I knew. I followed your link and it took me to the USC which I spoke about. It’s been decades since that topic has even come up for me and I remember seeing it many years ago.
I was right it looks like it was all repealed around the time Bill Clinton ordered millions of flags for Army uniforms and the star fields were in the upper right hand corner. Scrambling for a reason, the army said the flag was to be on the right sleave and looked like it would “Moving forward” from the right side.
Funny how GI’s in WWII had American Flags on their right sleaved and the star field was in the upper left corner. I know, they were retreating while facing foreward?
Funny didn’t the American’s win WWII?
Bush II, actually. From http://www.usflag.org/flagpatch.html:
Army Regulation 670-1, “Wear and Appearance of Army Uniforms and Insignia,” updated most recently September 5, 2003, addresses explicitly the proper and lawful placement of the U.S. flag patch on the Army uniform.
The regulation states that when authorized for application to the proper uniform the American flag patch is to be worn, right or left shoulder, so that “the star field faces forward, or to the flag’s own right. When worn in this manner, the flag is facing to the observer’s right, and gives the effect of the flag flying in the breeze as the wearer moves forward. The appropriate replica for the right shoulder sleeve is identified as the ‘reverse side flag’.”