seanmc1114 Posted July 23, 2021 Share #5126 Posted July 23, 2021 NCO's of the 25th Infantry Division in Hawaii prior to shipping out for Vietnam in 1966. Note the sergeant on the right is wearing a Military Assistance Command Vietnam combat patch from a prior tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted July 23, 2021 Share #5127 Posted July 23, 2021 Major General Alexander Bolling, commanding general of the 84th Infantry Division in World War II, being presented a medal by General Of The Army Dwight D. Eisenhower. Note General Bolling is wearing a RAILSPLITTER tab beneath his 84th SSI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted July 23, 2021 Share #5128 Posted July 23, 2021 Soldiers of the 77th Infantry Division on occupation duty in Japan in November 1945. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted July 23, 2021 Share #5129 Posted July 23, 2021 Soldiers of the 65th Infantry Regiment of the Puerto Rico National Guard attached to the 3rd Infantry Division during the Korean War. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted July 23, 2021 Share #5130 Posted July 23, 2021 Members of the 278th Regimental Combat Team wearing the First Army SSI in 1951. From what I have seen, the various National Guard regimental combat teams that were constituted beginning in the late 1940's tended to intitially wear the Army Ground Forces SSI then transitioned to the SSI of the Army in whose territoty yhey were assigned around 1950. They then began wearing their newly approved RCT SSI around 1954 or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted July 23, 2021 Share #5131 Posted July 23, 2021 Brigadier General J.B. McDonald, Commanding General of the 181st Infantry Brigade, 91st Division. La Ferte-Bernard, Sarthe, France, after the Meuse-Argonne campaign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted July 23, 2021 Share #5132 Posted July 23, 2021 6 hours ago, seanmc1114 said: NCO's of the 25th Infantry Division in Hawaii prior to shipping out for Vietnam in 1966. Note the sergeant on the right is wearing a Military Assistance Command Vietnam combat patch from a prior tour. There's a good chance this sergeant served as a door gunner, the 2nd Bn 14th Inf TDY as the 2nd Machinegun Platoon (Provisional) December 7 1963, with apperantly another group sent out to replace the first from the battalion for more TDY in September 1964. As far as we can tell, the Machinegun Platoons (Provisional) were assigned to MACV, and their people not qualifying for the CIB, nor apparently for Aircrewman Badges, though its possible they may have worn them later in their careers, if they were in long enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted July 23, 2021 Share #5133 Posted July 23, 2021 Two photos showing Col. Ramon Z. Aguirre, battalion commander of the 19th Battalion Combat Team, Philippine Expeditionary Force to Korea (PEFTOK) wearing the 45th Infantry Division SSI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted July 23, 2021 Share #5134 Posted July 23, 2021 Greek soldiers wearing bullion 3rd Infantry Division SSI during the Korean War Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted July 26, 2021 Share #5135 Posted July 26, 2021 Several photos of Claude F. Clayton as a brigadier and later major general serving with the 31st Infantry Division of the Mississippi National Guard. Note his wearing a patch of the Confederate flag, or more precisely the battle flag of the Army of Northern Virginia, over his left breast pocket. Other breast patches are shown, including one which I believe is the 108th Armored Cavalry Regiment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted July 26, 2021 Share #5136 Posted July 26, 2021 39th Infantry Division of the Arkansas National Guard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted July 29, 2021 Share #5137 Posted July 29, 2021 Transportation School SSI worn by officer candidates at Fort Eustis, Virginia. The first is from 1967 and the second from 1966. The third is posted just to show the intresting accoutrements the candidates wore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted July 29, 2021 Share #5138 Posted July 29, 2021 Sean That officer is Arty, so that's a Pocket Patch for the 114th Artillery, of which there was three battalions in the old 31st Infantry Division in the late 50s into the 60s. Its based on their DI. Pentomic Era 1st Howitzer Battalion (105mm/155mm SP), 114th Artillery 2nd Howitzer Battalion (105mm/155mm SP), 114th Artillery 3rd Rocket Howitzer Battalion (Honest John/8 in), 114th Artillery ROAD Era 1st Battalion, 114th Artillery 2nd Battalion, 114th Artillery 3rd Battalion, 114th Artillery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted July 29, 2021 Share #5139 Posted July 29, 2021 42 minutes