craig_pickrall Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 I was looking thru old regs for something else and spotted this. Thought you might like it. PLEASE NOTE: THIS COMMUNITY MEMBER, SADLY, HAS PASSED AWAY Please click here to read the tributes to Craig Link to post Share on other sites
Nellis Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 Hey Craig: I like it!! Thanks for posting! Do you have the complete manual? In Memoriam: Willard Whitehead 15th Air Force, 455th Bomb Group Top Gunner - B-24 Link to post Share on other sites
craig_pickrall Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 Yes, I have the 1941 and 43 copy of AR600-35 and the 41 and 44 copy of AR600-40 with all changes for all 4. This is the manuals that describe the uniforms, how to wear them and what is authorized to be worn on them. PLEASE NOTE: THIS COMMUNITY MEMBER, SADLY, HAS PASSED AWAY Please click here to read the tributes to Craig Link to post Share on other sites
Jeeper704 Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 Latest addition to my collection;Shirt with Corporal stripes and a very nice 8-wheeler TD patch.Erwin 704th Tank Destroyer Battalion Link to post Share on other sites
Nellis Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 I really wanted that shirt! I'm glad you got it though. I bought this off Ebay a couple weeks ago. Just nowgetting around to posting it. Card shows the main building of the Headquarters of the Tank Destroyers,Camp Hood, Texas. Card was mailed in Temple, TX in 1943. 7-19-1943 to Los AngelesCard reads:"Dear Mother, We've had a fine week and had such a nice visit with Bob. He looks well and enjoying theradio school. He will finish the first part of August. It has been hot but we must expect that in Texas. Yes,Bob received(??) the dollars you sent and says another thanks. "EDIT: Picture is lost In Memoriam: Willard Whitehead 15th Air Force, 455th Bomb Group Top Gunner - B-24 Link to post Share on other sites
Jeeper704 Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 Very nice postcard too. I got outbid on a bag with name and ASN of a 634th TD guy yesterday .... by one lousy buck! I wonder who won it, someone here at this forum maybe? Erwin 704th Tank Destroyer Battalion Link to post Share on other sites
Nellis Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 Thanks! I saw the bag on Ebay but didn't bid. Anyone know how many postcards make up the TD series? I know of five designs so far. In Memoriam: Willard Whitehead 15th Air Force, 455th Bomb Group Top Gunner - B-24 Link to post Share on other sites
Jeeper704 Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 I have seen a complete series consisting of five too. Maybe there are more? Erwin 704th Tank Destroyer Battalion Link to post Share on other sites
36-tex Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 I have more pictures of this unit flag in the MISC. section. This was the original flag used overseas in WWII by the 636th TD. Sell and / or trade items: http://s1080.photobucket.com/albums/j335/36tex/Military Collectables For Sale or Trade/ Link to post Share on other sites
td-seeker Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Look in the MISC/UNKNOWN section for a couple more photo's of this flag. I attended one of this groups reunions a few years back. I set up a display of some of my 36th ID stuff there. Great guys to talk to. Nice! Do you have the flag in your collection or just a photo of it? Documenting U.S. military rod & gun clubs with locations in Europe, Africa, and Middle East Wanted: Documentation, patches, pins, badges, medals, etc. Link to post Share on other sites
36-tex Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Just a photo from the guy. Sell and / or trade items: http://s1080.photobucket.com/albums/j335/36tex/Military Collectables For Sale or Trade/ Link to post Share on other sites
Nellis Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 Here are a few scans of a TD postcard that just arrived!!Enjoy!!EDIT: Front of post card is lost but was able to recover back of post card In Memoriam: Willard Whitehead 15th Air Force, 455th Bomb Group Top Gunner - B-24 Link to post Share on other sites
Nellis Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 This was sold to me out of a grouping. It's interesting to note the card wasobtained at Camp Atterbury, Indiana instead of Ft. Knox where it was mailed.EDIT: Picture is lost In Memoriam: Willard Whitehead 15th Air Force, 455th Bomb Group Top Gunner - B-24 Link to post Share on other sites
Nellis Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 I've found the majority of them on Ebay. The last one was purchased on Wehrmacht-Awards.com. I asked the seller to sell the card separately, which he agreed to do. I have one more coming in the mail!! I'm feeling a post card obsession coming to life!!! In Memoriam: Willard Whitehead 15th Air Force, 455th Bomb Group Top Gunner - B-24 Link to post Share on other sites
