seanmc1114 Posted June 18, 2020 Share #4551 Posted June 18, 2020 2nd Cavalry Division Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted June 18, 2020 Share #4552 Posted June 18, 2020 Marine Corps 52nd Defense Battalion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted June 18, 2020 Share #4553 Posted June 18, 2020 Fleet Marine Force-Pacific Supply Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted June 18, 2020 Share #4554 Posted June 18, 2020 Navy Amphibious Forces Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted June 18, 2020 Share #4555 Posted June 18, 2020 Unknown, but it is almost definitely associated with the Pennsylvania National Guard. Philadelphia City Cavalry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted June 18, 2020 Share #4556 Posted June 18, 2020 Terrific set of African American images, thanks for posting these Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysteriousoozlefinch Posted June 18, 2020 Share #4557 Posted June 18, 2020 3 hours ago, seanmc1114 said: Unknown, but it is almost definitely associated with the Pennsylvania National Guard. Philadelphia City Cavalry? Looks like Pennsylvania State Guard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted June 19, 2020 Share #4558 Posted June 19, 2020 USN MINESWEEPER Worn by a signalman first class, also wearing a gun pointer 1st class distinguishing mark WWII Project Hula 1945 (with Soviet seaman) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted June 20, 2020 Share #4559 Posted June 20, 2020 On 6/18/2020 at 9:07 PM, Salvage Sailor said: USN MINESWEEPER Worn by a signalman first class, also wearing a gun pointer 1st class distinguishing mark WWII Project Hula 1945 (with Soviet seaman) For those unaware like I was what Project Hula was. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Hula Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted June 20, 2020 Share #4560 Posted June 20, 2020 A Major William J. Henderson in 1965 wearing an AIRBORNE Tab over his Combat Development shoulder patch, would love to know more on the activity performed by this section of this unit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted June 20, 2020 Share #4561 Posted June 20, 2020 1965 again, one Major William D. Gunn Jr Infantry wearing a V Corps patch with AIRBORNE Tab, we suspect he was the C.O. of that V Corps LRRP unit in West Germany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted June 20, 2020 Share #4562 Posted June 20, 2020 A Major Robert P. Lott, 1965 wearing the 197th Infantry Brigade (Separate) patch, while curiously wearing the Infantry School DI rather then a one for one of the battalions of the brigade. Lott again in the RVN in 1970 as a Lieutenant Colonel and Deputy Senior Advisor 5th ARVN Infantry Division MACV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted June 20, 2020 Share #4563 Posted June 20, 2020 And finally from the year 1965, one Frank c.Benedict, Major, Artillery, wearing the Atomic Bomb patch, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted June 20, 2020 Share #4564 Posted June 20, 2020 A Doughboy of the 81st Division 1919. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted June 20, 2020 Share #4565 Posted June 20, 2020 A GI in 1945 with the IX Corps, have no idea what he's wearing on his head. Kinda reminds me of the few WWI photos of English POWS held by the Germans who wear their Steel Helmet Liner by itself right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted June 20, 2020 Share #4566 Posted June 20, 2020 36 minutes ago, patches said: For those unaware like I was what Project Hula was. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Hula Here's a better overview and resource link to Project Hula Project Hula - Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against japan And a link to a forum topic on a Project Hula Patrol Frigate USS Burlington (PF-51) USCG to USSR to USN Korean War Gunboat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted June 20, 2020 Share #4567 Posted June 20, 2020 4th Infantry Division with AIRBORNE tab worn on an ERDL jacket in Vietnam. The soldier was probably assigned to a Pathfinder detachment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted June 23, 2020 Share #4568 Posted June 23, 2020 Ohio National Guard Officer Candidate School Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted June 23, 2020 Share #4569 Posted June 23, 2020 IV Corps from the 1960's. Most likely a Reservist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted June 23, 2020 Share #4570 Posted June 23, 2020 Full color 101st Airborne Division SSI worn in 2019. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted June 23, 2020 Share #4571 Posted June 23, 2020 Here we see the Hawaiian Department and Fleet Marine Forces - Pacific SSI being worn. "Major General Henry T. Burgin's order releasing the Territory's Organized Defense Volunteers from military control is read by his chief of staff of the Central Pacific Base Command, Brigadier General Wayne C. Smith, at ceremonies in Honolulu Stadium, Oahu, Hawaii, 4 July 1945. Seated behind General Smith, left to right: Brigadier General Kenneth P. McNaughton, Administrative Officer, Army Air Forces Pacific Ocean Areas; Lieutenant General Roy S.M. Geiger, commanding general, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific; Acting Governor Gerald R. Corbett; Lieutenant General Robert C. Richardson, commanding General, U.S. Armed Forces, Middle Pacific; Vice Admiral David W. Bagly, commandant, 14th Naval District; and Lieutenant General Holland M. Smith, Commanding General, U.S. Marine Corps, Combat Training Center." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted June 23, 2020 Share #4572 Posted June 23, 2020 Members of the Territory Of Hawaii Women's Army Volunteer Corps https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's_Army_Volunteer_Corps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted June 23, 2020 Share #4573 Posted June 23, 2020 Members of the Hawaii Rifles, a cavalry militia serving during World War II Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted June 23, 2020 Share #4574 Posted June 23, 2020 "Commander of the 1st Regiment of Oahu Volunteer Infantry joins in the shooting. Colonel Leo B. Rodby, whose rifle, pistol, and shotgun teams meet the marksmen representing the Hawaiian Defense Volunteers on the Schofield ranges this weekend, lines his sights on the target." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted June 24, 2020 Share #4575 Posted June 24, 2020 Brigadier General Dwight D. Eisenhower wearing the Army Service Forces SSI while serving as Deputy Chief in charge of Pacific Defenses under the Chief of War Plans Division (WPD), General Leonard T. Gerow (Right) in Washington, D.C. - January 1942 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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