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

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Members of the 158th Regimental Combat Team, including one wearing a BUSHMASTERS tab, during World War II.

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40th Infantry Division. BG Eaton, LTC Benoit, MG Daniel H. Hudelson and "Tex" Harding at the 160th Infantry Headquarters, Korea

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Members of the 140th Tank Battalion in Korea. Note two of the Armored chest patches are numbered while one is unnumbered. Also note the different styles of 40th Infantry Division SSI being worn.

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Survivors of the Bataan Death March and subsequent imprisonment from Company C, 194th Tank Battalion (former 40th Tank Company, California National Guard) taking part in the Salinas Memorial Day Parade, 26 May 1947.

 

The first sergeant in front appears to be wearing the Armored Forces SSI. Also note the soldier on the right is wearing cut down dress jacket tailored to resemble an Ike jacket.

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40th Infantry Division with an AIRBORNE tab. I'm assuming the soldier was a member of a LRRP or LRS unit, but I have no further information. Also note that he is a corporal, a fairly rare rank at the time, and that he is wearing jungle boots with his BDU.

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Brigadier General Donald J. Myers, commanding general of the 40th Infantry Division, accepting the surrender of Japanese troops in the Philippines in 1945. His SSI appears to have a merrowed edge.

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California State Guard during World War II

 

 

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Airman wearing an Alaska Air Command patch with an unknown tab. Based on his ribbons - National Defense Service Medal, AIr Force Longevity Service Award, and Small Arms Marksmanship Ribbon - this would be sometime after 1963.

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 A First I believe in any sub forum. A posting of Korean DMZ Conflict Combat Fatality.

 

2nd Infantry Division patch as seen on one Richard Morgan Johnson, Jr, 1st Lieutenant Co B 2nd Battalion 38th Infantry, Johnson was killed in a clash with North Korean forces on June 3 1967. He was one of 43 U.S. Army personnel Killed in Action during this period.

 

Note Johnson for an Infantry Officer is not Jump Qualified, he does have the EIB as we see,

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California Officer Candidate School students wearing the OCS patch on their pockets and helmet liners and 49th Infantry Division SSI on their sleeves.

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Alaska Territorial Guard

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Col. James Moore wearing the Infantry School SSI and DUI's along with the Special Forces tab and branch insignia while serving as Reserve Advisor to the Commanding General, Army Infantry Center, Fort Benning. 

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1st Filipino Infantry Regiment,

 

 

 

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More soldiers from the 1st Filipino Infantry Regiment

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Troops the 45th Infantry (Pilippine Scouts) wearing the Philippine Division SSI while being inspected by Governor General of the Philippines, Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., in 1932. To the left is Capt. (later Brig. Gen.) Mateo Capinpin at the head of Company I. He would lead the 21st Division, Philippine Army during WWII.

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Members of Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 45th Infantry (PS) wearing the Philippine Division SSI in 1948. Note the soldier holding the trophy in the second photo is wearing a Philippine Department SSI as a combat patch.

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Officers of the 1st Filipino Infantry Regiment

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Quartermaster Corps soldier wearing the Third Service Command SSI and Coast Artillery Corps Training Center DUI's

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8 hours ago, seanmc1114 said:

Quartermaster Corps soldier wearing the Third Service Command SSI and Coast Artillery Corps Training Center DUI's

He may have been assigned to Fort Eustis Virginia, Eustis was on of the Anti Aircraft Artillery Replacement Training Centers during the war, Anti Aircraft Artillery falling under Coast Artillery. but if this is true, curious as to why he's not wearing the familiar AA Patch,

 

The Unit crest by the way, up close.

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California NG 4.2 Motarmen of the old 49th Infantry Division sometime in the late 50s early 60s

 

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Both the old Infantry School patch and the new, the old one on an armband which must be some kind of duty thing. Photo from  early 1952 to early 1954, by virtue of the NAME Tape being worn above the Left pocket and the new M1951 Chevrons on the Pfc.

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Multinational Force and Observers SSI worn by members of the 1st Battalion 200th Infantry of the New Mexico National Guard in 2012. Note that in addition to the more familiar MNFO orange beret, many of the unit members are also wearing an orange boonie hat with the MNFO insignia.

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It's hard to make out, but this lieutenant is the SSI of the 31st Infantry Division. At first I was having a hard time finding any reference to the 200th Infantry during this era, but apparently the 1st Battle Group 200th Infantry was assigned to the 31st Division when it was organized as a Pentomic division. The second photo is another from the same veteran showing the 31st SSI.

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Soldiers of the 372nd Infantry Battalion of the Ohio National Guard wearing the Second Army SSI in 1950. The officer on the left appears to be wearing a 25th Regimental Combat Team SSI as his combat patch. 

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General wearing the 2nd style 91st Infantry Division SSI as a combat patch, presumably for service in World War II. This patch was not the style worn in World War II and was actually not approved by the Institute Of Heraldry until 1968.