Which way does the 42nd ID patch face on the ACUs?
491958
The combat patch goes on the right shoulder and it should go opposite the way it fits on the left shoulder.  Take a look at how the Division CSM is wearing his patch.  Just reverse to go on the other side.\n\nWhen in doubt, call Marlowe White at 1-800-255-6136.  While they are a commercial company, they have been making uniforms since Washington crossed the Delaware (okay since 1879) and they will give you the straight skinny.  They are good folks.  \n\nMy last source shows the awarding of the combat patch to the Rainbow Division.  Congratulations.
426163
It's 42.  Check the link.
350577
It Looks like it is N400, but it  could depend on your background. I've pasted the link to all the different forms on the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services website.
494069
The new Army Combat Uniform was introduced on June 14, 2004...the Army's birthday.\n\n   They started handing them out in April 2005. All soldiers are to have them by December 2007.\n\n  You can mix some parts of the uniform right now. For instance, if you are still wearing the BDU and you need new boots, you can buy and wear the new ACU friendly tan boots. \n\n   This is similar to how the army changed over from the olive drab uniform over to the BDU. Some soldiers had the new stuff, some didn't.
1016512
If you want an answer to your question.... ask an old soldier. The  left shoulder patch in your father's photo is the ID patch of the Third Support Brigade which, by the way, is not a Vietnam unit but a Vietnam era unit that was stationed within the continental United States. It was activated during August, 1966, and deactivated in 1991. The patch has a red background bordered by yellow with three yellow spearheads in the foreground. The spearheads are pointing upward and are joined at the shoulder symbolizing the spirit of cooperation and industry exerted in support of services to the Army's combat elements. Your fathers rank, below the unit ID patch, shows at that time he was a Specialist Fourth Class ( E-4 ). Kind of like a specialized corporal but had no NCO privileges. The ribbon he is wearing over his left pocket is the ribbon of the National Defense Medal. The badge below that is an Expert Rifleman's Badge for rifle marksmanship. When this photo was taken your father had not been sent to Vietnam yet since no campaign or other personal awards (i.e. ribbons) are present in the photo. I hope this answers your question. If you could describe your fathers Vietnam unit patch, located on the right shoulder of the uniform, I would be more than happy to assist in explaining where your father was at in Vietnam and with what unit he was with. By the way, nice tattoo and your mom and dad did a good job. You're very pretty and lucky to have a dad who served. Tell him I said, "Welcome Home".
126900
The guy above me is correct, and I just want to say that I loved wearing the 2 ID patch while I was in Korea a year ago. "SECOND TO NONE"!!!
669479
No, Just like on BDUs, Greens, and Blues you only ware one award from that category (CIB, EIB, EFMB, CFMB, CAB) at a time.\n\nYou can ware one EIB or CAB (Your Choice) pin on subdued on your ACU.
1024751
I think you mean DD2813\nHere it is.\n\nhttp://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/infomgt/forms/eforms/dd2813.pdf
664040
http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/fact/thr_report.cfm?Thread_ID=132&topcategory=Arm
857238
IT appears backwards becuase when you are running forward with the flag, this is the way it appears. It is placed on the uniform this way as to remind the soldier to always move forward.
138919
Formally the flap needs to be on the left side.
375162
It sounds exactly like the emblems on the old German Bases I saw while stationed in Germany.  The base I was on was in Bad Tloz, Germany.  It was once used for training the NAZI SS soldiers.  Today the swatztikas have been removed but they were still there in the early 90s.  Every building had an "eagle with a swatztika on the body" looking over the main entrance.  It sounds just like them.  The pin you describe sounds like a dead on match.
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http://www.usatrace.com/cgi-bin/Main.pl?AID=033168&BID=3181
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THE PIN STRIPE UNIFORM AND THE SHAPE OF THE   N. Y. ON THE HAT AND UNIFORM.
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THIS LINK WILL BE HELPFUL\nhttp://www.89infdivww2.org/
784249
Sides on a fifty pence piece
547464
It used to on the old BDUs (battle dress uniform), but it longer does on the ACU (army combat uniform) for the simple fact that nothing should go above the US Flag.  Not very many people wore combat patches like they do today, and the Flag is a recent addition, so seeing as more and more Soldiers were doing tours in Iraq it was addressed on the new Army Combat Uniform.  We now wear the Flag above our combat patch.\n\nAlso, if you notice, the Flag is inverted.  This is to indicate that the colors are facing forward and that the US is moving forward and that the Soldiers and colors face the enemy, rather than away from the enemy.