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Worn from: 1939 - Unknown. |
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Worn from: December
1934 - 15 July 1940. |
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Worn from: 1938 - 1939. |
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Worn from: 1939 - 1940. |
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Worn from: September
1936 - 1939.
All of the armored insignia below have the following description in common: Yellow (cavalry), blue (infantry), and red (artillery) are colors of the branches from which armored units were forned. The tank tread, gun, and lightning flash are symbolic of mobility, power, and speed. The armored corps' insignia are inscribed with roman numerals which traditionally used to designated corps' unit numbers. |
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Worn from: 1945 - 1965. |
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Worn from: 1945 - 1965. |
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Worn from: 1940's
(Unauthorized).
Approved for local wear only by the First Armored
Division. |
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Worn from: 22
September 1942 - 16 October 1946.
The design of the insignia, approved in 1942, is a black cougar's face eating an enemy tank. This represents the forces ability to seek, strike, and destroy. The tank destroyer tactical and firing center was activated at Fort Meade on 1 December 1941 and relocated to Temple, Texas on 14 February 1942. Re-designated Tank Destroyer Command on 2 March 1942. Re-designated as Tank Destroyer Center at Camp Hood 24 July 1942. Deactivated 10 November 1945. |
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Worn from: 15 July - 10 July
1943. Activated in July 1940 at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Campaigns: World War II (European-African-Middle Eastern theater). Worn from: 17 January 1942 - 10 October 1943. Activated at Camp Polk, Louisiana. Activated at Camp Polk, Louisiana. Activated at Camp Young, California. Approved: 1942 (Unauthorized). Although the insignia was manufactured, this corps was never activated. |
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Worn from: 10 October 1943 -
15 February 1944 (Unauthorized).
Re-designated as Eighteenth Airborne Corps. Re-designated as Armored Command. Worn from: 2 July 1943 - 20 February 1944. Re-designated as Armored Center. Worn from: 20 February 1944 - 21 March 1947. Re-designated as Armored Replacement Training
Center. Worn from: 21 March 1947 - 30 August 1955.
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