Hello, i bought this US Army M65 Fieldjacket in Germany,   It is dated 1982. there is also a name and a number, the name is "Davis Valerie" (i think its "Valerie", but "Davis" is clearly visible), and the number is "489-88-8456". There is also a circle with the number 11, but i'm not sure it's almost invisible, Maybe it is possible to find out who he was? probably not, especially after so many years, but i'm still curious.      

Can you check for  two different people. Private William I Bolinger. He was in Battery C 114th Field Artillery 55th Field Artillery Brigade 30th Division. But they never served with the 30th while in France. Corporal or Sergeant Oscar M Hansen. He was in Co D 142nd Infantry Regiment 36th Division. They served with the French Fourth Army.   Thank you

Ha ha ha, imagine that. Great eye, Randy. I hadn't even noticed. I had a feeling the patch was made in Asai somewhere, just not where. 

Thank you Randy, I thought they were really unique and was very happy to pick them up.

I think that's an older German AF squadron 741. If you look close you'll see the unit number in the stripes. Made in Taiwan.   Randy

Nice ones Sean, have not seen the A7E ones before.   Randy

All three of these came together as a group. Any idea what the tiger head patch on the right is? Is it just some weird variation of the 13th TFS or something not related but just included? Not sure where it might havebeen made.

This celluloid armband was made by Whitehead and Hoag for use in WWI. Members of the public would by special stamps from the Post Office to help fund the War.   The War Savings Service, a US Treasury Department program, was activated again in WWII.

Looking closer, I found a name! It’s written in barely visible pencil on a card in the small pocket below the maker’s label.  I can’t really make it out for sure but it looks like R. L. Driscol (?) CSK At least I know he was Chief Storekeeper. I think I have a Storekeeper rating patch somewhere.  I’ve tried playing with a photo editor but can’t really make the name clearer. I’ll need to figure out how to make it more visible.  For completeness, here is a photo of the back of the name card. At least I now have a date too.  mikie

Have seen many copies of this patch design over the years, but I picked this one up a couple of years ago and thought it might potentially be a good one. Guessing it might possibly be Japanese made but not positive by any means. The only reference book I have that this shows up in in Pugh's Special Forces and it's just a grainy B&W photo and notes it is machine made. Any insight would bemuch appreciated.