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Col. Colin J. Morrow, Commanding Officer, 91st Training Division.

 

Notice like a photo I posted a few days ago, this officer is wearing a Special Forces combat service identification badge on his right breast pocket, which as far as I can tell is only authorized on the blue uniform. It's impossible to tell if he's also wearing a Special Forces combat patch on his right sleeve. The second photo of Col. Morrow shows him wearing a Special Forces combat patch on his ACU.

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Recent acquisition at a local book store.  Seems to be a victory parade somewhere in Ohio, judging by the shoulder patches.  Lot of 37th Division, several 3rd Army, an 83rd Division, and I think a 56th Engineers?

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25 minutes ago, rtd_sf_eng said:

Maj Gen Innis Swift & Gen Hutchines (CO of the 4th Special Amphibious Brigade, Date 18 Mar 1944

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A very very rare sighing of shoulder patch being worn out there, thanks for posting.

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7 hours ago, rtd_sf_eng said:

Maj Gen Innis Swift & Gen Hutchines (CO of the 4th Special Amphibious Brigade, Date 18 Mar 1944

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Isn’t that an early cold weather cap?  Where was this pix from?

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18 hours ago, Rhscott said:

Isn’t that an early cold weather cap?  Where was this pix from?

New Guinea right, but that March 1944 date might be in error as both the 11th Abn Div and the 4th Eng Spec Bde arrived in May of 44.

 

The correct info of the Engineer is he will be Brigadier-General Henry Jr. Hutchings Jr.

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Major Erwin B. Jones, Armed Forces Information School 1958 although only the outer edge of the patch is visible. He is wearing single DSC ribbon awarded for Heroism with the 350 Infantry Regiment,  88th Infantry Division.

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Military Assistance Command Vietnam  novelty patch worn by a member of the 388th Transportation Company. I assume this is some sort of novelty uniform, but it does have rank insignia. Unlike the examples in the third photo, the patch on the uniform also has a tab or attached wording at the top.

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Mark Clark wearing the Army Field Forces patch on his Field Coat at Camp Atterbury Indiana in November 1950, Army Ground Forces retitled Army Field Forces in 1948. Clark is paying a visit to the recently Federalized Pennsylvania National Guard Division, the 28th Infantry Division, Clark getting briefed there by one Major Alfred F.Barnes C.O. of the 28th Division's 229th Field Artillery Battalion.

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23 hours ago, patches said:

Mark Clark wearing the Army Field Forces patch on his Field Coat at Camp Atterbury Indiana in November 1950, Army Ground Forces retitled Army Field Forces in 1948. Clark is paying a visit to the recently Federalized Pennsylvania National Guard Division, the 28th Infantry Division, Clark getting briefed there by one Major Alfred F.Barnes C.O. of the 28th Division's 229th Field Artillery Battalion.

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Relatively unusual to see any SSI on that field coat.  None of the other officers seem to be wearing an SSI.  I've got my dad's field coat from the 1950s, and there are no stitch marks to indicate there was a patch worn on either sleeve.  Same for the officers' taupe overcoat worn in the 1950s or the (later) officers' green overcoat worn in the 1960s/1970s.

 

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Just now, Ranger-1972 said:

Relatively unusual to see any SSI on that field coat.  None of the other officers seem to be wearing an SSI.  I've got my dad's field coat from the 1950s, and there are no stitch marks to indicate there was a patch worn on either sleeve.  Same for the officers' taupe overcoat worn in the 1950s or the (later) officers' green overcoat worn in the 1960s/1970s.

 

Also note that this is from a period when senior officers still wore their Service Dress uniform, with visor cap and tie, when inspecting units in the field.  I recall that my dad would wear his Service Dress uniform not only in his office, but when he went to inspect the motor pool or the arms room -- taking off his Pinks & Greens blouse, slipping on a pair of coveralls while conducting the inspection, and then washing his hands and putting the blouse back on.  

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In the first photo, Lt. Col. Reuben H. Tucker, CO of the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, is being promoted to Colonel by fellow 82nd Airborne Division regimental commanders James M. Gavin of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment and Harry L. Lewis of the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment, in North Africa on May 29, 1943. In the second photo, Col. Tucker is being congratulated by 82nd AIrborne Division commander Major General Matthew B. Ridgway. Note that Col. Tucker is wearing an 82nd SSI without an AIRBORNE tab, while Col. Lewis does have an AIRBORNE tab.

 

Col. Tucker was just 32 years old and Col. Gavin was 36 when these pictures were taken.

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Members of the 5th Special Forces Group wearing the Vietnam era flash (rescinded 1985) while the captain is wearing the SPECIAL FORCES tab approved in 1983. But note the  sergeant is still wearing an OG-107 field jacket while everyone else is wearing BDUs.  

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Col. Clarence S. Coe, commander of the 17th Engineer Regiment (Railway) during World War I, wearing the Railhead & Regulating Station Personnel SSI

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1 hour ago, seanmc1114 said:

Col. Clarence S. Coe, commander of the 17th Engineer Regiment (Railway) during World War I, wearing the Railhead & Regulating Station Personnel SSI

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I've seen charts showing what the different letter "R" and border color combinations meant in regards to which Regulating Station or Railhead the SSIs represented.

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