the one on the left   

The USNS Kula Gulf T-AKV-8 originally the WW2 escort carrier CVE-108. This ship was transferred to the Military Sealift Transport Service in 1965 and used to ferry aircraft to Vietnam. The Kula Gulf ferried aircraft to and from Vietnam until 1969, it was then stricken from the Navy in 1970. Scrapped in 1971. 

Here's the link to the wayback machine page for the site.    https://web.archive.org/web/20130601000000*/https://hglanham.tripod.com/metalinsignia2/datingclutches.html

That old web page with all the clutch fastener information is down. The Wayback Machine had it archives. A few pics are gone but it's nice to have this as a pdf.   Dating Metallic Insignia_ Clutch Fasteners.pdf

So there’s a possibility they were paratrooper gloves?

Pyongtaek (K-6) AB / Chunchon (K-47) AB, ROK. Activated: 25 Apr 1951. NAA LT-6G. Japanese-made / RFU / 5.25 inch (vertical).

Midway 1976 & 2019

Not likely; and then in another branch. I’m thinking that they may be two different men. Where did you find the tag? The Pvt above was born in PA in 1897, so he wasn’t serving during 1900-10.

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