Does anybody know...

[JimWhite]

Update:

The last cryptic (soft of) message I received from the professional researcher seems to indicate he found the insignia in a book called "Order of battle, U.S. Army, World War II by Shelby Stanton that indicated it was the 31st ID crest. At least that's my interpretation of what he wrote...

I have asked him if he could scan that page and PDF it to me...but I have not heard back.

 

[jrv]

Finally found something:



This has the following text on the search:
militaryauction.org
$20.0 US Army 31st Division RECON DI DUI CREST CB 5d Hmk (x0031)

I can't find the image on militaryauction.org, so google may have an old auction.

From what I read, it is not the crest of the 31st ID but the crest of a distinctive unit (DUI=distinctive unit insignia) of perhaps recon within the 31st ID.

JR

 

[von Marwitz]

Well, if we now know that it is 31st Division, maybe contacting that division / its historian or the division / division's historian that keeps up the tradition of the 31st in case it has been disbanded, would be a opening to finally solve the mystery.

von Marwitz

 

[HansK]

Pretty sure that it has to do with the Signal Corps. Orange in combination with white is the traditional color used for this arm. The uniform also showed a Signal badge...

 

[jrv]

You could easily be right. I was going off the snippet of auction information, but that may be wrong.

JR

 

[HansK]

Jim, any update on this…?

 

[R Hooks]

Just read this today, and find it interesting. I was in the signal corps, and know they have/ had a small number of signal recon units designed to locate enemy transmitters, so this could all fit together.