The Unit, activated in , adopted this insignia in honor of the Native American warrior Blackhawk. Reactivated in , the Unit entered the war in March It landed in France and quickly advanced into western Germany. The 86th liberated Attendorn, a civilian forced-labor camp in the Olpe District, on April 11, The 86th Infantry processed German prisoners of war for the Army of Occupation until it was redeployed to the Pacific Theater of Operations in June It was inactivated in the Philippines on December 30, Shoulder sleeve insignia of the 65th Infantry Division, United States Army, nicknamed the Battle Axe, because of their blue badge with a white halberd, a medieval battle axe.
The symbol was chosen by the unit's commanding general, Major General Reinhart, to signify the shock action and speed of the infantry. The Division entered the war in January in France and quickly crossed into Germany. While advancing through Bavaria in early April, they captured the towns of Langensalza and Struth, conquering strong German resistance. The 65th Infantry was part of the Army of Occupation until it was deactivated in Germany in August Shoulder sleeve insignia of the 80th Infantry Division, United States Army, called the Blue Ridge Division, with a light green badge with three blue mountains.
When the Unit was activated in , it was composed of soldiers from the states of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Virginia, through which the Blue Ridge Mountains pass. The Division participated in the Battle of the Bulge in December, and then pushed into central Germany. They provided relief to the 6th Armored Division at Buchenwald concentration camp on April 12, , and continued into Austria and liberated the prisoners in Ebensee slave labor camp, a subcamp of Mauthausen concentration camp, on May 4th and 5th.
The conditions were so terrible that several hundred inmates died the day the camp was liberated. Germany surrendered on May 7, and the 80th Infantry Division became part of the Army of Occupation in Austria until their return to the US and inactivation in January The black badge has a blue and white checkerboard band. The 99th was given the Battle Babies nickname by the press during the Battle of the Bulge in December Germany surrendered on May 7, , and the Division became part of the Army of Occupation until their return to the United States and inactivation in October Shoulder sleeve insignia of the 1st Infantry Division, United States Army, the oldest continuously serving division in the Army.
By the time Germany surrendered on May 7, , the 1st Infantry had pushed through Germany to Czechoslovakia. They provided medical aid and food to the starving female prisoners of both labor camps. Shoulder sleeve insignia of the 2nd Infantry Division, United States Army, nicknamed the "Indianhead Division" due to the design of their black badge with a cartoonlike head of a Native American on a white star.
In early April , the division occupied Hadamar, liberating a psychiatric clinic that was a major killing center for the Nazi euthanasia program for the physically and mentally disabled. The unit provided aid for the remaining inmates. The unit remained in Pilsen until they returned to the US on July 10, to train for a scheduled invasion of Japan.
The division was still in training when victory over Japan was announced on August 14, Shoulder sleeve insignia of the United States Army 95th Infantry Division, nicknamed the Victory Division, derived from the red, white, and blue badge with the Arabic numeral 9 and Roman numeral V for 5. On November 14th, the division joined the offensive drive on the city of Metz, which was secured on November 22nd, earning them the nickname Iron Men of Metz and the Bravest of the Brave.
In April, the 95th liberated the German labor education camp in Perl and on April 7, , discovered a prisoner of war camp with over French soldiers to whom they provided much needed food rations.
The unit ended combat operations in Leipzig on VE Day, May 8th, and remained on occupational duty until returning to the US on July 29th to train for war in the Pacific. The division was demobilized soon after the war ended in Japan on August 15 and was inactivated on October 15, The circular, green badge has a gray timberwolf, native to the Pacific Northwest, where the Division originated in The th landed in France on September 7, , and reached Aachen, Germany, a month later. On April 11, the th Infantry and the 3rd Armored Divisions liberated Nordhausen death camp, a subcamp of Mittlebau concentration camp, which they discovered nearby.
