Ditto Dirk,   Sad news

Very sorry to hear that….bought from him over the years….a good dealer…..he always seemed to find great items….

Hi to you all :))   I found this jacket online and the seller seems to be willing to part with it for 340 USD (it is best offer only). Howevef, I wanted to check if it is really genuine... Especially the Special Forces SSI and the probability of a 101st combat SSI without a second award CIB. What are your thoughts? And is it worth the 340 (I live in Germany)?   Cheers, Jules

The 358th IR (90th ID) was at Camp Barkeley, TX off and on from its organization there during Mar 42 until Sep 43, according to Stanton. The regiment departed for England during Mar 44.   If you can share his servce number and confirm his name, maybe we can help answer your question (with more than just conjecture).   Dan

You should keep that - it is so cool!  And as far as your daughter's college costs go, what would it pay for?  2  text books, perhaps? Hopefully it's not still displayed in your yard.  A bunch of black SUV's with flashing lights might show up.    

I too was in the 41st Infantry in the 2AD (but MANY years after your dad's time). Speaking of the Little Big Horn, I am traveling out to Montana in a few weeks for the big 150th anniversary.   I plan on posting some photos.

Top middle is the 81st Engineer Bn, Aresta.  The insignia in the top right is the 216th Engineer Bn, again from Aresta of Hawaii, taken from a design from the James Sawiki files.  The top left may be an El Salvadorian engineer unit manufactured by NS Meyer in the 1990s.

My dad died when I was seven, so I could never ask him about WWII. He kept a trunk, the old fashioned kind, with brass latches and lock, on the top of a high set of shelves in the garage. I remember him bringing it down once, and going through the contents with me and my brother. He came to a black knife in a sheath and said, I took that off a dead German soldier.” But he never explained that, nor spoke of his experience. Among his things are an “Identification Card”, stating: ”Headquarters Ninetieth Division  Camp Berkeley, Texas” with the red intersecting T-O insignia centered over it; below that is typed his name, rank and serial number. Below that it states: ”A-T Co., 358th Infantry”.   The mystery is that his military portrait shows with wings, that he was in the Army Air Corps, and his separation payers show he was trained as an Ariel Gunner.  I would appreciate it if anyone here could help me reconcile these two descriptions of my dad’s service.

232rd Engineer Bn, Aresta

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