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The five small stars form the southern cross constellation under which the unit fought in the pacific theater. World war ii by the beginning of world war ii, all u. Red and white are colors of distinguishing flags for armies, while the numeral 2 identifies the units designation. It served in north africa and italy in the mediterranean theater of operations and france and germany in. Total page loads on this site since january 1st, 2009 i have a limited number of duplicate patches for sale at the us army patches store web site. This manuscript was prepared at the end of world war by the deployed combat.
The united states army conducted many campaigns during world war ii. The seventh army was a united states army created during world war ii that evolved into the united states army europe usareur during the 1950s and 1960s. Here is a the third army summary of after action in world war ii and it was published in july of 1945. See more ideas about patches, military and military insignia. It was a training army during world war ii, and through its efforts fiftyseven superbly trained divisions were sent into combat. It has good descriptions of the major patches that the collector will encounter, along with estimated prices for both common and uncommon variations. It is the basis of campaign honors and awards for u. We are proud to offer a patch for every united states army division, since world war ii. Served in the army of occupation of okinawa from 15 september 19455 january 1946. Field army insignia of the united states army wikimedia.