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Army Technician Corporal Rank Patch U.S.Army on KhakiEntry/Object ID
2013.C.1.12.13Description
Collection of Chauncey Howard Franks involvement in WWII.
12.13 Army Technician Corporal Rank Patch U.S.Army on Khaki
Two patches that have two inverted V's with at T below on khaki fabric.
The rank of Technician 5th Grade was added by War Department on January 8, 1942, per Army Regulation 600-35. An update issued on September 4, 1942, added a letter "T" to the rank insignia.
Those who held the rank were often addressed as corporal, though were often called a "tech corporal". Technicians possessed specialized skills that were rewarded with a higher pay grade, but had no command authority. The pay grade number corresponded with the technician's rank. Tec 5 was under the pay grade 5, along with corporal. Technicians were easily distinguished by the "T" imprinted on the standard chevron design for that pay grade.
The technician ranks were removed from the U.S. Army rank system in 1948, though the concept was brought back with the specialist ranks in 1955. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technician_fifth_gradeCollection
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Franks, Chauncey Howard