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209th MP Company preparing for Reagan's inauguration. FORSCOM

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Harder to see, but 504th Military Intelligence Brigade SSI worn by Long Range Surveillance Company, 163rd Military Intelligence Battalion at their deactivation. Looks like E-52nd Infantry to me.

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Members of the 29th Infantry Brigade, Hawaii Army National Guard, operate a command post in the field during the combined South Korean/U.S. exercise Team Spirit '90

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EOD SSI with Task Force 1-77 in Bosnia, 1997.

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193rd Infantry Brigade Tactical Air Control team, 1990

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525th Military Intelligence Brigade, 1991
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6/502nd Infantry wearing Berlin Brigade patches during Able Sentry, 1993.

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Closer view of a Berlin Brigade patch during Able Sentry, 1993.

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Members of Port Security Unit 3, USCGR, plant sonobuoys from a Boston Whaler patrol boat during Exercise GALLANT EAGLE '88, wearing the 9th District USCG shoulder patch.
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SEAMAN Dave Gugliuzza of U.S. Coast Guard Port Security Unit 302 patrols with an M-16 rifle on a Navy harbor boat during Operation Desert Shield, also wearing a 9th District USCG patch.
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National Guardsman of the 50th Armored Division during the Newark, New Jersey riots in July 1967. Note the soldier behind him between his rifle and right shoulder. Is he wearing a U.S. Army Europe SSI?

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For several years, the 48th Infantry Brigade of the Georgia Army National Guard was the roundout brigade for the 24th Infantry Division. The first photo is from 1983 and shows the soldier on the left wearing the 24th SSI on the right pocket of his OG-107 fatigues while the soldier on the right is wearing the 48th SSI on his BDU's.

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Third Army SSI worn by officer of the 286th Infantry Battalion of the Georgia National Guard during its 1955 annual training. At the time, the Georgia NG's main tactical unit was the 48th Infantry Division, but apparently the 286th, which perpetuated the lineage of the 86th Chemical Mortar Battalion from World War II, was an independent unit not assigned to the 48th. Later in 1955, when the 48th Infantry Division was reorganized as the 48th Armored Division, the 286th was reorganized as the 190th Tank Battalion and assigned to the 48th AD.

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Third Army SSI worn by officer of the 286th Infantry Battalion of the Georgia National Guard during its 1955 annual training. At the time, the Georgia NG's main tactical unit was the 48th Infantry Division, but apparently the 286th, which perpetuated the lineage of the 86th Chemical Mortar Battalion from World War II, was an independent unit not assigned to the 48th. Later in 1955, when the 48th Infantry Division was reorganized as the 48th Armored Division, the 286th was reorganized as the 190th Tank Battalion and assigned to the 48th AD.

286th Infantry Battalion (Heavy Mortar)

 

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Hackworth, looks like a RANGER Tab over what will be the MACV patch, guess it was worn by him because of the 27th Raiders.

 

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3rd Armd Div a trainee of this training division, Ft Knox 1949. Cpl Edward J. Solway, Company D 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, captured at No Name Line May 1951, died as POW June 1951, not recovered, Memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the Punchbowl.

 

 

 

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9th Inf Div a trainee of this training division, Ft Dix 1949. Cpl. Joseph N. Pelletier Headquarters Battery, 15th Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division, missing in action Feb. 13, 1951 Chipyong-ni, turns up as POW, died April, North Korea, declared dead April 30, 1951 by Army, remains recovered May 13, 1992,

 

 

 

 

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Members of Port Security Unit 3, USCGR, plant sonobuoys from a Boston Whaler patrol boat during Exercise GALLANT EAGLE '88, wearing the 9th District USCG shoulder patch.

Credit:https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6434377

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SEAMAN Dave Gugliuzza of U.S. Coast Guard Port Security Unit 302 patrols with an M-16 rifle on a Navy harbor boat during Operation Desert Shield, also wearing a 9th District USCG patch.

