36th Ike Jacket

[Walt's Daughter]

The Office of History is always so quick with reply...

 

"Marion--

 

Here is Eric's response:

 

Mike,

 

I don't know the answer to this one. I too have had difficulty determining

just what the independent regiments and battalions wore and when. My hunch

is (with some evidence but not conclusive) is that they were more likely to

wear Corps or Army patches, since they were under the control of these higher

units, rather than divisional ones, since they were not, technically, part of

the division even when attached to them.

 

As for where one can find the answer, I can only suggest the usual suspects -

the Engineer Museum and the Engineer School historian. One long shot may be

the Institute of Heraldry. Though they deal mostly with present day insignia

and regulations, on their website they have a function to ask them a research

question, so it is worth a chance.

 

I just thought of another possibility - the American Society of Military

Insignia Collectors. I suggest trying their website at www.asmic.org. Good

luck to your researcher, & sorry I can't help more.

 

-Eric

 

 

The e-mail address for the historian (Dr. Larry D. Roberts) at the Fort

Leonard Wood Engineer School is: larry.roberts1@us.army.mil; the Institute of

Heraldry web site is: http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/

 

Good luck!

 

Mike"