Troops found only a few survivors among the corpses who were cared for in a field hospital. The unit then captured Halle on April 19 after a five day struggle. Relieved by Soviet forces, the unit reached Pretzsch on April 26th, where, after the May 7 surrender by Germany, they remained on occupation duty until returning to the US on June 27th. The division was inactivated on December 20, Shoulder sleeve patch of the United States Army rd Infantry Division, nicknamed the Cactus Division, based on their circular badge with a Saguaro cactus.
The design represents the states, Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico, whose troops formed the unit when it was established in August The rd arrived in Marseilles, France on October 20, , and crossed into Germany on December 15th.
Advancing to the Landsberg area, the rd liberated a subcamp within the Kaufering concentration camp system, on April 27, The division ordered locals to bury the uncovered corpses. The unit had arrived in Innsbruck, Austria, when Germany surrendered on May 7.
The rd Infantry assumed Amy of Occupation duties until September 10, , when they returned to the US, and were inactivated on September 22, The circular black and green badge has a W monogram that inverts to become an M, representing the Midwest origin of the troops who formed the Division when it was established in August The 89th and the 4th Armored Divisions liberated Ohrdruf concentration camp, a subcamp of Buchenwald, on April 4, , the first concentration camp liberated by US troops. The Units forced local residents to view the camp.
In late April, the 89th was assigned duties as an army of occupation near Gotha and Armstadt until Germany surrendered on May 7.
The arrowhead shaped blue badge wit a green T represents the National Guard troops from Oklahoma and Texas who formed the unit when it was established in The 36th landed in North Africa on April 13, In early September, the unit entered combat in the Italian campaign, suffering severe losses.
On August 14, , the Division was redeployed to France, and advanced into Bavaria in late December. On April 30, , the 36th liberated a subcamp of the Kaufering concentration camp system, a complex of Dachau subcamps in the Landsberg area. The unit had crossed into Austria when Germany surrendered on May 7. The Division was assigned occupational duties and returned to the US on December 15, , and inactivated the same day.
The embroidered gold thunderbird design symbolizes the troops from the southwestern states of Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado, and Arizona, who formed the unit when it was established in as a National Guard Division. The unit was then sent to southern France in August. With the 42nd Infantry and 20th Armored Divisions, the unit liberated Dachau concentration camp on April 29th and 30th.
US Army and Allied representatives treated the sick and brought food for starving survivors at the camp. The civilian residents of the city of Dachau were ordered to bury the dead. The unit was stationed near Dachau after the surrender of Germany on May 7. The 45th returned to the US on September 14, , and was inactivated on December 7, In late March , the division crossed the Rhine River and campaigned through Germany.
In late April, the troops discovered the site of Haunstetten, a subcamp of Dachau concentration camp and one of the largest subcamps in Germany. It had been destroyed on April 13, by Allied air attacks.
The division proceeded to Miesbach and when Germany surrendered on May 7 was assigned occupational duty until their return to the US on July 10th. The division was inactivated on Mach 5, The division then advanced into the Saar Region of Germany in early December On January 5, , the unit was redeployed to Belgium for the Battle of the Bulge. The unit was en route to Prague when Germany surrendered on May 7, The 90th conducted patrols along the border until their return home on December 16, The Division was inactivated on December 27, The blue Y and D monogram on the green patch represents its nickname, which dates from its activation in World War I when it was formed from National Guard units from New England.
The 26th Division landed in Normandy on September 7, , and advanced east, capturing several towns. During the Battle of the Bulge, the Division was diverted to Luxembourg.
The Division advanced into Germany in March Its troops liberated Passau concentration camp, a subcamp of Mauthausen, in late April or early May The SS guards had already abandoned the camp and the prisoners. The Division pushed into Austria, where they participated in the capture of Linz on May 4, The 26th and the 11th Armored Division liberated Gusen concentration camp, a subcamp of Mauthausen, on May 5.
