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

[Rhscott]

On 12/25/2024 at 11:12 AM, Haze99 said:

August 18, 2024

JB Lewis-McChord

 

Leadership from the brigades place the 7th Infantry Division patches on Soldier's sleeves during the closing ceremony of Week of the Bayonet. (Photo Credit: U.S. Army)

 

Not a fan of this at all as a prior proud peacetime and wartime 2ID member.  Took operational units, several of which have been assigned to the 2ID since 1918, and gave them to a Div HQ (7th) that was stood up in 2012 just to give the Army another Div HQ for rotation during the GWOT.  Robbing Peter to pay Paul shell game BS.

Rest assured other than Rangers, 82nd and 101st the notion of Regimental pride and integrity is dead in the active US Army. Just a random mix of various single battalions scattered in undermanned divisions.  The Guard seems to be way more stable with unit lineage.

[cavcon]

On 1/7/2023 at 7:50 PM, easterneagle87 said:

 

 Looks like 2nd CIB awards as well on both of them. 

Bottom pic is 29th infantry regiment 

[Haze99]

Dec. 5, 2024

Fort Benning, Georgia 

U.S. Army soldier attending the Basic Airborne Course (BAC) during tower week. The three-week BAC at Fort Moore includes ground week, tower week, and jump week, where candidates test their skills to become airborne Soldiers and servicemembers. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Keith Thornburgh)

3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment scroll worn. 

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Lt. Bill Anton of Company H 75th Infantry 1st Cavalry Division. 

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Aviators of the Eighth Army

 

13 July 52. Maj Shea, K-1C Airport, Korea, briefs members of the flight team that will fly General J Lawton Collins, Chief of Staff, US Army, and his party to I Corps sector in Korea. The pilots who will fly the L-19 planes are: (L to R kneeling) 1st Lt Grommett; 1st Lt Beam; 1st Lt Monanara; and Capt. Dill. (L to R standing) Capt Meiss; Capt Daniels; Capt Chairs; and Capt Brown.

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Major General David L. Ruffner (center) and Brigadier General P. D. Ginder congratulating soldiers of the 45th Infantry Division in Korea.

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Japan Logistical Command

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Generals J. Lawton Collins and Mark Clark with American and Turkish troops of the 25th Infantry Division in Korea.

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Soldiers of the 1st Armored Division and 47th Infantry Division on a troopship headed to Japan - 1952 

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Training NCO of the 6th Infantry Division at Fort Ord, California - 1950 or 1951

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Fifth Army Sergeant at Camp Stoneman, California enroute to the Far East - 1951

 

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"Perricone Quads," four quadruplet brothers who served as a tank crew in the 73rd tank battalion of the 7th Infantry Division in Korea. The brothers--Anthony, Carl, Bernard, and Donald--had to petition for exemption from the "Sullivan Rule," which forbade siblings from serving in the same unit. Here, the four brothers pose with their battalion headquarters sign.

 

Note the one on the left has an unnumbered armored triangle on his chest and the one second from left has a numbered triangle. 

[Ranger-1972]

8 hours ago, seanmc1114 said:

Aviators of the Eighth Army

 

13 July 52. Maj Shea, K-1C Airport, Korea, briefs members of the flight team that will fly General J Lawton Collins, Chief of Staff, US Army, and his party to I Corps sector in Korea. The pilots who will fly the L-19 planes are: (L to R kneeling) 1st Lt Grommett; 1st Lt Beam; 1st Lt Monanara; and Capt. Dill. (L to R standing) Capt Meiss; Capt Daniels; Capt Chairs; and Capt Brown.

 

MAJ Shea is wearing a shoulder holster on his hip, with the leather strap meant to be worn across the chest being used around his waist.  The shoulder holster was issued to aviators so they could access their pistol while strapped into their seat in the cockpit of a fixed-wing or rotary-wing aircraft.

 

[eaglerunner88]

8 hours ago, seanmc1114 said:

Fifth Army Sergeant at Camp Stoneman, California enroute to the Far East - 1951

 

I would've believed you if you said he was enroute to space...

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Brigadier General P. D. Ginder of the 45th Infantry Division - 1952

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Soldiers and officers of Japan Logistical Command pose with a sign in front of the 563rd Replacement Company, 6th Replacement Battalion barracks at Camp Drake in Japan during the Korean War

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ROTC graduate being sworn in at his commissioning ceremony by an officer of the 76th Division (Training) - 1979

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7th Infantry Division during the Korean War. Note the Branch Unassigned insignia.

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Allied Forces Headquarters and North African Theater Of Operations

 

Major General M. C. Stayer; S/Sgt. Olson Damon, Sante Fe, New Mexico; Cpl. William F. Arballo, Del Mar, Calif.; and Pvt. Sigmund J. Lukowski, Woodside, N.Y., appear during decoration ceremonies, Caserta, Italy, 23 January 1945

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Medics of the 106th Infantry Division being awarded the Bronze Star Medal by Brig. Gen. Herbert T. Perrin in 1945, most likely for actions during the Battle of the Bulge. General Perrin commanded the division from 22 December 1944 to 7 February 1945. Note that they are only receiving the ribbon and not the medal itself. 

[eaglerunner88]

29 minutes ago, seanmc1114 said:

Medics of the 106th Infantry Division being awarded the Bronze Star Medal by Brig. Gen. Herbert T. Perrin in 1945, most likely for actions during the Battle of the Bulge. General Perrin commanded the division from 22 December 1944 to 7 February 1945. Note that they are only receiving the ribbon and not the medal itself. 

That medic in the last pic looks like he's from a 1970s MASH unit with those sideburns and stash.

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Commanding generals of the 47th Infantry Division

 

1. Major General Donald C. Grant (7 Oct 1963 - 31 Mar 1971)

 

2. Major General James S. O'Brien (1 Jul 1976 - 23 Jun 1979)

 

3. Brigadier General Edward W. Waldon, commanding general of the 47th Infantry Division (1 Nov 1982 - 8 Dec 1985) 

 

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Major General Norman E. Hendrickson, 47th Infantry Division Commander, presents the Bronze Star Medal to a member of the division - 1951

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Staff Sergeant Albert L. Allen, Jr., who earned the Silver Star for gallantry in action while serving with Company C, 192nd Tank Battalion in the Philippines in 1941, in a post-war picture wearing the U.S. Army Forces, Middle Pacific SSI with Armored Forces patch type crests on his lapels.

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24th Infantry Division hand sewn by a battalion commander.

 

(L to R) Lt. Col. H.M. Ryorum, commanding officer of the 6th Tank Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division; Lt. Col. Burke B. Dennison, commanding officer, 987th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, Brig. Gen. Numa Watson, assistant commanding general, 24th Infantry Division; and Lt. Col. W.C. Martin, commanding officer, 2d Battalion, 21st Infantry, 24th Infantry Division, go over last minute plans prior to the start of Task Force Byorum, launched against the Chinese Communist forces in the Kumhwa Valley, Korea.