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This is a picture I took of an old soldier photo I found in the junk piles at a flea market. I didn't buy this photo, just took a picture of it. The photo was really worth $1.00, and another $1.00 for the picture frame. The guy at the flea market wanted $10.00 for the photo, way too much. I instead just took a picture for free with me camera. This man is a United States Navy sailor of Enlisted Grade. He is wearing a white Cracker-Jack Gilligan style sailor hat. He has a Navy Blue Jumper uniform. The Jumper top has the white trim, there is another type of blue jumper without the white trim. There is a silk ribbon around the collar. He has a couple of patches. One is his Navy Rate rank patch. He is an Information Systems Technician, because of the lightning bolts on his Navy Rate rank patch. The American Eagle is white, with a red rank stripe. He is the rank of Petty Officer 3rd Class. He has a unit patch for Amphibious Forces. Normally you do not wear unit patches n a Jumper uniform. But, some sailors did during WW2. The Amphibious Forces unit patch has the same logo as the British Commandos, an Eagle with Anchor and Tommy Gun. Both the Army and Navy had Amphibious Forces units during WW2. The logo would be a yellow color. The background of the patch was different for the Army and Navy. The Army had a blue background, and the Navy had a red background. So, his patch would be a yellow color logo on a red background. Amphibious Forces troops would be the first on the beach, before the main landing force. Amphibious Forces troops were to work on deactivating land minds and other boobie-traps be for the main landing force would hit the beach. Amphibious Forces troops were the first to get shot at during an amphibious invasion. My Father knew a WW2 vet that was in the Amphibious Forces. The WW2 Vet told my Father that he was still allowed to wear his WW2 era Amphibious Forces unit patch when he was still in the Navy during the 1950s. The Amphibious Forces units ceased to exist after WW2, but the Vet still in the Navy was allowed to wear the unit patch still. But, that sailor got thrown in the stock-aid one time for being "Out of Uniform", until the Shore Patrol called his commanding officer, and found out that he was still allowed to wear the WW2 era unit patch. The WW2 vet my Father knew got into trouble one time for wearing his old unit patch, which was part of his service. That is how odd it was to have a unit patch on a Navy Jumper uniform.

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This is a picture I took of an old soldier photo I found in the junk piles at a flea market. I didn't buy this photo, just took a picture of it. The photo was really worth $1.00, and another $1.00 for the picture frame. The guy at the flea market wanted $10.00 for the photo, way too much. I instead just took a picture for free with me camera. This man is a United States Navy sailor of Enlisted Grade. He is wearing a white Cracker-Jack Gilligan style sailor hat. He has a Navy Blue Jumper uniform. The Jumper top has the white trim, there is another type of blue jumper without the white trim. There is a silk ribbon around the collar. He has a couple of patches. One is his Navy Rate rank patch. He is an Information Systems Technician, because of the lightning bolts on his Navy Rate rank patch. The American Eagle is white, with a red rank stripe. He is the rank of Petty Officer 3rd Class. He has a unit patch for Amphibious Forces. Normally you do not wear unit patches n a Jumper uniform. But, some sailors did during WW2. The Amphibious Forces unit patch has the same logo as the British Commandos, an Eagle with Anchor and Tommy Gun. Both the Army and Navy had Amphibious Forces units during WW2. The logo would be a yellow color. The background of the patch was different for the Army and Navy. The Army had a blue background, and the Navy had a red background. So, his patch would be a yellow color logo on a red background. Amphibious Forces troops would be the first on the beach, before the main landing force. Amphibious Forces troops were to work on deactivating land minds and other boobie-traps be for the main landing force would hit the beach. Amphibious Forces troops were the first to get shot at during an amphibious invasion. My Father knew a WW2 vet that was in the Amphibious Forces. The WW2 Vet told my Father that he was still allowed to wear his WW2 era Amphibious Forces unit patch when he was still in the Navy during the 1950s. The Amphibious Forces units ceased to exist after WW2, but the Vet still in the Navy was allowed to wear the unit patch still. But, that sailor got thrown in the stock-aid one time for being "Out of Uniform", until the Shore Patrol called his commanding officer, and found out that he was still allowed to wear the WW2 era unit patch. The WW2 vet my Father knew got into trouble one time for wearing his old unit patch, which was part of his service. That is how odd it was to have a unit patch on a Navy Jumper uniform.