ago, patches said: Sean That officer is Arty, so that's a Pocket Patch for the 114th Artillery, of which there was three battalions in the old 31st Infantry Division in the late 50s into the 60s. Its based on their DI. Pentomic Era 1st Howitzer Battalion (105mm/155mm SP), 114th Artillery 2nd Howitzer Battalion (105mm/155mm SP), 114th Artillery 3rd Rocket Howitzer Battalion (Honest John/8 in), 114th Artillery ROAD Era 1st Battalion, 114th Artillery 2nd Battalion, 114th Artillery 3rd Battalion, 114th Artillery Thanks. I couldn't tell if the officer's branch insignia was artillery or armor. Your analysis makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted July 29, 2021 Share #5140 Posted July 29, 2021 On 7/26/2021 at 10:41 AM, seanmc1114 said: Several photos of Claude F. Clayton as a brigadier and later major general serving with the 31st Infantry Division of the Mississippi National Guard. Note his wearing a patch of the Confederate flag, or more precisely the battle flag of the Army of Northern Virginia, over his left breast pocket. Other breast patches are shown, including one which I believe is the 108th Armored Cavalry Regiment. At first I couldn't ID the DUI patch worn by the engineer officers in the first photo in the post because I found the engineer battalion assigned to the 31st Division was the 106th. However, the Institute of Heraldry shows the first DUI attached below as the DUI for the 106th. First, that's clearly not the DUI they are wearing. Second, TIOH shows that particular DUI was not approved until 1971. After a little Google research I found the second DUI, which does appear to be the same patch the officers are wearing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted August 2, 2021 Share #5141 Posted August 2, 2021 Lt. Col. Carmen Cavezza, who retired as a Lt. General, and other officers during the change of command ceremony of the 1st Battalion 23rd Infantry in South Korea around 1975. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted August 2, 2021 Share #5142 Posted August 2, 2021 A soldier of the Americal Division alongside another wearing the SSI of the 2nd Marine Division during World War II. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted August 2, 2021 Share #5143 Posted August 2, 2021 General Bernard Montgomery presenting the British Distinguished Service Order to Major General Maxwell Taylor in July 1944. The major general is wearing what appears to be a theater made First Army SSI. Any idea who the general is? I assume he would be the deputy commander or chief of staff of First Army. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted August 2, 2021 Share #5144 Posted August 2, 2021 It's hard to make out, but these two WAC officers are wearing the 101st Airborne Division SSI and Glider Badges. The caption per the Don F. Pratt Museum Facebook page states: "On this day in 1945 (July 23), CPT Ann Neal and 2LT Kathryn Martin became the first women assigned to the 101st Airborne Division authorized to wear the 101st Airborne Division shoulder patch." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted August 2, 2021 Share #5145 Posted August 2, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted August 3, 2021 Share #5146 Posted August 3, 2021 9 hours ago, seanmc1114 said: General Bernard Montgomery presenting the British Distinguished Service Order to Major General Maxwell Taylor in July 1944. The major general is wearing what appears to be a theater made First Army SSI. Any idea who the general is? I assume he would be the deputy commander or chief of staff of First Army. Its porbably William B. Kean Chief of Staff First U.S. Army, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted August 4, 2021 Share #5147 Posted August 4, 2021 48th Infantry Division along with the 3rd Infantry Division 1955, the officer in the 48th is of the 190th Tank Battalion, and was with elmts of the division at their summer drill at Ft Benning, 3rd Infantry Division stationed a Benning at this time, the 48th will soon be reorganized as a Armored Division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted August 7, 2021 Share #5148 Posted August 7, 2021 4th Air Force Patch in Action . Cutting a Rug with Ava Gardner at the Hollywood Canteen in 44. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted August 13, 2021 Share #5149 Posted August 13, 2021 Ryukyus Command SSI and 29th Infantry Regiment DUI's worn by a member of the 29th Regimental Combat Team on Okinawa in 1954. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted August 16, 2021 Share #5150 Posted August 16, 2021 Medal Of Honor recipient Joe Hooper wearing the Recruiting Command SSI without a RECRUITING tab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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