Looking for military patch

[mstang67chic]

Long story short, I'm doing some research on husband's grandfather M, who was killed in WW2 when his ship was shelled at Iwo Jima. During the course of my research, I found a man who was on the ship at the same time. He's really helped me a lot and given me things about the ship that I didn't even know existed. We have thought about ways to thank him and one involves a patch from the ship. The only problem is that the ship was decommissioned years ago and I don't know where to find patches from a ship that old. Does anyone have any ideas?

 

[tiredmommy]

Which ship?

 

[mstang67chic]

USS Terry....a DD513 class destroyer (Fletcher class I believe)

 

[DammitJanet]

You can write to the Dept of the Navy and explain what you are trying to do and they can advise you how to go about doing it.

 

[tiredmommy]

I couldn't find a patch, but here are a few other listings on ebay. The company apparently makes patches & pins.
http://collectibles.search.ebay.com/USS-...2USSQ20TerryQ22

 

[meowbunny]

I found a USS Terry pin on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/USS-TERRY-daughter-513-AUT...oQQcmdZViewItem

 

[mstang67chic]

Thanks everyone! I'll see what I can find. Remind me sometime and I'll tell the whole story. A couple of things have just amazed me.