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US PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE BADGE
The May issue of Military Trader carried a valuable article by David L. Burrows about the US Public Health Service, particularly the uniformed Commissioned Corps. A picture at the bottom of page 29 shows the all-silver cap badge and says it is the type worn during WWII.
This is not true, however. Officers of the USPHS have always worn the gilt badge of this pattern, including WWII.
The all-silver badge (every one I have seen has been
