command, which was active up to 1973. It was later absorbed in TRADOC, Training and Development Command. So the patch is correct for the time period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted November 27, 2016 Author Share #4 Posted November 27, 2016 Thanks for the replies. This pic is supposedly of the same gentleman (to left of Abrams). However different jacket. Shoulder patch does have that in country made appearance to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted November 27, 2016 Author Share #5 Posted November 27, 2016 Should have said patch on my jacket looks in country made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted November 27, 2016 Share #6 Posted November 27, 2016 Patch is for the Combat Development Command. Looks like a Korean made patch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted November 27, 2016 Author Share #7 Posted November 27, 2016 Here's a closer pic of the shoulder patch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrei Posted November 28, 2016 Share #8 Posted November 28, 2016 Absolutely great looking jacket. Shame that general Forsythe didn't bother to add the Cav combat patch and the ARVN parachutist badge on this jacket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted November 28, 2016 Author Share #9 Posted November 28, 2016 Anyone have any information on this Gen. Forsythe? I've not been able to locate very much other than a few blurbs of him receiving an appointment to a position by Gen. Abrams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted November 28, 2016 Share #10 Posted November 28, 2016 WoW!!! Awesome find. Patch looks Vietnam hand embroidered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted November 28, 2016 Share #11 Posted November 28, 2016 I agree with the close up it looks more like VN made Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted November 28, 2016 Author Share #12 Posted November 28, 2016 Another photo I found of a Gen. Forsythe. Captioned as 1st Cav division commander 1968. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted November 28, 2016 Share #13 Posted November 28, 2016 There's no Cav Combat patch on it??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted November 28, 2016 Author Share #14 Posted November 28, 2016 There's no Cav Combat patch on it??? Correct. Doesn't appear to ever have had one sewn on the right sleeve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted November 28, 2016 Share #15 Posted November 28, 2016 In post #12 photo it appears he wearing senior or master jump wings Looks like a star of some type over the wing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchcollector Posted November 28, 2016 Share #16 Posted November 28, 2016 All the photos looks like he's a two star.I wonder what year he got the third? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted November 28, 2016 Author Share #17 Posted November 28, 2016 All the photos looks like he's a two star.I wonder what year he got the third?Not a clue. Really haven't discovered a lot about him. But al photos I've found are 2n pattern jacket or class As and MG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted November 28, 2016 Share #18 Posted November 28, 2016 Found this, a Butte newspaper article of August 31, 1969 on him, it's a pay thing to see actual article, but this is what some of it say about him. George I. Forsythe, 51, a Butte native, has been promoted to lieutenant general and is in charge of the Army Com- jat Developments Command at Fort Belvoir, Va ... https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/2933308/ And this, he was involved in the new Army VOLAR concept apparently. https://archive.org/stream/commandersdigest1023wash/commandersdigest1023wash_djvu.txt It's curious that he has no OBIT, is he still alive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CjVl Posted November 28, 2016 Share #19 Posted November 28, 2016 His memorial http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Forsythe&GSfn=george+&GSmn=I&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=660758&df=all& . Nice jacket and a awsome find Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CjVl Posted November 28, 2016 Share #20 Posted November 28, 2016 http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=104384 . Army Distinguished Service Medal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted November 28, 2016 Share #21 Posted November 28, 2016 His memorial http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Forsythe&GSfn=george+&GSmn=I&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=660758&df=all& . Nice jacket and a awsome find Thank You. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted November 29, 2016 Author Share #22 Posted November 29, 2016 His memorial http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Forsythe&GSfn=george+&GSmn=I&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=660758&df=all& . Nice jacket and a awsome find Good find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted November 29, 2016 Share #23 Posted November 29, 2016 There's no Cav Combat patch on it??? "Combat patches" were always optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted November 29, 2016 Share #24 Posted November 29, 2016 "Combat patches" were always optional. Yes we know, but very very few Opted Out, though it seems more than a few generals didn't wear theirs for whatever reason, perhaps this is oe of those cases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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