Bob Hudson Posted March 28, 2008 Share #1 Posted March 28, 2008 This was at the thrift store today: an OD Ike jacket with 1946 pattern wool field trousers dated 1950. It has, as you can see, Specialist 3rd Class rank, which came out in, what, 1955? I had never before seen Specialist insignia on anything other than Army greens, which came out in 1956. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wailuna Posted March 28, 2008 Share #2 Posted March 28, 2008 ...I had never before seen Specialist insignia on anything other than Army greens... Yes, this transition occurred in 1955/56: The 2-inch wide gold on green specialist chevron was introduced in 1955 and was worn on the OD Ike jacket, whereas PFC and NCO chevrons continued to be 3-inches wide with either OD stripes on dark blue or the new gold on green color scheme. The Army Green uniform came on-line September 1956, with a wear-out date of September 1961 for OD uniforms, with only the gold and green chevrons on the Army Green uniform (source: Emerson, Encyclopedia of U. S. Army Insignia and Uniforms and Emerson:, Chevrons.) Note: See Emerson, Chevrons, p. 199 for a picture of a West Point Band specialist first class wearing the OD Ike ca. 1957. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted March 28, 2008 Author Share #3 Posted March 28, 2008 Yes, this transition occurred in 1955/56: The 2-inch wide gold on green specialist chevron was introduced in 1955 and was worn on the OD Ike jacket, whereas PFC and NCO chevrons continued to be 3-inches wide with either OD stripes on dark blue or the new gold on green color scheme. The Army Green uniform came on-line September 1956, with a wear-out date of September 1961 for OD uniforms, with only the gold and green chevrons on the Army Green uniform (source: Emerson, Encyclopedia of U. S. Army Insignia and Uniforms and Emerson:, Chevrons.) Note: See Emerson, Chevrons, p. 199 for a picture of a West Point Band specialist first class wearing the OD Ike ca. 1957. Thanks for that info. Transitional items are always interesting. When I first saw this hanging on the rack, it just did not compute. I assume this guy finished up his service with the Eighth Army Signal Corps in Korea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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