ARC insignia

[easterneagle87]

Picked up a small grouping of American Red Cross / ARC

 

(1) Is there a section to post ARC items?

 

(2) The Red Cross DUI is marked with a makers mark AE , who is the maker? See my crude scetch

 

(3) the breast ribbon is red/white/blue with SWP on the right side. I saw one thast was ETO, so that is for European Theater? Would that make SWP - South West Pacific ?

[Salvage Sailor]

The majority of American Red Cross topics are in the Women's Services section of the forum http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/forum/96-womens-services/

[Salvage Sailor]

The Ribbon is the WWII Southwest Pacific Theater of Operations

American National Red Cross Information Circular

Office of Insignia, Uniforms, and Awards December 1, 1945

Insignia awarded for Service In World War II

 

Excerpt:

 

II-5. Ribbon bar for American Red Cross overseas personnel to designate theaters of service

These theater bars are red, white, and blue, with the initials "ARC" woven in blue on the left?hand red section., a red cross woven in the center white section, and. the theater initials woven in red in the right?hand blue section. There is a separate bar for each theater as here listed;

ETO European Theater

MTO Mediterranean Theater

MEO Middle East Operation

CBI China?Burma?India

POA Pacific Ocean Area

SWP Southwest Pacific

IFO Insular and Foreign operations (includes theaters and stations not designated above)

FET Far Eastern Theatre (hand written on paper)

The bars have the same significance as the military campaign ribbon, simply indicating that a person has served in the theater of operations identified by the ribbon. A worker may have the theater ribbon bar for each theater in which he has been assigned and has reported for service.

These bars are distributed without charge. For workers who have returned to this country prior to overseas distribution, the bars are distributed by Personnel

Service at national headquarters in conjunction with the Service under which each individual served. Area offices should forward requests for those bars to Personnel Service at national headquarters since all records of their distribution are to be maintained at a central point; the bars will be sent directly from national headquarters to eligible individuals. Duplicate bars are not now available to those who may wish more than one of each kind for which they are eligible.

[easterneagle87]

THIS HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL AND INFORMATIVE. THANKS!

 

Any info on the DUI maker?