Credit: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6479956

I have a buddy that was with the 9th PSU out of Buffalo/Oswego, N.Y.. He went with them O/S durn Desert Storm.

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For several years, the 48th Infantry Brigade of the Georgia Army National Guard was the roundout brigade for the 24th Infantry Division. The first photo is from 1983 and shows the soldier on the left wearing the 24th SSI on the right pocket of his OG-107 fatigues while the soldier on the right is wearing the 48th SSI on his BDU's.

 

 

That is interesting.I was with the 27th BDE when it was a round out for the 10th MTN. But we wore the 10th MTN on our sleeve and not the 27th BDE

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That is interesting.I was with the 27th BDE when it was a round out for the 10th MTN. But we wore the 10th MTN on our sleeve and not the 27th BDE

Since I live in Georgia, I have seen many of our National Guardsmen of the 48th Brigade wearing the 24th ID SSI over the years, so I just assumed it was a common practice among all roundout brigades back in the days when that program was around. Now I'm not so sure.

 

I posted the following photos back in 2014 showing soldiers of the Arkansas National Guard's 39th Infantry Brigade wearing the full color SSI of the 101st Airborne Division on their pockets. The first photo shows Brigadier General Harold Gwateny, commander of the 39th Brigade at Fort Chaffee in 1976. Center is Colonel Colin Powell, future Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Secretary of State, as a brigade commander in the 101st, and on the right is General Bernard Rogers, commander of Forces Command. I don't think the 39th was technically a roundout brigade for the 101st but rather was aligned with the 101st for training purposes.

 

I have always been curious as to whether members of the Mississippi National Guard's 155th Armored Brigade ever wore the SSI of the 1st Cavalry Division on their pockets or breasts when they served as a roundout brigade for that division in the 80's and 90's.

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And one from Korea, summer 1953, 3rd Inf Div Officer, John Fisher, who oddly wears his LT Bar on the wrong side of his cap, he's with a Nurse, his Wife Doris nee Posey, I guess if she was wearing one, she would be wearing an 8th Army patch or one of the Corps.

 

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Doris passed a little under three months ago at 93, John is still with us probably 93 or 94 years old, they lived in Jersey, Paramus.

 

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https://www.vanderplaat.com/obituaries.php?id=4905

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Some Army Digest photos.

 

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193rd Infantry Brigade in March 1971.

 

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8th Infantry Division, November 1967

 

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9th Infantry Division, November 1967 at the 936th Veterinary Detachment in Saigon.

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Eisenhower in Normandy in July 44, SHAEF patch as we see. So since this in July 44, what's the deal with that 20 December 1944 date one sees for approval of this patch??

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Henry Oyasato 442nd RCT, a battlefield commissioned officer, here after VE Day, location unknown, so in this photo he's either a 1st or 2nd Lieutenant. in 1951 he plays one Takashi Irish O'Hara Ohhara in the move GO FOR BROKE, like him, in the movie Ohhara is battlefield commissioned officer, only in one respect is there a difference, a major one, in the movie Oyasato's character is KIA :o

 

 

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Since I live in Georgia, I have seen many of our National Guardsmen of the 48th Brigade wearing the 24th ID SSI over the years, so I just assumed it was a common practice among all roundout brigades back in the days when that program was around. Now I'm not so sure.

 

I posted the following photos back in 2014 showing soldiers of the Arkansas National Guard's 39th Infantry Brigade wearing the full color SSI of the 101st Airborne Division on their pockets. The first photo shows Brigadier General Harold Gwateny, commander of the 39th Brigade at Fort Chaffee in 1976. Center is Colonel Colin Powell, future Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Secretary of State, as a brigade commander in the 101st, and on the right is General Bernard Rogers, commander of Forces Command. I don't think the 39th was technically a roundout brigade for the 101st but rather was aligned with the 101st for training purposes.

