Thanks!  They are, to be clear just in case, two separate patches from two separate deals!  I just stuck it under there for the photo.   Although the 306th did have several reserve tank battalions that were supposed to be heavy/120mm gun units, they may have seen an M103 at annual training but usually did their training on 90mm tanks from the limited reports available (and the 306th's regimental history).

Very cool!   I don't recognize this multicolor flash (2nd flash in post). Do you know what unit it belongs to?

I talked with some local gwot and modern gear/uniform collectors. They said this is the only one currently documented known to publicly exist. Im sure more are out there but until another one surfaces this is the only known example. I looked everywhere too and could not find another existing one. Some of the collectors said if they had to guess only about 5 to 10 are known to exist.  Another was saying probably more like 12 to 15. Obviously no way of knowing how many actually survived. A majority of the ones made probably ended up getting destroyed by the military. I should also explain in better detail about how mine was saved instead of just giving the short answer. I do know the full story i just didn't originally go fully into it. The marines one day were going around the MARSOC teams and collecting old uniforms to be shredded up and destroyed. They had 2 huge bins full of uniforms. The Det 1 and MARSOC guy that wore this combat shirt decided he didn't want it anymore, so he threw it away in one of the bins. The navy SARC guy told me, before the marines sent the bins full of uniforms off to be destroyed. He dug through the bins and saw the G1 shirt sitting there. He didn't want to see it get cut up and destroyed so he kept it and brought it home once his enlistment was up. Thats the full story instead of the half fast version. I made it seem like he threw it away in the local dumpster which you can't do on base (you definitely aren't supposed to, I'm sure some guys broke protocol and did anyway).

No idea what the AL stands for, but the patch looks like a repro from ajktet_10 on eBay. Guy has fake military and police patches made, along with fake porcelain signs    Would you be able to share who you got these from?

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Nice finds! Great GROUP OF PATCHES! especially the 306th, 120mm Gun

Just a thought, could be a logging company logo. They have a large loogging industry in Oregan?

Here's all the NARA Morning Reports on Thomas A Sheffield that you can download.         WWII NARA All Morning Reports - Thonmas A Sheffield.pdf

I just realised that I have made a very stupid mistake, the number is NOT 1586719, it is actually 1587619.  I apologise for the silly mistake and am sorry wasting your time.  However, are you able to identify this officer now?  Thanks and again, my apologies.