This is a factory patch from Fairchild circa 1980. Made by Lion Brothers, who made many company patches for aircraft manufacturers. There are repros out there but this one is spot on.   Randy

Not to start anything but I don't like it. It does look like a lot of the repros coming out of SEA. All these I have seen are Thai made.   Randy

Hello to all former Navy servicemen and -women and thank you for your service!   A thing I have encountered numerous times is a certain spite for the black Johnny Cash shirts. Why did so many US Navy sailors hate them? I have a couple, that I wear for work or just as a shirt and I like them a lot. They are durable, sharp-lookibg (thanks to the dura-press like material) and come in thick cloth, that keeps you warm in winter, or thin cloth for summer... Why, then, were they so hated?   Everyone else, who has an opinion on them or maybe knows the reason for them being hated, is also more than welcome to chime in :))   Looking forward to all of your responses, Jules   PS: If this is thread is under the wrong topic, moderators, feel free to move it :))

This is an example of the 1966 NAME Tape on a shirt with full color insignia everywhere else.

The top one is a Private Purchase Type, if American made, done up usually at a Post PX Tailor. The other two are the Issue Type.   The middle one is Woven Nylon, was adopted in like the late Spring of 1968, these were sewn on the fatigue shirts and flied jackets by the manufacturer before being shipped as a Quartermaster requirement, this requirement starting in like 1957 with the original Yellow on Black U.S. ARMY Tapes, this type was worn from 1968 till the time the BDUs were replaced in the 2000s, though from the mid 70s most got the custom embroidered made ones, whether theater made or a the  PX.   The bottom one was also an Issue Type, this Stamped on OD Web cam out in the late summer of 1967 to replace the Yellow on Black Tapes, back a year earlier in late summer of 1966 the Army introduces just the Stamped NAME Tape to replace White one, the full color U.S. ARMY Tape remains with the other color insignia. It is worn throughout the remainder of 66 into 68 till replaced by the  Nylon Type, but while its no longer issued, it still was worn by those that had them still, whether new ones they forgot they had or already sewn on.

I've seen Marine unit patches on 1950s US Army officer dress uniforms. 

Although it's hit or miss with NARA (depending on who gets your email), you might try asking them to help ID the photo:   https://www.archives.gov/research/military/ww2/photos#contact  

First misspelling I have seen on a government label—— “ceretification”.

thank you for the  translation, I read it about the same. This photograph however was not taken on an European shore.  The search continues where it was taken

Agree. Just where and when he had them made or was given them to put on a uniform.