 

I have always been curious as to whether members of the Mississippi National Guard's 155th Armored Brigade ever wore the SSI of the 1st Cavalry Division on their pockets or breasts when they served as a roundout brigade for that division in the 80's and 90's.

 

 

Those are some cool pictures. I have never seen anything like that before.

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Already posted this GI of the 101 in the Patch Type Crest Being Worn topic, but lets post him here too, cause he has two nicely embellished patches, the Paraglider cap patch has a dog tag chain round it, and his Screaming Eagles patch, what is probably Infantry Blue Garrison Cap Piping.

 

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Infantry School SSI worn by a student of the Infantry NCO Candidate Course at Fort Benning sometime in late 1969/early 1970. Notice that his collar insignia is the NCOC device rather than U.S. and Infantry collar insignia. This was apparently adopted at some point in 1969 much like the OCS and WOC devices worn by Officer and Warrant Officer Candidates. I know when my father was in the course from October 1967 to February 1968, they just wore the normal enlisted US and branch insignia.

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Captain John Fuller Commander Headquarters Battery 321st Glider Field Artillery Battalion, KIA Bastogne, photo taken Summer 1943, note the Glider Cap patch worn on the EM side with the Captain Bars pinned over it.

 

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Got a 1953 5th Infantry Division Basic Training Yearbook Indiantown Gap last week in the mail, so lets post a few of those White Bordered Red Diamond Division Patches in Action :D

 

First up is the commander of the 5th Infantry Division at that time, George B. Barth, George Bittman Barth or as he was simply known within the Army in those days, Bittman Barth. Bittman was West Point 1918, was originally Infantry, then Field Artillery, and he bounced back and forth between these two branches in his long career. In earlier part of WWII he was the Chief of Staff 9th Infantry Division in Africa and Sicily, in England with the 9th Infantry Division, he goes over with them to France in June, but in a matter of days he transferred out and over to the 90th Infantry Division and is given command of the division's 357th Infantry, he leads the 357th most ably till he's badly wounded on October 29, having been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross a Silver Star and a Legion of Merit and a Bronze Star with V. By the time he recovers fully, the war is basically at an end, so he does some High Command Staff Work in Washington DC, Director Department of Operations and Training, later still as Chief of Staff The Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth Kansas.

 

By 1949 Bittnam having switched back to Field Artillery a couple of years earlier again is now a Brigadier General, promoted June 1949 and little after that is 25th infantry Division Artillery Commander in Japan, At the outbreak of hostilities on the Korean Peninsula, and with the decision to commit ground troops there, the commander of the 25th Infantry Division Major General William B. Kean sends Bittman with a couple of assistants to Korea along with those elemts of the 24th Infantry Division to access the situation for the soon to be sent 25th Infantry Division. Bittman becomes a notable figure in this very early phase as he gets caught up in the carnage of Task Force Smith 1st Battalion 21st Infantry, he on a few occasions took charge where he felt complied to by pass the normal chains, even when the rest of the 24th Infantry Division arrived and met a similar fate, Bittman was there, his actions saved a lot of men. He receives no awards for his actions, probably because he acceded his orders, but many felt he deserved at least another DSC, he would however the following year receive another Legion of Merit for his performance in July 1950 as well as his performance up to June 1951 with the 25th infantry Division.

 

Later back now with the 25th Infantry Division, Bittman once again figures prominently, in the Pusan Perimeter in August and September on two separate occasion in front line combat and awarded two Silver Stars for his actions, and another Bronze Star, indeed if he was not a General Officer and despite him being a Field Artillery Officer he no doubt would been awarded a 2nd Award of the Combat Infantryman Badge for actions in July-September 1950.

 

Here where we pick up Bittman again, in June 1951 he's reassigned out, and becomes the Assistant Commander of the 5th Infantry Division, Indiantown Gap Pennsylvania, in December 1952 it's Commander. Interestingly no other info is available on his later career, only that he retired as Major General, and passed in 1969 at 71 in Upstate New York, and was laid to rest at Fort Leavenworth.

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