Stars and Stripes on the 101st Uniform?

[steharan]

I’ve been busily beavering away at my 15mm World War 2 101st Airborne based up for FoW and have managed to complete a full platoon. However the one thing I haven’t decide on is the Stars and Stripes on the uniform sleeve. I’ve seen countless images without it and am wondering if anyone has a source they can quote of whether it was standard in the period or not. I’ve painted it on my 327th Glider 57mm crew and Jeep recon!

Here’s a couple of pics

[poulppy]

on my source books, I have read than the star and stripe was worn specially for the D-DAY.

[scrivs]

I did 82nd Airborne for D-Day in 15mm and painted a Starts and Stripes on those. A rather tedious task, but well worth the effort.

[Kane]

As far as I know (which isn't that far, mind you), the stars and stripes were worn by the 82nd, but not by the 101st. But like I said, I can (and probably will) be wrong.

[steharan]

 My source books for  the 101st  don't seem to state either way which is why I wanted some ideas. I've seen Grants 28mm 101st  over on the Warlord  forum  with the stars and steps and while they're lovely I'm not  sure it'll work on 15mm,  the models are quite busy with plenty of detail.

Cheers, I  think I've managed to talk myself out of it.

[Trooper]

Every D Day photo of the 101st I have seen does not show a stars and stripes patch, certainly not on the Paratrooper contingents. Glider Infantry may well have done, but can't confirm that. The 82nd definitely did wear them, but the were probably the only division, Airborne or infantry to do so, certainly the contemporary evidence bears that out. I don't believe that the 101st wore them operationally until Market Garden,

[grant]

I put mine on, and they look good I think. Maybe my 101 are on their way to Eindhoven... The band of brothers show has them wearing the flag in Market Garden.

[steharan]

And awesome they look too!