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Check out this blanket of Army patches that my grandfather collected as a kid.
Posted on 3/18/18 at 2:43 pm
Posted on 3/18/18 at 2:43 pm
My grandfather was an Army brat, through his childhood he moved all over the place, like Germany and Japan, Maryland and Louisiana. His father retired as a full bird colonel, he got to listen to the invasion of Normandy on a radio at Ft. Benning, Georgia.
He would always try and get as many unit patches from the men if he didn’t have one, this isn’t all of them that he has but it’s most.
Thought y’all would think it is cool.
Eta: I did a social studies fair project on it in like 4th or 5th grade, I didn't win. Damn communist judges.
This post was edited on 3/18/18 at 2:48 pm
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Posted on 3/18/18 at 2:45 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
first upvote
that is very cool (and interesting)
that is very cool (and interesting)
Posted on 3/18/18 at 2:45 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
Are you using it to block a draft from your fireplace?
Posted on 3/18/18 at 2:45 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
That’s awesome
Posted on 3/18/18 at 2:46 pm to High C
Haha I’m not, he hung it up to get all the wrinkles out of it cause he’s bringing it to a Civil War roundtable.
Posted on 3/18/18 at 2:48 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
Posted on 3/18/18 at 2:48 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
Would majorly suck if you started the fireplace and that thing burned. Please move it to another place
Posted on 3/18/18 at 2:49 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
Eman, that is cool as hell...thanks for showing it to us!
Posted on 3/18/18 at 2:49 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
VERY cool.
Posted on 3/18/18 at 2:49 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
Just ribbing you. That is cool. I'm sure that he knows what they all are.
Posted on 3/18/18 at 2:54 pm to High C
He used to know all of em, old age has caused him to forget some of em.
His dad was the head of logistics for I think 1st Cav. during Korea and he’s got a huge map of Korea that his dad gave to him with a bunch of markings on it indicating burial sites.
His dad was the head of logistics for I think 1st Cav. during Korea and he’s got a huge map of Korea that his dad gave to him with a bunch of markings on it indicating burial sites.
Posted on 3/18/18 at 2:55 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
Maybe there’s a story about your grandmother related to those patches that you’re not sharing with the group...?
Posted on 3/18/18 at 2:58 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
Very cool. Treasure it
Posted on 3/18/18 at 3:00 pm to soccerfüt
quote:
Maybe there’s a story about your grandmother related to those patches that you’re not sharing with the group...?
Well my grandfather wasn’t in the military, he had bad asthma so they wouldn’t let him in. So there were no Jody’s in his life.
Posted on 3/18/18 at 3:03 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
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Jody’s
Very cool though, OP
Posted on 3/18/18 at 3:24 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
Very cool. As a collector of WWII patches I can identify all but the light blue one with what I think is a parachute in the middle of the blanket.
Could you take a close up picture of that patch and I will try and identify it for you?
Could you take a close up picture of that patch and I will try and identify it for you?
Posted on 3/18/18 at 3:31 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
11th fricking Airborne
Hell From Heaven
Godspeed Pops!
Hell From Heaven
Godspeed Pops!
Posted on 3/18/18 at 3:31 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
Thats pretty cool.. And that's a fireplace behind it right? The fireplace in my house is set on a brick area almost just like that.
Posted on 3/18/18 at 3:39 pm to NavyLSUAlum
503rd Airborne
Posted on 3/18/18 at 3:43 pm to OweO
there are a couple of pretty rare ones on that blanket...
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