Vintage US Navy Flight Jacket Patch Lot ID'd Skylab III Recovery Ship Commander

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Here is a very cool vintage small lot of flight jacket patches.  All from the estate of a US Navy Pilot officer and eventually ship commander. He was in command of the USS New Orleans as the primary recovery ship for the crews of Skylab III & IV.
His biography:
Captain Ralph E , NEIGER was born in Sacramento, California on 4 January 1928. He has attended Sacramento College and the University of California at Berkeley where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. In 1961 Captain NEIGER was accepted to the United States Naval Post graduate School and received a Masters degree in Management . He completed the College of Naval Warfare course at the Naval War College in June 1971. Captain NEIGER entered the Navy in December 1945 in the V-5 program and following college training was appointed a Midshipman in May 1948 when he entered flight training at Pensacola, Florida, He was designated a Naval Aviator in September 1949, and assigned to Attack Squadron 115. In May 1950 he was commissioned Ensign, USN . Captain NEIGER served with VA-115 on the USS PHILIPPINE SEA from July 1950 to March 1951, in the Korean conflict . He attended LSO school and later served in that capacity aboard the USS ESSEX in the Korean War Zone , Other assignments included duty with the Bureau of Naval Weapons Resident Representative, Special Projects Office, Aero jet General Corporation , Heavy Attack Squadron EIGHT in 1960- 1961, V-6 officer aboard USS RANGER, and as flight instructor with ATU- 301 at Cabaniss Field, Corpus Christi , Texas, Captain NEIGER served as Executive Officer and Commanding Officer of Heavy Attack Squadron EIGHT in 1965-1966, completed a tour as Op e rations Officer and Executive Officer of USS HANCOCK (CVA-19) in September 1970, and Commanding Officer of USS OGDEN (LPD-5) in October 1973
Captain NEIGER's decorations include the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Bronze Star Medal (1 star) , the Air Medal (Numeral 10 and 4 gold stars), Navy Commendation Medal with Combat "V", Navy Unit Commendation (2 stars) , Navy Occupation Service Medal, Vietnam Air Gallantry Medal , China Service Medal, Korean President al Unit Citation, Korean Service Medal (1 silver and 1 bronze star), National Defense Service Medal (1 bronze star) , United Nations Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Vietnam Service Medal (3 bronze stars) , Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (Korea).
The patches:  VAH-6 Heavy Attack Squadron, Rare WWII Navy Torpedo bomb squadron-5 (Cat with torpedo in mouth, 5-7/8" wide), Heavy Attack Squadron Eight, USS Essex Air Task group 2, USS Ranger Minuteman, and the last one I could not find.  Three cubes, with AB & C, with what look to be two crossed aircraft landing tail hooks.