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The color scheme used for the insignias chevron design was defined as either light olive drab shade od3 on dark blue stripes for wear on the olive drab winter uniform. World war ii army air corps military patches and pins. Total page loads on this site since january 1st, 2009. A number of the airborne logos were designed by the disney studios, but others were designed by artists. Us army military insignia,us army patches,shoulder sleeve. By the end of the war, the nation had fielded nearly one hundred. Information extracted from the book us army patches by barry jason stein used by. There was one mountain division, two cavalry divisions, five airborne divisions, 16 armored divisions, and 68 infantry divisions.
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