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Hicks Field patch. I'm not sure if this is military or not.

 

"Major League Baseball players are visiting Hicks Airfield, a pilot training field near Saginaw, Texas. Left to right are Ken Sears and Alex "Red" Hayes. Mr. Sears is a left-handed hitting catcher with the New York Yankees minor league team. He is wearing a dress shirt, necktie, and a sports coat. Mr. Hayes is his former classmate at Alabama University. Mr. Hayes is dressed in his military uniform. He is the brother of Chicago White Sox infielder, Jackie Hayes.

Date Created: 1941-01-16"

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Not exactly a shoulder sleeve insignia. These Marine Corps recruiters appear to have the words U.S. MARINES RECRUITER directly embroidered on their uniform sleeves. October 1940. 

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10 hours ago, seanmc1114 said:

Not exactly a shoulder sleeve insignia. These Marine Corps recruiters appear to have the words U.S. MARINES RECRUITER directly embroidered on their uniform sleeves. October 1940. 

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What an unusual and unorthodox method, I guess they just Picked out the lettering when they left this duty, carefully done to prevent blemishes in the fabric, would be crazy if they just through out the coat, given these were expensive private purchase items, unless recruiters got the  Blues issued, even if so, if discarded, still a waste of a perfectly fine coat and a waste of government money.

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Commanding general of the 34th Infantry Division and officers of the 1st Battalion 185th Field Artillery from the 34th's 1938 yearbook 

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BILL THE PATCH
On 8/5/2020 at 7:11 PM, patches said:

What an unusual and unorthodox method, I guess they just Picked out the lettering when they left this duty, carefully done to prevent blemishes in the fabric, would be crazy if they just through out the coat, given these were expensive private purchase items, unless recruiters got the  Blues issued, even if so, if discarded, still a waste of a perfectly fine coat and a waste of government money.

I've been looking closely at the picture, if you enlarge the picture look the the left of the letter U, I see a bdr . And I see a slight bdr going around the top arch. It's very faint. I do think they are patches not directly sewn.

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20 minutes ago, BILL THE PATCH said:

I've been looking closely at the picture, if you enlarge the picture look the the left of the letter U, I see a bdr . And I see a slight bdr going around the top arch. It's very faint. I do think they are patches not directly sewn.

I see what you're talking about, but I think it's just creases in the uniform.

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13 hours ago, patches said:

Brigadegeneral Jared Sembritzki Chief of Staff U.S. Army Europe wearing that unit's shoulder patch.

 

 

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And US jump wings on both uniforms as well! That's pretty cool.

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3 hours ago, easterneagle87 said:

 

And US jump wings on both uniforms as well! That's pretty cool.

Yeah I was trying to find an image of those, from here they look like there embroidered on German Camo material with a Black border, but no dice.

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On 5/27/2010 at 8:58 AM, Teamski said:

I would like to start a thread that will feature photographs of troops wearing SSI. I believe this would be a great reference for verifying patch wear and with some photos, possibly be able to show specific versions of the patches themselves. I invite other collectors to post photographs of troops wearing SSI. These can be portraits, photos in the field, etc..... Let's see them!

 

-Ski

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Captain Roger Donlon was the first Medal of Honor winner in Vietnam.  (He also was the reviewing officer for the annual parade of the 1st Junior ROTC Brigade in El Paso, TX in 1968.  Back then, JROTC was mandatory for all high school students in Texas - for at least two years.  The 1st JROTC Brigade had 11 battalions of cadets -- one for each high school in El Paso.  There was another JROTC Brigade in Ysleta, TX -- just to the south of El Paso -- which had another 10 battalions of cadets. Different times.)

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Members of the 53rd Separate Infantry Brigade wearing the Florida National SSI in photos from early 1964 issues of The Florida Guardsman. I can't pinpoint the exact date the brigade was activated, but I have found this information from the Army's Center of Military History:

 

"124th and 154th Armored Infantry Battalions consolidated 15 April 1959 to form the 124th Infantry, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System, to consist of the 1st and 2d Armored Rifle Battalions, elements of the 48th Armored Division

 

Reorganized 15 February 1963 to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions, elements of the 53d Separate Infantry Brigade

 

Reorganized 1 March 1964 to consist of the 1st Battalion and the 2d Battalion, an element of the 53d Armored Brigade

 

Reorganized 20 January 1968 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 53d Infantry Brigade"

 

I assume the 53rd Separate Infantry Brigade was activated in February 1953 and at some point in 1964 was converted to the 53rd Armored Brigade and that members of the brigade wore the Florida National Guard SSI until the current SSI approved for the 53rd Infantry Brigade was authorized for the 53rd Armored Brigade on December 4, 1964. 

