Shoulder sleeve insignia (SSI) are cloth emblems worn on the shoulders of US Army uniforms to identify the primary headquarters to which a soldier is assigned. The SSI of some army divisions have become known in popular culture.[1]
Airborne/Infantry[]
Note: several insignia are of World War II formations.
Note: US infantry divisions were not formed under the following numbers:"53";"54";"56";"57";"58";"60"; "64".[citation needed]
Operation Vendetta "phantom" unit
(Regular Army/National Guard unit of 1918–19)
"Lafayette Div"
(Regular Army/National Guard 1918-19 distinct from National Guard 11th Division)
"Philippine Division"
(Regular army/National Guard WWI-distinct from National Guard 18th Division)
Fourteenth Army "phantom" unit
Unnumbered[]
active 1921–41. Basis for 24th and 25th Divisions
Cavalry[]
Buff
Armored[]
WWII ghost division see Operation Fortitude
WWII ghost division of the US 14th Army
WWII ghost division see Operation Fortitude
See also[]
- Brigade insignia of the United States Army
- Miscellaneous shoulder sleeve insignia of the United States Army
Sources & references[]
- ↑ Distinctive Unit Insignia, Coat of Arms, Shoulder Sleeve Insignia
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 2.24 2.25 2.26 2.27 2.28 2.29 2.30 2.31 2.32 2.33 2.34 2.35 2.36 2.37 2.38 2.39 2.40 2.41 2.42 2.43 2.44 2.45 2.46 2.47 2.48 2.49 2.50 2.51 "Special Designation Listing By Unit Number". United States Army Center of Military History. 1 August 2008. http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/spdes-123.html. Retrieved 27 October 2008.
- ↑ Hesketh, Roger (1999). Fortitude:The D-Day Deception Campaign. St Ermin's Press. ISBN 0-316-85172-8.
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