Hey guys,
So about a year ago, my parents bought me a jacket that supposedly was worn by a soldier who survived the war. My parents didn't buy it from an antiques shop, or a historian, but they said the man they bought it from was a World War II buff, and was not the kind of guy who would try and con anyone. He said that this jacket was an authentic jacket worn by a soldier either during or after the war, that fact was a little hazy.
My concerns are that I haven't gotten a definitive answer on what two of the patches on it mean. Also I am 16 and it fits me perfectly, I'm about the height of the average adult male, but I don't know if I am the right dimensions width wise. Also it peaked my curiosity that there was no flag patch on it.
If anyone needs me to take anymore pictures, just tell me.
Thanks guys!
Well, everything about it seems authentic. It's an 'Ike' jacket, which explains the low cut. The stripes on its arm are overseas service bars, one for every 6 months overseas. The patch on the chest is a honorable discharge patch. The rank beneath the shoulder patch is that of a sergeant but the shoulder patch itself is not that of the army. It's an air force patch, that of the Far East Air Force.