The current Coast Guard Service Dress Blue (SDB) is worn by both officers and enlisted personnel. The uniform features a blue four-pocket single breasted jacket worn with trousers which are a slightly darker shade of the same blue. The shirt is a light-blue button-up shirt with a pointed ...
entered World War II, Jack, like most young men of his generation, put on a uniform: that of the U.S. Coast Guard Reserves. By early 1944, the ruggedly handsome 21-year-old coastguardsman was serving aboard the attack transport USS Joseph T. Dickman (APA-13), named for the officer...
General of the Army is the equivalent rank in the United States Army and the insignia for the two positions were originally the same. The insignia for General of the Air Force was slightly modified in the 1950s for wear on the new blue Air Force dress uniform. General of the Air Force,...