# Any idea what unit this military patch represents? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 25, 2016, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-what-unit-this-military-patch-represents/750168 "2016-03-25T21:58:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-what-unit-this-military-patch-represents/750168/1 "2016-03-25T21:58:28Z")
Estate sale today. I scored a bag of military unit patches for a few bucks. I can’t identify [this one](https://www.flickr.com/cameraroll). Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-what-unit-this-military-patch-represents/750168/2 "2016-03-25T22:01:39Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Estate sale today. I scored a bag of military unit patches for a few bucks. I can’t identify [this one](https://www.flickr.com/cameraroll). Any ideas? The 303th Yahoo Studies Unit? Your link is asking me to login to Yahoo, which is just,slightly less offensive than demanding I join OKCupid. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-what-unit-this-military-patch-represents/750168/3 "2016-03-25T22:05:41Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > The 303th Yahoo Studies Unit? Your link is asking me to login to Yahoo, which is just,slightly less offensive than demanding I join OKCupid. > > Stranger Is there a web hosting site that doesn’t require a login? I really hate Flickr. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-what-unit-this-military-patch-represents/750168/4 "2016-03-25T22:09:00Z")
Let me change the link to a [better one](https://www.flickr.com/photos/43200610@N07/25431430933/in/dateposted-public/) (but still Flickr). ---
**Author:** ![core](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@core](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/core)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-what-unit-this-military-patch-represents/750168/5 "2016-03-25T22:13:45Z")
34th Bomb Squadron. (WW II emblem) No need to send me a tip. I’ll take some of Stranger’s unwanted okcupid girls as thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-what-unit-this-military-patch-represents/750168/6 "2016-03-25T22:18:40Z")
> [@core](#): > > 34th Bomb Squadron. (WW II emblem) > > No need to send me a tip. I’ll take some of Stranger’s unwanted okcupid girls as thanks. Wow, thanks! I was holding it upside down and wondering WTF? Turned the other way, it’s clearly a stylized eagle or thunderbird. Can’t help you with the girls, though. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-what-unit-this-military-patch-represents/750168/7 "2016-03-25T22:41:13Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Turned the other way, it’s clearly a stylized eagle or thunderbird. [Thunderbird](http://www.zianet.com/tedmorris/dg/xBeckieB1Patch.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-what-unit-this-military-patch-represents/750168/8 "2016-03-26T00:50:55Z")
Great estate sale, for sure. I picked up an old Stanley Bailey Sweetheart #6 bench plane for $35. Perfectly flat sole plate, and all original parts intact. Also a very nice collection of arrowheads/spearheads, likely from the Columbia River tribes. I may go back and look some more at the military insignia, uniforms, hats, etc. He had quite a bit of WWII paraphernalia. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-what-unit-this-military-patch-represents/750168/9 "2016-03-26T02:02:02Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Is there a web hosting site that doesn’t require a login? I really hate Flickr. Imgur doesn’t require a login to see the image. [![Imgur](https://s.imgur.com/images/logo-1200-630.png "Imgur") ](https://imgur.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-what-unit-this-military-patch-represents/750168/10 "2016-03-26T03:44:36Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > Imgur doesn’t require a login to see the image. > > [http://imgur.com/](http://imgur.com/) I’ll give it a shot. Flickr has become unwieldy and unfriendly to use. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-what-unit-this-military-patch-represents/750168/11 "2016-03-26T04:04:41Z")
> [@core](#): > > 34th Bomb Squadron. (WW II emblem) > > No need to send me a tip. I’ll take some of Stranger’s unwanted okcupid girls as thanks. With the size and all, would you think its more modern-made for veterans and the like more than WW II issue? All of my Dad’s AVG/14th Air Force patches seem a fair bit smaller. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-what-unit-this-military-patch-represents/750168/12 "2016-03-26T05:29:09Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Is there a web hosting site that doesn’t require a login? I really hate Flickr. Use the Public folder in Dropbox. It’s good for anything. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-what-unit-this-military-patch-represents/750168/13 "2016-03-26T14:03:22Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > With the size and all, would you think its more modern-made for veterans and the like more than WW II issue? All of my Dad’s AVG/14th Air Force patches seem a fair bit smaller. Could be. I’m not even remotely a collector or expert, just someone trying to resell them.