Citation: Food preparation and inside barracks views - Tallahassee, Florida. 1943 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 28 Mar. 2023.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/12009>
The shoulder sleeve insignia worn by all personnel of the Army Air Forces (AAF) wherever stationed was approved on 23 February 1942. On 25 June 1943, personnel in all air forces, including those in the United States, were authorized distinctive insignia, and only Headquarters AAF and a few other independent commands continued to wear the winged star. It is sometimes known as the Hap Arnold emblem, named for General Henry H. Arnold who commanded the AAF in World War II.
Citation: Army Air Forces World War II shoulder sleeve insignia. Air Force Historical Support Division. (n.d.). Retrieved April 5, 2023, from https://www.afhistory.af.mil/FAQs/Fact-Sheets/Article/459018/army-air-forces-world-war-ii-shoulder-sleeve-insignia/
The 1757th Ordnance Co. (Supply & Maint, Avn) - 25 ASG (Air Service Group) was originally assigned as the 1757th Quartermaster Co MM (Avn), and later redesignated as the 1757th Ordnance S&M Co (Avn) in August 1942. This is the Ordnance company that John Dolin was part of.
Details about the 1757th come from the website "25TH AIR SERVICE GROUP: Hq and Base Services Squadron 35th Air Engineering Sq 578th Air Material Sq", on the page History of the 25th. The following information is described in History of the 25th Air Service Group (58th Wing) Twentieth Air Force Aug 1940 to Sept 1945: "In August, 1942 the 25th Service Group was given a new Table of Organization, and moved to Greenville, South Carolina to establish a Service Group Training Center. Six new units were assigned to the Group. They were the 815th Ordnance Co. AB (Avn.) 67th Signal Co. Service Group, 194th Quartermaster Co. Service Group, 1756th Quartermaster Co. MM (Avn.), 1757th Quartermaster Co. MM (Avn.), and the 846th Quartermaster Co. Truck (Avn.)."
Citations:
25th Air Service Group: Hq and Base Services Squadron 35th Air Engineering Sq 578th Air Material Sq. History of the 25th. 2012. https://www.25thasg.org/historyofthe25th.htm
Ordnance Corps Units. CBI Unit Lineages and History. (2023, February 10). Retrieved April 5, 2023, from https://www.cbi-history.com/part_iv_ord.html
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Delano, J., photographer. (1943) Greenville, South Carolina. Air Service Command. Men of the ordnance, supply and maintenance company of the 25th service group taking 2000 pound bombs out of the revetment area. South Carolina United States Greenville Greenville County, 1943. July. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2017860221/.
Citation: Delano, J., photographer. (1943) Greenville, South Carolina. Air Service Command. The 1757th ordnance, supply and maintenance company of the 25th service group. South Carolina United States Greenville Greenville County, 1943. July. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2017860294/.