1943collector Posted September 22, 2018 Share #1 Posted September 22, 2018 Can someone help me with identification, can find them anywhere? thanks again Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rakkasan187 Posted September 22, 2018 Share #2 Posted September 22, 2018 First 2 left to right: 95th Engineer Regiment and 35th Field Artillery Bn Leigh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rakkasan187 Posted September 22, 2018 Share #3 Posted September 22, 2018 Next 2: Bottom left: 24th Support Battalion (upside down) Bottom right: 121st Signal Battalion Last crest with the torch is 104th Infantry Still working on the other crests.. Can you take a better picture of the traingle crest. I can't see any images on it Leigh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tredhed2 Posted September 22, 2018 Share #4 Posted September 22, 2018 Bottom two, second pic (top) - on left 24th Suppt Bn (upside down)on right 121st Sig Bn bottom two, left - 99th Air Base Sq bottom right - 104th Inf Regt please retake triangle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted September 22, 2018 Share #5 Posted September 22, 2018 The Taro Leaf pin is upside down Hawaiian Division, Quartermaster Corps (Motor Transport). What's the backmark on it? Screwback or Pinback? Photos from period Hawaiian Division poster, October 1941 (as Motor Transport) and Christmas 1939 (as Quartermaster Corps) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1943collector Posted September 22, 2018 Author Share #6 Posted September 22, 2018 Gentleman Thanks for the help. The Taro leaf is Pin Back by Amcraft in Mass. see picture. Thanks Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1943collector Posted September 22, 2018 Author Share #7 Posted September 22, 2018 Bottom two, second pic (top) - on left 24th Suppt Bn (upside down)on right 121st Sig Bn bottom two, left - 99th Air Base Sq bottom right - 104th Inf Regt please retake triangle Hello Still a little confused on your labels as to which one is which? Here is the triangle picture again, better i hope. Thanks Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted September 22, 2018 Share #8 Posted September 22, 2018 Gentleman Thanks for the help. The Taro leaf is Pin Back by Amcraft in Mass. see picture. Thanks Michael Thanks Michael, Being that it's an Amcraft pinback (and not a snowflake) I'll defer to the experts on this one as the 24th Support Battalion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1943collector Posted September 23, 2018 Author Share #9 Posted September 23, 2018 Thanks to all for your help. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlyoun3910 Posted September 23, 2018 Share #10 Posted September 23, 2018 The triangle is 19th Air Ship Squadron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankpatches Posted September 25, 2018 Share #11 Posted September 25, 2018 The upside down Taro leaf is for the: 11th Quartermaster Regt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted September 25, 2018 Share #12 Posted September 25, 2018 The upside down Taro leaf is for the: 11th Quartermaster Regt Also correct in regard to lineage as the Hawaiian Department (Division) was formed in 1921 from elements of the 11th Infantry Division (11th Artillery, 11th QM, etc) Commonly known as the Hawaiian Division Quartermaster Train/Motor Transport as detailed in the period images I cited. Reference: US Army Order of Battle 1919–1941 Volume 4 https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Portals/7/combat-studies-institute/csi-books/OrderofBattle4.pdf (See Page 1940) The Services: Quartermaster, Medical, Military Police, Signal Corps, Chemical Warfare, and Miscellaneous Organizations, 1919–41 by Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Steven E. Clay Combat Studies Institute Press US Army Combined Arms Center Fort Leavenworth, KS Op Cit: Page 1940 Hawaiian Division Quartermaster Train HQ-Schofield Barracks, TH, 1921-31; Inactive 1931-36 Subordinate units: 41st, 42nd, 43rd, and 44th Motor Transport Companies 1921-36; 21st and 22nd Motor Repair Sections 1921-36; 21st and 22nd Wagon Companies 1921-36; 11th Motorcycle Company 1921-36 Constituted in the Regular Army 17 March 1921 as the Hawaiian Division Train, Q.M.C. and assigned to the Hawaiian Division. Headquarters organized 3 May 1921 at Schofield Barracks, TH, with personnel and equipment from Motor Transport Command No. 10. Redesignated 23 March 1925 as the Hawaiian Division Quartermaster Train. Inactivated 31 May 1931 at Schofield Barracks, TH. Headquarters redesignated as Headquarters, 1st Battalion, 11th Quartermaster Regiment 1 May 1936, and subordinate units redesignated as elements of the 11th Quartermaster Regiment. Organization Day: 14 April. Adopted 23 March 1925. Status: Inactive as the 24th Support Battalion, an element of the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized). Photo: Units Comprising the Hawaiian Division Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkGreen Posted October 27, 2018 Share #13 Posted October 27, 2018 Second picture, top right. 23rd Quartermaster Regiment, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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