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Patches in action: Photos of SSI being worn by the troops.


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Silver Star recipient Norman Lovelace wearing the Marine Corps V Amphibious Corps SSI in July 1944. I'm not familiar with the jacket style.

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Infantry officer wearing the Army Ground Forces SSI and Infantry Replacement Training Centers DUI's - December 1942

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3rd Infantry Division - October 1943. He's wearing the Purple Heart ribbon, so he was probably home recovering from wounds received in North Africa or Sicily. He looks like he's about 15 years old.

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Those are incredibly interesting portraits you posted Sean, they all appear to be taken in the same place, and from different units and in some cases different branches of te Armed Forces, do you have a background on them?

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Artilleryman of the 101st Airborne Division wearing patch type crests and the SSI of the First Allied Airborne Army on his right sleeve 

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Same soldier from an earlier post wearing an Armored Forces SSI on wool background with Armored Replacement Training Center DUI's - March 1943

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41 minutes ago, patches said:

Those are incredibly interesting portraits you posted Sean, they all appear to be taken in the same place, and from different units and in some cases different branches of te Armed Forces, do you have a background on them?

They are from the Ann Arbor, Michigan library online collection. I believe they were all taken at the University of Michigan during the war.

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