Hard to believe I started this thread way back in 2008.   It brought forth lively conversations about the Hawaiian Division Shoulder Insignia and others that shared its central Taro leaf design.    AU 9824-G3 aka: HAWAIIAN CADRE,  a very short lived organization, interestingly had  variations made of its unauthorized but worn Shoulder Insignia.  It was either worn by the original 310 members of the Cadre (March-July 1943) or by troops of the 24th Infantry Division (post WWII).  How this came about is open for debate but here I wanted to share a unique  21st Infantry Regiment Ike jacket that I recently acquired.  There is no questions where the influence came from for the Shoulder Insignia but it does get interesting that it incorporates JAPAN instead of HAWAIIAN! Because it sports the small combat unit chevrons on the sleeves it narrows the timeline considerably.  These unpopular small chevrons were issued between the years of 1948-1951, and that gives us three years to ponder. Now after Japanese surrender in September of 1945, the 21st Infantry Regiment was assigned to Camp Wood, Kyushu, Japan, where it  remained until the Korean War broke out. The window narrows even more since the 21st Infantry Regiment was in Korea between July 1950, and didn't return back to Japan until January of 1952.  The other key to this puzzle is that small combat unit chevrons was rescinded in 195, that returns us back to pre June 1950. I'm about 100% certain that this JAPAN/CADRE hybrid patch was made in a Kumamoto Tailorshop at the outskirts Camp Wood, sometime in 1949.  We can only speculate as to why and how the Cadre shield design came into play in the early years of the 21st Infantry Regiments Occupation duty in Kyushu, Japan.          

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I haven't seen an M1921 pouch posted on this thread yet.  Made at Jeffersonville Quartermaster Depot in Indiana.  I looked for many years to find one and finally snagged this one at the Tulsa show last November.

I have one of these as well. My opinion it is an unidentified maker thus far. Nice wing!   John

There was a kid's army uniform from 1960 on etzy a while ago complete with little fidel hat. Had no idea anybody collected them.

I just added this kids visor cap to the collection. Very cool little cap. I will ad some type of device to the front. Either army or marine.

Images of the uniform and it's insignia will be helpful in determining value estimates. Condition is important, as well, as is if it is identified to an individual soldier.

The Germans mass produced weapons under contract including for the US.

There are very few bayonets with a long slot like this with such a massive diameter ring.