Thank you for the replies. Dad was an Automotive Mechanic 014, I am trying to figure out what the second echelon part means. Dad told me he was part of the engineers because he knew about cars and was building hotrods when he went into military service.
I am trying to figure out if the 39 282 202 after his name has any real meaning.
The things I remember was, he went overseas on an English ship and ended up in "Buzz Bomb Alley".
He told me about being on the front lines and building bridges under fire. They had received orders to go to the south pacific two weeks before the war ended.
Most of these short conversations were when we were watching "World at War" and happened more than 40 years ago so I cannot fully remember.
Most of the patches that were in dads stuff have disappeared. I remember a triangular patch with a lighting bolt and a number, a round patch that reminded me of a flower then the blue patch with an eagle sitting on a machine gun that was on his jacket.
Jack