Eighth Army Officers Coat
I was hoping maybe someone would be able to help me identify this coat. A couple months ago I picked up this patched Eighth Army officers coat with prior service in the Sixth Army. Unfortunately it was stripped of its officers rank insignia, branch insignia and there were clearly two ribbon bars in the past. It looks like probably a 2 place ribbon bar on the top and a 3 place on the bottom.
Oddly, in one of the pockets I found a Tank Destroyer SSI and a 3 place ribbon bar with a broken post.
The coat is dated 1942 and marked on the inside with A-7477 and the initials "D.J.A." or possibly "B.J.A." The laundry mark is probably related to his Officer Number but I searched the enlisted database for it and couldn’t find anything that matches up.
I’d really like to find out more about this gentleman’s service! Any help would be greatly appreciated.