 

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45h Infantry Division swastika SSI.

 

"A member of the American National Guard, 1939. A member of the 45th Division of the National Guard removes the swastika from his uniform. The division, made up of members of the Federal States of Oklahoma, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona, took over the swastika as a symbol of happiness from the Indians, but now abandoned it because of its use by the National Socialists in Germany.

 

Date taken: 4 April 1939"

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Colonel George S. Patton IV relinquishes command of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment on April 6, 1969. At this ceremony, General Abrams presented Colonel Patton the second of two Distinguished Service Crosses he earned while serving as Blackhorse 6. Note he is wearing a full color 1st Infantry Division SSI in the pocket of his jungle fatigues. I know the 11th supported the 1st ID but also provided support to the 25th ID and 82nd Airborne Division, so this is kind of odd. Any thoughts?

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A soldier wearing the I Armored Corps SSI sometime in 1945 or after (Note he is wearing the ribbon for the World War II Victory Medal).

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On 7/4/2013 at 10:44 AM, seanmc1114 said:

Military District Of Washington

 

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On 7 Dec 1941, a Congressman from Texas introduced a motion that the flag flying over the Capitol was to be preserved - and flown over Tokyo once the U.S. had defeated them.  When Germany and Italy declared war on the United States, the motion was amended to include Rome and Berlin.  This flag was subsequently raised over Rome (on 4 July 1944), Berlin (on 25 July 1945), and Tokyo (in September 1945) - as each was occupied by the U.S. Army.  President Truman raised the flag over what later became Clay Kaserne in Berlin when he was in the city for the Potsdam Conference.


In this photo (6 Apr 1948), "men of the Third Infantry Division [should read 3rd Inf Regiment], all World War II veterans, present the flag at the Capitol Plaza, Washington, D.C. It is being accepted by Senator Arthur Vandenberg."  The flag was 'lost' for several years, but later recovered and is now in the Smithsonian. 

 

Second photo (25 Jul 1945) shows Truman, Stimson, Eisenhower, Bradley, Patton, etc. at the flag raising ceremony in Berlin.

 

Third photo (4 Jul 1944) shows the flag being raised in Rome.

 

Fourth photo (early Sept 1945) shows the 1st Cavalry Division raising the flag over the reopened US Embassy in Tokyo.  It was not the 'first US flag' raised in Tokyo after the war - that was done several days earlier (3 Sept) by LT Bud Stapleton, who was chewed out by MacArthur for upstaging his planned event.  See last image for that 'first' flag raising in Tokyo.

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On 7/4/2013 at 11:43 AM, seanmc1114 said:

Florida National Guard

 

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On 7/7/2013 at 4:15 PM, patches said:

This is an interesting one, we see the DIs for the 124th Inf pre Scroll period, but this unit in the 1960s when this photo was surely taken was a componate of the 48th Armored Division, not HQ FLANG, plus there are no Blue distinctives. My WAG is this E-1 was one of those youngsters taken into the Guard, given that first session of intitial local issue of uniforms, pre training and indoctrination in his local NG unit, before being packed off to formal Basic and AIT, this was very common in the 50s and 60s, as per those NG magazines I have.

 

The reason he's not wearing the 48th Armd Div patch and wears the HQ FLANG patch with 124th Inf DIs? perhaps these recruits (in at least the FLANG no matter were the lived in Florida) fell under the direct command of the State HQ, with the only consession was that they were allowed to wear the future Unit crest, and the insignia of the branch they selected, though why not the 48th Armd Div patch? see reason for HQ FLANG control.

I know the original is an old post, but I finally figured out what the deal is. On February 15, 1963, the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 124th Infantry were assigned as elements of the 53rd Separate Infantry Brigade of the Florida National Guard. The members of the brigade ceased wearing the SSI of the 48th Armored Division and began wearing the Florida National Guard SSI. On March 1, 1964, the 53rd Infantry Brigade was redesignated the 53rd Armored Brigade, and members of the 124th presumably kept wearing the Florida National Guard SSI. The Institute of Heraldry shows a new SSI was approved for the 53rd Armored Brigade on December 4, 1964. However, The Florida Guardsman newsletter first mentions the approval and wearing of the new SSI in January 1966, so it's not clear how quickly the members of the 53rd switched from the Florida National Guard SSI to the new 53rd SSI. At any rate, based on all of that, I'm going to guess this soldier was assigned to the 53rd Infantry or Armored Brigade and the photo was taken sometime between February 1963 and January 1966. 

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166th Regimental Combat Team

 

Photo caption: "Members of the Ohio National Guard don historical uniforms in preparation for the annual Muster Day Parade in 1958."

 

 

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