[PDF] American Military Patch Guide eBook

Author : J. L. Pete Morgan
Publisher : Medals of America Press
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 24,83 MB
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN :

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The purpose of this book is to provide a military reference source concentrating primarily on U.S. Army designs where most shoulder sleeve insignia originated. However, we have incorporated some of the most popular U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps designs that will be encountered. Keep in mind that in 1947 with the advent of the realignment of the armed services, several major changes occurred. The U.S. Air Force was created and separated from Army control to become an independent entity and the U.S. Marine Corps ceased wearing patches on uniforms. Also includes a section of "Unofficially Authorized" patches prevalent in the U.S. Marine Corps.

Author : J. L. Pete Morgan
Publisher : Moa Press
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 24,89 MB
Release : 2015
Category : United States
ISBN : 9781884452376

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The world's most complete illustrated color guide and reference on United States Military Patches (Shoulder Sleeve Insignia). Covers World war I, World war II, Vietnam, Kuwait, Bosnia, Afghanistan, Iraq to present. Over 4,400 Military Patches in color for the Army, Marines, Army Air Force, Navy and Special Forces. Grouped by service from Armies to Regiments, from Airborne to Armor, from Infantry to Artillery all of the services are covered. With way over 4,000 different full color military patches the guide provides the most complete and detailed reference of United States Military unit identification patches in the world. All three smaller earlier editions of this guide have sold out and have become valuable collectors items and treasured references for veterans, collectors and historians.

Author : Christopher P. Brown
Publisher : Turner
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,38 MB
Release : 2003-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781563118302

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Great patch book focused only on World War II. Depicts hundreds of SSIs (patches), tabs and scrolls, as well as chevrons, including SSI reproductions for comparative purposes. Learning how to defeat the reproduction cheats alone is well worth reading.

Author : Barry Jason Stein
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
Page : 646 pages
File Size : 36,95 MB
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : 9780872499638

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A comprehensive guide to the authorized unit insignia from the American Revolution through the Persian Gulf War.

Author : William K. Emerson
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 708 pages
File Size : 44,50 MB
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806126227

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army branches - infantry, artillery, cavalry, and engineers - as well as the service and support branches comprising doctors and nurses, chaplains, musicians, quartermasters, military police, and the many others who have made up the U.S. Army. Insignia worn by all soldiers, such as eagles, devices with the letters US, and other letters and numbers, are also described and illustrated. Historians, military collectors, military reenactors, antique dealers and collectors,

Author : Pierre Besnard
Publisher : Militaria Guides
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,94 MB
Release : 2013-07-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9782352503002

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Towards the end of the Great War, the United States Army started to distinguish its units with cloth shoulder insignia. From 1941, due to the terrific expansion of its numbers, these multicolored shoulder patches became more numerous and contributed to the spirit of the new units. This guide illustrates in full color the insignia worn by Army units, in Europe, Asia, and the Pacific, together with a brief history and the main variations.

Author : Trevor Paglen
Publisher : Melville House
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 30,14 MB
Release : 2010-10-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 193555414X

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Updated with New Information and Additional Patches They’re on the shoulders of all military personnel: patches showing what a soldier’s unit does. But what if that’s top secret? “A glimpse of [the Pentagon’s] dark world through a revealing lens—patches—the kind worn on military uniforms. . . The book offers not only clues into the nature of the secret programs, but also a glimpse of zealous male bonding among the presumed elite of the military-industrial complex. The patches often feel like fraternity pranks gone ballistic.” —William Broad, The New York Times I COULD TELL YOU. . . is a bestselling collection of more than seventy military patches representing secret government projects. Here author/photographer/investigator Trevor Paglen explores classified weapons projects and intelligence operations by scrutinizing their own imagery and jargon, disclosing new facts about important military units, which are here known by peculiar names (“Goat Suckers,” “Grim Reapers,” “Tastes Like Chicken”) and illustrated with occult symbols and ridiculous cartoons. The precisely photographed patches—worn by military personnel working on classified missions, such as those at the legendary Area 51—reveal much about a strange and eerie world about which little was previously known. “A fresh approach to secret government.” —Steven Aftergood, The Federation of American Scientists “An impressive collection.” —Justin Rood, ABC News “A fascinating set of shoulder patches.” —Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report “I was fascinated... [Paglen] has assembled about 40 colorful patch insignia from secret, military ‘black’ programs that are hardly ever discussed in public. He has plenty of regalia from the real denizens of Area 51.” —Alex Beam, The Boston Globe

Author : Thomas Gills
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,79 MB
Release : 2017
Category :
ISBN : 9780811736152

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Updated edition of the essential guide for enlisted soldiers in the U.S. ArmyThis military reference guide, completely revised for the current army, is targeted at young men and women who have enlisted in the U.S. Army or are thinking about doing so. The book is a must-have resource for a successful career or tour as an American soldier and covers duties and responsibilities, promotion and career opportunities, real-world issues, customs and traditions, uniforms and insignia, pay and benefits, physical fitness, and personal and family matters.

Author : Hans De Bree
Publisher : Schiffer Publishing
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 20,85 MB
Release : 2013-04-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780764343551

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This highly detailed reference book is for both novice and experienced collectors, and is focused on the World War II U.S.-made, fully machine-embroidered, cut edge shoulder sleeve insignia (SSI). It provides guidelines that can be considered when determining whether a SSI is original World War II era manufactured or not. Also, the differences in SSI manufacturing are explained in such way as to create a timeline in a patch collection. Knowing these details will add to the personal value of a collection and make it much more than simply just having a group of patches. In addition, the book will help collectors avoid spending money on something that is not what it seems: copies; reproductions of World War I, Interwar, or World War II SSIs; and post-World War II SSIs. This information will add to the experience one builds as a collector and historian.