The Division had advanced into Czechoslovakia when Germany surrendered on May 7, The Division was placed on occupation duty until inactivated on December 29, The 83rd landed in Normandy on June 18, , and advanced through France and Luxembourg into Germany. Troops of the 83rd and 8th Armored Division encountered a group of adjacent subcamps of Buchenwald concentration camp. The 83rd liberated Langenstein subcamp on April 11, , where they found 1, severely malnourished prisoners, most weighing only 80 pounds.
Germany surrendered on May 7, , and the Division was on occupation duty until their return to the US on March 26, They were inactivated on April 5, The patch design has stylized 69 numerals, in the national colors of red, white, and blue. On April 19, , the Division captured Leipzig. Unit troops discovered Leipzig-Thekla concentration camp, a subcamp of Buchenwald.
The SS guards had set fire to the barracks with people inside the day before and the 69th immediately began providing aid for the 90 to survivors. Germany surrendered on May 7, , and the Division remained on occupation duty until their return to the US on September 13, They were inactivated on September 16, They pushed into Germany, where a battalion was ordered to search the Landsberg area for subcamps of Dachau concentration camp.
They discovered seven of the eleven Kaufering subcamps on April 29 and 30, , and found hundreds of weak and sick prisoners. Germany surrendered on May 7, , and the Division was placed on occupation duty until inactivated on September 27, The Unit was activated in and drew troops from 26 states, making it the most diverse Division and winning it the nickname Rainbow.
The 42nd Division captured the German cities of Wurzburg, Schweinfurt, and Furth in April , and then crossed into Bavaria, where it was one of three Army divisions to liberate Dachau concentration camp on April 29, The 42nd Infantry, 45th Infantry, and 20th Armored Divisions liberated more than 30, prisoners, but found many that were dying or had recently died from the terrible conditions, including more than corpses on a transport train outside the main gate. While US and Allied representatives treated the prisoners, the 42nd Infantry continued its march into Austria until Germany surrendered on May 7, These additional online resources from the U.
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Thank you for your understanding. Back to Results New Search. US Army 29th Infantry Division shoulder sleeve patch with a blue and gray monad. Date unavailable:. Classification Military Insignia. Category Badges. Object Type Color patches military patches aat. Expand all. About This Object. Physical Description Circular blue and gray military patch machine embroidered on white netting.
Units that would eventually make up the division were key players in colonial-era wars, from states scattered across the East Coast. Because of that, almost a century before those units' legendary battle in France, elements of what would become the 29th Infantry fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War. Stonewall Jackson. During World War I, troops in the newly formed division fell under the blue and grey insignia, which represented both the union and rebels now serving together after their families killed one another in some of the Civil War's largest battles.
Yet the division's history is complicated, with a legacy in most major American conflicts, as its infantry based out of Maryland was one of the first Army units ever stood up. The so-called Stonewall Brigade also recently saw one of the Army's first Black female infantry commanders. Today, the 29th Infantry has one of the most recognizable insignias in the National Guard and fought in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
It is unclear whether any other patches are under review. But the decision on whether to retire the 29th Infantry patch is more complicated than what some see as more clear-cut examples of scrubbing the Confederacy, an enemy force whose rebellion caused the most carnage out of any U. Senior Virginia Guard leadership are also waging a campaign to preserve the patch. Timothy P. Williams, the adjutant general of the Virginia Guard, said in a statement Wednesday.
The Naming Commission hasn't made any final decisions. It was tasked with sending its recommendations on the patch, installation names and the fate of other Confederate references in the force to Congress by October The secretary of defense then will have until to review and implement changes. Baker, who told Military. Beynon military. Follow him on Twitter StevenBeynon. President Joe Biden said he is sending military medical personnel to six "hard-hit" states to provide relief.
The Corps says that, to date, it has received 3, requests for religious exemption to the mandate. According to court documents, the group of Oath Keepers began planning to stop Biden from becoming president before a victor The palace statement came after more than navy and army veterans wrote to the queen asking her to strip Andrew of all his
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