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Us army patches wwi world war ii motto troops badges. Back to world war one and wars involving the united states home page back to table of contents world war i back to wwi united states military insignia and badges. This graphic is a modification of a vintage chart found here. Key for identification of shoulder sleeve insignia of world war two in order to identify a patch go down the list and click on the first category that describes the patch in question.
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