A studio portrait of an enlisted man in the Army Service Forces which is denoted by his shoulder patch. Specifically, he was part of the Signal Corps which made up one of the seven technical services which were encompassed by the Army Service Forces beginning in 1942. That he was Signal Corps, and that he was an enlisted man, is evidenced by the pair of branch insignia on the upper portion of his jacket’s collar.
His unit was the 15th. Signal Training Regiment and this can be told by examining the distinctive unit insignia (DUI) pinned to the collar below the branch insignia. DUI were often enameled and so this reflected the flash which washed out the nearest DUI to the camera. Enough of the other DUI was visible to identify the unit. The unit motto, given on a scroll underneath the crest, read “FIDELITER SERVIMUS” which means “Faithful Service.” The unit was activated on December 1, 1940 as the 15th. Signal Service Battalion but on December 14, 1942, the unit was redesignated as the 15th. Signal Training Regiment. On May 31, 1945, the unit was disbanded but on September 23, 1986, it was reconstituted as the Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 15th. Signal Brigade and currently serves under TRADOC (United States Army Training and Doctrine Command) at Fort Gordon, Georgia.
The award on his left jacket pocket is a marksman qualification badge and though it is extremely difficult to read what is on the device’s clasp, given the length of the word, he likely earned it in RIFLE.
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