Pacific theater Ike

**RustyRelics** · 02-12-2022, 04:43 AM

This is a nice , smallish sized Ike that saw service in the 8th army, Pacific Theater during WWII. The jacket is dated December 194, and has a strange AA patch and medical collar insignia.

I do have two questions. What is the AA patch? What kind of soldier would wear a medical collar insignia?

Thanks!

**bichon** · 02-12-2022, 05:10 AM

Hello

14th Anti Aircraft Command

cordially
Didier

**reneblacky** · 02-12-2022, 05:35 AM

Great maker name

**RustyRelics** · 02-12-2022, 06:18 AM

by reneblacky

Great maker name

I did notice that this one had a different one than my others.

**Rakkasan187** · 02-13-2022, 03:35 AM

Rusty,

Not uncommon for medical personnel to be assigned to Anti-Aircraft Artillery units or any units for that matter. Medics would be the most obvious personnel assigned to the unit that would wear the caduceus for the medical field.

Very interesting selection of insignia, The best part of this is the AA command patch and the cross stitching the Soldier used. Not the typical x pattern stitches, all of these cross stitches are sewn into A's around the patch. This is very unique and it took some time to complete.

Very nice

Smitty