Division_insignia_of_the_United_States_Army Knowpia

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]^[2]^[3]

Airborne/infantry edit

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, 67, 68.^[4]^[5]

1st Infantry Division
"Big Red One"^[6]
2nd Infantry Division
"Indianhead"^[6]
3rd Infantry Division
"Marne Division"^[6]
4th Infantry Division
"Ivy Division"^[6]
5th Infantry Division
"Red Diamond"^[6]
6th Infantry Division
"Sightseeing Sixth"^[6]
6th Airborne Division
Operation Vendetta "phantom" unit
7th Infantry Division
"Bayonet"^[6]
8th Infantry Division
"Pathfinder"^[6]
9th Infantry Division
"Old Reliables"^[6]
9th Airborne Division
Fourteenth Army "phantom" unit
10th Division
(Regular Army/National Guard unit of 1918–19)
10th Mountain Division
"Climb to Glory" Division Formerly "10th Light Division (Alpine)" [World War II]
10th Infantry Division
June 1948 - June 1958
11th Infantry Division
"Lafayette Div"
(Regular Army/National Guard 1918–19; distinct from National Guard 11th Division)
11th Airborne Division
"Angels"^[6]
11th Infantry Division
Fourteenth Army "phantom" unit
12th Infantry Division
1917–19
"Plymouth Division"
12th Infantry Division
1921-1945
"Philippine Division"
13th Division
1918-19
"Lucky 13th"
13th Airborne Division
"Unicorn" Division
14th Division
(Regular Army/National Guard WWI—distinct from National Guard 14th Division)
14th Division
(National Guard WWI—distinct from Regular Army 14th Division)
17th Infantry Division
Fourteenth Army "phantom" unit
17th Airborne Division
"Golden Talons" Division
18th Division
(Regular army/National Guard WWI—distinct from National Guard 18th Division)
18th Airborne Division
"phantom" unit
20th Division
(Regular army)
1918–1919
21st Airborne Division
Fourteenth Army "phantom" unit
22nd Infantry Division
"phantom" unit (Used in Middle East)
23rd Infantry Division
"Americal"
24th Infantry Division
"Victory Division"^[6]
25th Infantry Division
"Tropic Lightning"^[6]
26th Infantry Division
"Yankee"^[6]
27th Infantry Division
"New York" Division
28th Infantry Division
"Keystone"^[6]
29th Infantry Division
"Blue and Gray"^[6]
30th Infantry Division
"Old Hickory" Division
31st Infantry Division
"Dixie Division"
32nd Infantry Division
"Red Arrow"^[6]
33rd Infantry Division
"Prairie"^[6]
34th Infantry Division
"Red Bull"^[6]
35th Infantry Division
"Santa Fe"^[6]
36th Infantry Division
"Arrowhead"^[6]
37th Infantry Division
"Buckeye"^[6]
38th Infantry Division
"Cyclone"^[6]
39th Infantry Division
"Delta Division"
40th Infantry Division
"Sunshine Division"^[6]
41st Infantry Division
"Jungleers" Division
42nd Infantry Division
"Rainbow"^[6]
43rd Infantry Division
"Winged Victory" Division
44th Infantry Division
"Prepared In All Things Division"
45th Infantry Division
1924–1939
45th Infantry Division
"Thunderbird"^[6]
1939–1953
46th Infantry Division
Operation Wadham "phantom" unit
46th Infantry Division
"Iron Fist" Division
1947–1968
47th Infantry Division
"Viking Division"
48th Infantry Division
Fourteenth Army "phantom" unit
48th Infantry Division
49th Infantry Division
"Argonauts"
50th Infantry Division
"phantom" unit
51st Infantry Division
52nd Infantry Division
(52nd SSI changed to 49th Division in 1947)
55th Infantry Division
Fourth British Army "phantom" unit
59th Infantry Division
"Rattlesnake"^[7]
Fourteenth Army "phantom" unit
63rd Infantry Division
"Blood and Fire"^[6]
65th Infantry Division
"Battle-Axe" Division
66th Infantry Division
69th Infantry Division
"Fighting Sixty-Ninth" Division
70th Infantry Division
"Trailblazers"^[6]
71st Infantry Division
"The Red Circle" Division
75th Infantry Division
"Make Ready" Division
76th Infantry Division
"Onway/Liberty Bell" Division
77th Infantry Division
"Statue of Liberty"^[6]
78th Infantry Division
"Lightning"^[6]
79th Infantry Division
"Cross of Lorraine"^[6] Division
80th Division
"Blue Ridge"^[6] Division
81st Infantry Division
"Wildcat"^[6]
82nd Airborne Division
"All American"^[6]
83rd Infantry Division
"Thunderbolt"^[6]
84th Infantry Division
"Railsplitters"^[6]
85th Infantry Division
"Custer"^[6]
86th Infantry Division
"Blackhawk Division"
87th Infantry Division
"Golden Acorn"^[6]
88th Infantry Division
"Fighting Blue Devils/Clover Leaf Division"
89th Infantry Division
"Rolling W" Division
90th Infantry Division
"Tough 'ombres"^[6]
91st Infantry Division
"Wild West Division"^[6]
92nd Infantry Division
"Buffalo Soldiers" Division
93d Infantry Division
"Blue Helmets" Division
94th Infantry Division
"Neuf Cats" Division
1923–1942; 1956–1967
94th Infantry Division
"Neuf Cats" Division
1942–1956
95th Infantry Division
"Iron Men of Metz"^[6]
96th Infantry Division
"The Deadeye Division"
97th Infantry Division
"Trident" Division
98th Infantry Division
"Iroquois"^[6]
99th Infantry Division
"Checkerboard Division"
100th Division
"Century"^[6]
101st Airborne Division
"Screaming Eagles"^[6]
102nd Infantry Division
"Ozark"^[6]
103rd Infantry Division
"Cactus Division"^[6]
104th Infantry Division
"Timberwolf" Division
106th Infantry Division
"Golden Lions" Division
108th Division
"Golden Griffins" Division
119th Infantry Division
Operation Wedlock "phantom" unit
130th Infantry Division
Operation Wedlock "phantom" unit
135th Airborne Division
"phantom" unit
141st Infantry Division
Operation Wedlock "phantom" unit
157th Infantry Division
Operation Wedlock "phantom" unit

