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Interesting. That looks like the Ranger tab on top, which by a short bit of googling looks quite common during the war. I can't find anything that looks like the patch itself but, and someone correct me if I'm wrong, it looks like there were some unofficial unit patches made that had the tab on top and then the unit patches. Do you have a particular company or unit at a smaller level than the 75th?
I might wager now that that tab is actually a LRRP tab...
Second photo looks like the 9th ID patch, which you'll know.
I'm sorry mate, I'm drawing a blank from google. I even tried "Go Devils Rangers" as a search and only found the 9th ID/75th Ranger/LRRP patch (apologies, that won't be the right way to write it). I'm sure someone knowledgeable will be along soon. Sorry I couldn't be more help- I think this is a case where google can only do so much and it needs some good institutional history.
...Units and individuals kind of did whatever they wanted to with their uniforms...The one constant I can see in all of these photos is these men are fresh out of fucks to give.
Thanks for all the help gents. I dearly appreciate it!
One more question, he spoke about some type of Jump School, but it didn't take place in the CONUS. I'm assuming it was sometime during Recondo or the Jungle Training, but I am not sure. I remember gramps mentioning they were not allowed to wear wings or the LRRP/Recondo tabs/badges stateside though.
Anyone have any further on this?
Thanks again.