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patch

Catalog Number
2014.5.6
Description
Round patch containing the Army Air Force insignia.  Patch consists of a yellow circle, a blue cirlce within the yellow, a white "3" and a white star.
History
Items from 2014.5 belonged to the donor, Donald J. Van Ark (1920-2017).
Don, with wife Lileeth Brouwer Van Ark (1920-2006), lived in Holland at 1056 South Shore Drive for more than 50 years.
Don, born 4-27-1920, worked as a teacher and principal at Lakeview School in Holland, MI.

Don served in the US Army during WWII for 4 years. He was a member of the Signal Corp, attached to the Air Force (the Air Force was a part of the Army until 1947). This was his desk nameplate from his time in the US Army.
Gift of
Van Ark, Donald J.