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Offline Granma Anne

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1st Sgt WWII or ??
« on: Monday 01 July 19 17:55 BST (UK) »
The family this image came from lived in Texas. This image has no name or identity. I have been able to make out from his arm insignia that he is a First Sargent. I have been trying to read the patch above his left pocket to see if that is a name but I cannot get it clear enough make out. Can anyone help?
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Re: 1st Sgt WWII or ??
« Reply #1 on: Monday 01 July 19 20:03 BST (UK) »
Moran?

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Re: 1st Sgt WWII or ??
« Reply #2 on: Monday 01 July 19 22:46 BST (UK) »
At first glance it looked like Boris but wondered if it could be Forest? If you could scan just the patch at a resolution of 600dpi we may be able to make out what it says.
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Re: 1st Sgt WWII or ??
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 02 July 19 22:52 BST (UK) »
This is a very small image and I am not sure my scanner will let me do that - will try.

That solved it think - FOREST
Maitland- Belfast, Newtonards, Lisburn, Comber
McIlwain-Bothwell, Dalziel, Holytown, Motherwell, Scotland; Belfast, Saintfield, Ballynahinch, Ireland
Laird- Kilcronaghan Parish, & Belfast, Ireland; Bellshill, Motherwell, Scotland
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Re: 1st Sgt WWII or ??
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 02 July 19 22:54 BST (UK) »
Now is he WWII or later?  He must have been a comrade of a family member for the name Forest is not connected in the tree yet.
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Re: 1st Sgt WWII or ??
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 02 July 19 23:20 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Granma Anne on Tuesday 02 July 19 22:54 BST (UK)
Now is he WWII or later?  He must have been a comrade of a family member for the name Forest is not connected in the tree yet.

Yes I thought that's what it said but wasn't sure. There is a joke in there somewhere, Tree and Forest  ;D
Could it be related to the work he was doing? It looks too modern to be Either of the two world wars but I could be wrong. He appears to be holding a book or pad of some sort.

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Re: 1st Sgt WWII or ??
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 09 July 19 08:50 BST (UK) »
I would say mid fifties at the earliest,that's when the US Army started putting the wearers
surname on Combat/fatigue uniforms,the hat was issued 1941 onwards.
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