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About Alan F. Cagle
Expertise
I have a good general knowledge of US military operations in both WWII and the Korean War. I have specialized in US Army infantry operations in both conflicts, with emphasis in Europe, and Korean theatres.

Experience
I was an active-duty, US Army infantry officer in 1970-71 in the U.S. and was discharged in the grade of 1Lt.

Education/Credentials
BA Economics (U of Alabama) MA Sociology (Louisiana State U)

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Military History - WWI SSI and Oversea service stripe

Expert: Alan F. Cagle - 2/7/2009

Question
LTC,
Sir My Grandfather is a WWI vet and I know that he was assigned to the 520th Motor Truck Company. I contacted the Quartermaster Researcher and he stated that he would have been assigned to 1st Army. I was wondering what would the "A" color be and do you have a picture. Now I know that a discharge stripe was Red and worn on the right sleeve and rank was a round disk with a wheel with a Mercury Helmet. My Grandfather spent from September 1918 to May 1919. What color would the oversea stripes be?

Answer
Luke...

I am enclosing a more complete reply to your question. John Vargas is the uniform/patch/insignia guy on the board. He agreed with me on the 3rd Army. Forgive John, he can be a little terse at times, but he knows his stuff. If we can help again, please contact me.

Good Hunting
Alan Cagle

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Here is the Color of the Stripes, gold for every six months, and blue for less than six months on overseas service strips!

http://usarmyinsigniahomepage.110mb.com/em_ww1ss.gif
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First Army, and First Army Patch. The Color of the "A" for the 1st Army is Black, with a green/brown background...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_United_States_Army

http://usarmyinsigniahomepage.110mb.com/ar_c_wwi.html

http://freepages.military.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~worldwarone/WWI/insignia/images...

http://militaryspecialtiesinc.com/images/US/ww2uspatches&Cloth/1stArmy3var_small...

http://freepages.military.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~worldwarone/WWI/insignia/should...
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Third Army.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_United_States_Army

WWI Third Army Patch. The "A" is White for the Third Army.

http://www.diggerhistory.info/images/uniforms4/ao-patch.jpg
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WWI Transportation Collar Disk..

http://members2.delaware.net/~cvnuis/012409transpcd.jpg

http://www.csabutternut.com/images/csabutternut%202887.jpg

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