Jeeper704 Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Soldier wearing a TD patch handling an MP44 or Sturmgewehr.As far as I know this photo was taken during The Bulge Campaign.Erwin 704th Tank Destroyer Battalion Link to post Share on other sites
Nellis Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 I got watching a Judy Garland movie tonight and the soldier accompanying her was wearing the 4-wheel TD patch!! I about fell out of my chair!! Movie info: The Clock MGM, 1945 (BW, 90 minutes, Production No. 1331) A soldier on a two-day pass in New York meets a girl under the clock at Penn Station, and while it ticks away 48 hours he becomes well acquainted with her and the city. Touring the city together they fall in love and both want to get married, but are hesitant with the realization that they scarcely know each other and will face a long damaging separation when he goes overseas. A chance meeting with a friendly milkman and his family helps them come to a decision. In Memoriam: Willard Whitehead 15th Air Force, 455th Bomb Group Top Gunner - B-24 Link to post Share on other sites
craig_pickrall Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 The Tank Destroyer patch is an authorized patch in use from 9/42 until 10/46. It was only used in the ETO. There are many other patches that are made and worn however that are unauthorized. PLEASE NOTE: THIS COMMUNITY MEMBER, SADLY, HAS PASSED AWAY Please click here to read the tributes to Craig Link to post Share on other sites
Nellis Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 There were TD units operating in the Pacific!! Are you saying they didn't wear the standard TD patch?? In Memoriam: Willard Whitehead 15th Air Force, 455th Bomb Group Top Gunner - B-24 Link to post Share on other sites
Jeeper704 Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 That is why I don't trust Wikipedia and similar too much; too many errors and downright "bs" in them sometimes. TD patches can be found on PTO dress jackets although I can't recall seeing the patch on combat uniforms. Since PTO is not my cup of tea, I can't really tell. But it seems to me that in the PTO not a lot of patches were worn by combat troops? Erwin 704th Tank Destroyer Battalion Link to post Share on other sites
craig_pickrall Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 The info I posted came from AUTHORIZED SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 2005 by Chris Aleck. PLEASE NOTE: THIS COMMUNITY MEMBER, SADLY, HAS PASSED AWAY Please click here to read the tributes to Craig Link to post Share on other sites
Jeeper704 Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 My latest purchase:TD stationary belonging to a 2nd Lieutenant Clarence ALEXANDERErwin 704th Tank Destroyer Battalion Link to post Share on other sites
CW4AFB Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 The Tank Destroyer patch is an authorized patch in use from 9/42 until 10/46. It was only used in the ETO. There are many other patches that are made and worn however that are unauthorized. Craig---I seem to remember, in the1979-1981 era, that qualified TOW master gunners were authorized to wear a subdued version of the TD patch as a Pocket patch on their fatigues---probably the only nice feature of the crappy uniforms of that period; non-starched, perma pressed, zipper fly and dorky baseball hat. SF, Al AFB"When in doubt, Go cyclical" For more information on "In a Strange Land: The American Occupation of Germany 1918-1923" "Let's Go! The History of the 29th Infantry Division" "To Hell with the Kaiser: America Prepares for War 1916-1918 Volumes 1 and 2" "Desert Uniforms, Patches, and Insignia of the US Armed Forces" "Forgotten Soldiers of WWI: America's Immigrant Doughboys" "Play Ball! Doughboys and Baseball During the Great War" go to https://www.amazon.com/author/alexanderf.barnes Link to post Share on other sites
craig_pickrall Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 I'm sure they have been used off and on since WW2 for various units. The book AUTHORIZED SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 2005 by Chris Aleck records only the periods an insignia was authorized for wear. Any other usage was as an unauthorized insignia. There have been some posted here that were used in Iraq recently. PLEASE NOTE: THIS COMMUNITY MEMBER, SADLY, HAS PASSED AWAY Please click here to read the tributes to Craig Link to post Share on other sites
Jeeper704 Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 As I heard from a Veteran several years ago, it was even used by an Apache helicopter unit. If I have kept it, I will post the article he sent me about it. Erwin 704th Tank Destroyer Battalion Link to post Share on other sites
Proud Kraut Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 http://www.tankdestroyersociety.com/new_aviation_patch.htm Link to post Share on other sites
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