Desertrat Posted February 28, 2009 Share #1 Posted February 28, 2009 One of my favorite Command patches, along with the South East Asia Command Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desertrat Posted February 28, 2009 Author Share #2 Posted February 28, 2009 Here's the SE Asia Command. One Question though. Why would there be gray felt sown on the back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KurtA Posted February 28, 2009 Share #3 Posted February 28, 2009 Here's the SE Asia Command. One Question though. Why would there be gray felt sown on the back? Either it's a very rare "grey back" or it was originally sewn to a grey felt blanket and was cut off. Kurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamski Posted March 1, 2009 Share #4 Posted March 1, 2009 It might of been sewn onto a felt blanket.... -Ski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Andrews Posted March 1, 2009 Share #5 Posted March 1, 2009 It may have had --or been prepared to receive -- snaps for removable wear on tropical uniforms (bush jackets). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wailuna Posted March 1, 2009 Share #6 Posted March 1, 2009 ...One of my favorite Command patches... U.S. Army Forces South Atlantic was a small but widely scattered command and its SSI is not often seen being worn in period pictures (USMF member Ricardo has posted a few -- maybe he will put them up again). Here is unexpected sighting of one half way round the globe from the South Atlantic and at least two years after USAFSA was inactivated: These Philippine Scouts were assigned to 76th Ordnance Ammunition Company (PS) on Saipan ca. 1947. The soldier on the far left is wearing the USAFSA SSI on his right sleeve; the corporal (second from left) is wearing the U.S. Army Forces Western Pacific SSI on his left sleeve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted March 1, 2009 Share #7 Posted March 1, 2009 (USMF member Ricardo has posted a few -- maybe he will put them up again). More in: http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/ind...=South+Atlantic My best, Ricardo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captainofthe7th Posted March 1, 2009 Share #8 Posted March 1, 2009 I'll show off my jacket as well: http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/ind...newest+grouping Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamski Posted March 1, 2009 Share #9 Posted March 1, 2009 One of my favorite patches is this twill South Atlantic forces patch. I would still like to know if it is theater made or not.... -Ski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoon Posted March 1, 2009 Share #10 Posted March 1, 2009 This is my SSI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoon Posted March 1, 2009 Share #11 Posted March 1, 2009 Backside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KurtA Posted March 1, 2009 Share #12 Posted March 1, 2009 One of my favorite patches is this twill South Atlantic forces patch. I would still like to know if it is theater made or not.... -Ski Ski- I've always considered this twill variation to be a U.S. made patch. Kurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KurtA Posted March 1, 2009 Share #13 Posted March 1, 2009 Here are 3 more variations- Embroidered on felt up top. Bullion/Velvet lower left. And one possibly theater-made on bottom right. Possibly Japanese-made? It has no OD border. Kurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KurtA Posted March 1, 2009 Share #14 Posted March 1, 2009 Reverses of the felt and theater-made. (The bullion just has applied grey twill material). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KurtA Posted March 1, 2009 Share #15 Posted March 1, 2009 Close-up of the bullion variation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KurtA Posted March 1, 2009 Share #16 Posted March 1, 2009 A couple of SE Asia Cmd theater-mades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriscoHare Posted September 8, 2011 Share #17 Posted September 8, 2011 Here is unexpected sighting of one half way round the globe from the South Atlantic and at least two years after USAFSA was inactivated: These Philippine Scouts were assigned to 76th Ordnance Ammunition Company (PS) on Saipan ca. 1947. The soldier on the far left is wearing the USAFSA SSI on his right sleeve; the corporal (second from left) is wearing the U.S. Army Forces Western Pacific SSI on his left sleeve. I was just thinking about this exact picture. Since Saipan is in the South Pacific, any idea why the Philippine Scout to the left is wearing the South Atlantic Command patch? (But I must agree, the SAC patch has a great design) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wailuna Posted September 9, 2011 Share #18 Posted September 9, 2011 ...any idea why the Philippine Scout to the left is wearing the South Atlantic Command patch? Good question, Sean. The "school solution" is that this soldier served with U.S. Army Forces South Atlantic during the war. After all, according to NARA, some 29,000 Filipinos were enlisted, inducted, and/or reenlisted in the U.S. Army between 1939 and 1946. Not all of them served in the Philippines or with the Philippine Scouts before and/or after the war. It is conceivable that this is one of those soldiers, who ended up in the South Atlantic, which would entitle him wear his wartime U.S. Army Forces South Atlantic patch on his right sleeve. Taken at face value, this is the obvious explanation of this soldier wearing this patch in this scene. Which is not to discount other plausible explanations, such as maybe this soldier simply liked the way this patch looked better than the alternatives. It is a pretty snazzy patch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattS Posted November 24, 2017 Share #19 Posted November 24, 2017 Saw this patch on a AAF pilot's uniform and a little research led me to this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windedsloth Posted July 23, 2021 Share #20 Posted July 23, 2021 Just picked this jacket up just because it had the rare patch. Might be a name inside "Coppi" is written on the backside of the shoulder cloth on the inside of the jacket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILL THE PATCH Posted July 23, 2021 Share #21 Posted July 23, 2021 What rare patch? Sent from my moto g(7) play using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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