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Shoulder Sleeve Insignia of Phantom Divisions

U.S. Army

World War Two

A number of division insignia were created and patches manufactured for which no corresponding units were formed. In general units were created first and sugestions for the design of their shoulder sleeve insignia came from within their own ranks. In these cases the insignia all came into being in July and August 1944 by order of the Quartermaster General. It is believed that these insignia were a ploy to deny to the enemy the ability to estimate American reserves based on the existence of division insignia.


6^thAirborne 1944	9^thAirborne 1944	11^th 1944	14^th 1944	17^th 1944


18^th Airborne 1944	21^st 1944	22^nd 1944	46^th 1944	48^th 1944


50^th 1944	55^th 1944	59^th 1944	108^th 1944	119^th 1944


130^th 1944	135^th Airborne 1944	141^st 1944	157^th 1944

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