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I wonder if anyone can tell me if this man is airborne. If I enlarge the patch on his cap, I doubt that this is an Airborne. It doesn't look like a parachute. I also wonder if he wears jumps boots, but then again, he could be in basic training here....
any thoughts?
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Stevin,
There's a problem with the link mate.
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Is this man airborne?
no.
He's standing on the ground.
Sorry.
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June 5th, 2006, 11:29 AM
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Gordon...same problem again, eh!? I am so done with that problem...  [img]graemlins/tiger.gif[/img]
Von Poop, good call...hadn't noticed that! 
OK, let me rephrase: Is this man part of an airborne unit?
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Stevin,
I'm quite sure legs didn't wear any type of patch on their garrison caps. Some aviation cadets wore cloth garrison cap patches. Odds are he was either in a parachute or glider unit.
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I tend to think so too, but I can't place the insignia. On the other hand, there was only one man with this name in the Airborne, indeed in all of the US army as I can trace. Now, this particular man on the picture was listed by family/friends as Killed in Africa, but I think he was KIA in Holland. They are also from the same state, so I assume this IS the man I am looking for and the family is mistaken regarding were he was KIA.
Thaks for your input, Col.! [img]graemlins/salute.gif[/img]
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I don't thik you can rule out that it wasn't Airborne insignia. It is extremely hard to distinguish any type of insignia from these old black and white photos. For example, take a look at this photo of K company, 325th GIR:
Their garrison caps look just like his. Plus he has on jump boots and his pants are bloused as a paratrooper's would be. Do you happen to have any other information on this fella? |
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