Unnumbered edit

Panama Canal Division
1921–1932
Hawaiian Division
active 1921–41. Basis for 24th and 25th Divisions

Cavalry edit

Armored edit

Armored Forces
1st Armored Division
"Old Ironsides"^[6]
March 1932 – April 1946
March 1951 – today
2nd Armored Division
"Hell On Wheels"^[6]
July 1940 – Dec 1995
3rd Armored Division "Spearhead'^[6]
April 1941 – Nov 1945
July 1947 – Oct 1992
4th Armored Division
"Name Enough"
April 1941 – 1971
5th Armored Division "Victory"^[6]
Oct 1941 – Oct 1945
6th Armored Division "Super Sixth"^[6]
Feb 1942 – Sept 1945
7th Armored Division "Lucky Seventh"^[6]
March 1942 – Oct 1945
8th Armored Division
"Iron Snake"
April 1942 – Nov 1945
9th Armored Division "Phantom"
July 1942 – Oct 1945
10th Armored Division "Tiger"
July 1942 – Oct 1945
11th Armored Division "Thunderbolt"
Aug 1942 – Aug 1945
12th Armored Division "Hellcat Division"
Sept 1942 – Dec 1945
13th Armored Division "Black Cats"
Oct 1942 – Nov 1945
14th Armored Division "Liberators"^[6]
Nov 1942 – Sept 1945
15th Armored Division
World War II ghost division
see Operation Fortitude
16th Armored Division "Lightning Power"
July 1943 – Oct 1945
19th Armored Division
20th Armored Division "Armoraiders"
March 1943 – April 1946
22nd Armored Division
25th Armored Division
World War II ghost division
of the US 14th Army
27th Armored Division "Empire Division"
1955–1967
30th Armored Division "Volunteers"
1954 – Dec 1973
Tennessee National Guard
39th Armored Division
World War II ghost division
see Operation Fortitude
40th Armored Division "Grizzly Division"
July 1954 – 1968
California National Guard
48th Armored Division "Hurricane Division"
Florida National Guard
49th Armored Division "Lone Star"
Feb 1946 – 1968
Nov 1973 – July 2004
Texas National Guard
50th Armored Division "Jersey Blues"
July 1946 – Sept 1993
New Jersey National Guard

Sources & references edit

^ Distinctive Unit Insignia, Coat of Arms, Shoulder Sleeve Insignia Archived 27 April 2006 at the Wayback Machine
^ http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/cbtchron/adcomp.html Archived 18 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine Component Elements of Armored Divisions
^ http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/cbtchron/cavcomp.html Archived 18 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine Component Elements of the 1st Cavalry Divisions
^ http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/cbtchron/infcomp.html Archived 27 April 2017 at the Wayback Machine Component Elements of Infantry Divisions
^ http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/cbtchron/abdcomp.html Archived 13 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine Component Elements of Airborne Divisions
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^ Hesketh, Roger (1999). Fortitude:The D-Day Deception Campaign. St Ermin's Press. ISBN 0-316-85172-8.

World War I Insignia

External links edit

[DIV-1] Distinctive Unit Insignia, Coat of Arms, Shoulder Sleeve Insignia Archived 27 April 2006 at the Wayback Machine

[2] ttp://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/cbtchron/adcomp.html Archived 18 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine Component Elements of Armored Divisions

[3] ttp://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/cbtchron/cavcomp.html Archived 18 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine Component Elements of the 1st Cavalry Divisions

[4] ttp://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/cbtchron/infcomp.html Archived 27 April 2017 at the Wayback Machine Component Elements of Infantry Divisions

[5] ttp://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/cbtchron/abdcomp.html Archived 13 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine Component Elements of Airborne Divisions

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[Hesketh-7] Hesketh, Roger (1999). Fortitude:The D-Day Deception Campaign. St Ermin's Press. ISBN 0-316-85172-8.

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