LSCSN said:
Are there any identifying patches/emblems/insignia/etc on this uniform? I've recent come across some old photos and have a pretty good idea of who this guy is, however I'd like to be more certain. I know where the person is from and where they enlisted. Would one be able to tell from the marks on the uniform? This photo was taken most likely in the WWII era. Thanks in advance...
Well, he is a Technical Corporal (E4) with a Combat Infantryman's Badge. His brass is hard to make out, but does not look like Infantry brass, and with the Technical rank tells me he may have changed MOS's sometime during the war. Also, he has three Overseas Service bars, AKA combat stripes, so he spent at least 18 months in a combat zone. The patch he is wearing is really hard to make out, but sort of looks like the Finance insignia, which again would lend to him changing MOS's at some point. I will have to look up some WWII unit insignia to see if there is another patch that resembles the Finance Corp insignia.
Edit: That patch look an awful lot like the 96th Infantry Division patch, but that patch is worn with the point facing up and down, not left and right.
Edit 2: It is a 96th Infantry Division patch. That unit served in the Pacific Theatre during WWII. One photo I came across called it an Amphibious Division.