seanmc1114 Posted January 28, 2022 #5501 Posted January 28, 2022 1968 photo of Army Reservists of an unknown unit, one of whom is wearing the XX Corps SSI. The two men in the center look vaguely familiar. Anyone?
tredhed2 Posted January 28, 2022 #5504 Posted January 28, 2022 30 minutes ago, seanmc1114 said: 1968 photo of Army Reservists of an unknown unit, one of whom is wearing the XX Corps SSI. The two men in the center look vaguely familiar. Anyone? 2nd from left is Pete Rose and 2nd from right looks like Johnny Bench.
seanmc1114 Posted January 28, 2022 #5505 Posted January 28, 2022 412th Engineer Command. Camp Shelby, Mississippi. 1970
seanmc1114 Posted January 28, 2022 #5506 Posted January 28, 2022 Lt. Bill Anton of Company H 75th Infantry (Ranger) 1st Cavalry Division in Vietnam.
seanmc1114 Posted February 1, 2022 #5507 Posted February 1, 2022 3rd Armored Division worn early in World War II. Note the HQ discs and early style Armored branch disc. The soldier is wearing the American Defense Service Medal ribbon. He stated he was inducted on December 4, 1941.
seanmc1114 Posted February 1, 2022 #5508 Posted February 1, 2022 Southern Command SSI worn by a doctor on his OG-107 fatigues and by a medic on jungle fatigues. Panama 1974. Note the doctor is also wearing a tab (RANGER?) while the specialist is not.
seanmc1114 Posted February 1, 2022 #5509 Posted February 1, 2022 Retrying the previouys post: Southern Command SSI worn by a doctor on his OG-107 fatigues and by a medic on jungle fatigues. Panama 1974. Note the doctor is also wearing what appears to be an AIRBORNE tab while the specialist is not.
seanmc1114 Posted February 2, 2022 #5510 Posted February 2, 2022 NCO of the 1st Brigade 1st Cavalry Division in Vietnam wearing an inked on SSI and AIRBORNE tab.
seanmc1114 Posted February 4, 2022 #5511 Posted February 4, 2022 Medal of Honor recipient Delbert Owen Jennings wearing the DUI and SSI of the 197th Infantry Brigade with a tab, presumably AIRBORNE.
seanmc1114 Posted February 7, 2022 #5512 Posted February 7, 2022 Mission To Iran SSI worn by H. Norman Schwarzkopf, Sr., father of Stormin' Norman, as a colonel in Iran in World War II. Note the orientation of the SSI as he is wearing it is different from the way it is shown in the photo which is the only way I have seen it oriented online and in reference books. Either he is wearing it incorrectly, or the references are wrong.
seanmc1114 Posted February 8, 2022 #5513 Posted February 8, 2022 Officer candidates of the California Natinal Guard in 1957. Various branches, with all but one wearing the SSI of the 40th Armored Division. Note the Infantry officer in the first photo wearing jump wing and an oval and the Armor officer in the second photo is wearing a multi-colored fourragere.
seanmc1114 Posted February 8, 2022 #5514 Posted February 8, 2022 Members of the 22nd Regimental Combat Team 4th Infantry Division prepare to board aircraft wearing parachutes in 1953. I assume they are not paratroopers.
seanmc1114 Posted February 8, 2022 #5515 Posted February 8, 2022 Subdued 4th Infantry Division with numerl "3" embroidered on it and a scroll, probably "LONG RANGE PATROL" worn in Vietnam. I would assume this indicated the 3rd Brigade LRP unit.
patches Posted February 9, 2022 #5516 Posted February 9, 2022 Could be one of those Korea UN Ropes, a manufacturer variant, using a whole separate White Cord rather then Specks of White???
TO4thIDWW2 Posted February 9, 2022 #5517 Posted February 9, 2022 On 1/13/2022 at 12:12 AM, seanmc1114 said: 4th Infantry Division SSI being worn crooked. Do you know his name and Regiment ?
BILL THE PATCH Posted February 9, 2022 #5518 Posted February 9, 2022 Not sure this was ever shown before, a very rare in patch, plus check out the parrot on the barrel of gun
patches Posted February 10, 2022 #5519 Posted February 10, 2022 14 hours ago, BILL THE PATCH said: Not sure this was ever shown before, a very rare in patch, plus check out the parrot on the barrel of gun Good one Billy. Here's a Pinned topic on the BRAZIL Patches.
seanmc1114 Posted February 11, 2022 #5520 Posted February 11, 2022 E Co. Recon team 4/503 1971 LZ English prior to returning to Fort Campbell. Slightly visible is the 173rd Airborne Brigade SSI on a couple of the soldiers while the Recon pocket patch is clearly visible.
seanmc1114 Posted February 14, 2022 #5521 Posted February 14, 2022 196th Infantry Brigade from 2021. Note the colonel on the right wearing the RANGER, JUNGLE and ARCTIC tabs.
seanmc1114 Posted February 19, 2022 #5522 Posted February 19, 2022 Company commander of the 1st Battalion 27th Infantry 25th Infantry Division presenting medal to a soldier in Vietnam. Note the odd theater made 25th ID SSI the specialist is wearing with a tab, probably WOLFHOUNDS.
seanmc1114 Posted February 19, 2022 #5523 Posted February 19, 2022 25th Infantry Division with LRRP tab in Vietnam.
seanmc1114 Posted February 19, 2022 #5524 Posted February 19, 2022 Subdued 25th Infantry Division SSI worn with a full color (orange and yellow) tab, possibly WOLFHOUND, in Vietnam. Note the cut down short sleeve jungle jacket, common among sailors but rare in the Army.
seanmc1114 Posted February 19, 2022 #5525 Posted February 19, 2022 Americal Division LRRP with a generic AIRBORNE RANGER INF CO scroll.
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