Stupid keyboard. The 6 and are too close together.

Thanks. Need to take a detailed look. First glance no luck. 

When I researched the 8th Army …I was thinking Korean War but 8th Army was active in PTO.

I suspect Dodge in Chicago, but it has not been definitively proven.   Marty

The 86th Infantry Division not 87th    When I saw this Ike…I questioned the 8th Army patch?

Here's a link to some information about LCT(6) 742:   https://www.navsource.org/archives/10/18/180742.htm  

Hi all,   Does anyone know the manufacturer of this two piece pilot wing?    

This is likely your best bet for research outside of a lucky google search.

I need help to ID the three different WW2 patches and their respective squadrons below (Grumman TBF Avenger & F6F Hellcat), I believe they belonged to the carrier USS Antietam (CV-36) in 1945, thank you!  

That’s a very nice Mark II sextant you have.  The US Navy acquired about 30,000 of these from the late 1930’s to the mid 1940’s.  How many are still around is unknown.  I used one in the Med in 1970.  So many were produced that the Navy didn’t contract for a replacement (the Mark 3) until about 1970.  Here are a couple of sources for additional information you might find helpful: Bill Morris, who I think is the world’s greatest sextant expert wrote an article about the Mark II.  You can find it here: https://sextantbook.com/category/usn-buships-mark-ii-sextant/   If you want to do anything with your sextant, there is a book (a reprint of a Navy training manual) covering optical instruments, including a chapter on sextants.  You can find it here: https://books.google.com/books?id=lyk7AQAAIAAJ It’s worth learning how to measure an angle between to objects (which is what a sextant does) even if you never use it for actual navigation.  It’s somewhat of an art, especially with the small mirrors on the Mark II. Enjoy! Jim