I've read posts on youtube from more than one person who claims that the stars and stripes patch on the right shoulder was worn inverted - so the stars are justified to the right rather than the left, as a real flag would look if it was being taken forward into battle (seen from the right hand side)
Any truth in this or is it a load of cobblers?
Cobblers, I've not got a single photo of the 82nd that shows the flag displayed in that fashion, nor has google after a quick search.
Ask these muppets for proof, anecdote is not data remember.
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Cobblers, I've not got a single photo of the 82nd that shows the flag displayed in that fashion, nor has google after a quick search.
Ask these muppets for proof, anecdote is not data remember.
That's what I thought.
They were taken off pre jump as they are red, white and blue in an almost entirely not red, white and blue environment. Although I left mine on for quite a while before taking it off and got a lovely clean patch on the arm of my jumpsuit which looks quite cool.
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The whole idea just seems daft anyway - Incorrectly displaying a national flag for the sake of symmetry on a uniform sounds like something Gok Wan would do 
Yeah, the US only wear the US "inverted" flag now-a-days, it's so that "the Stars face the heart" 
US infantry wore the Flag brassards during the Torch landings in Algeria, but they were printed onto material which could easily be removed.
Some of the pics from Dragoon the US shore parties are wearing them, but I highly doubt they'd have been worn in combat for extensive periods of time.
As for the flag brassards in ww2, Should go on your upper right arm, they didnt tend to cover the unit patch on their left arm.
As for Airsoft, they're really unnecessary, I have had one for ages and never worn it!
Yeah, the US only wear the US "inverted" flag now-a-days, it's so that "the Stars face the heart"
So Gok Wan IS involved
"Does my heart look big in this?"
Yes, in this case it's: Evidence or STFU.
Yeah, the US only wear the US "inverted" flag now-a-days, it's so that "the Stars face the heart"
So Gok Wan IS involved
"Does my heart look big in this?"
Must have seen him coming 50 years off!
[Edit] bad grammar
