United States Army Shoulder Patches and Related Insignia: From World War I to Korea 1st Division to 40th Division)

Beginning in the Civil War, the U.S. Army sought to find an effective system to distinguish troops from different units. In the closing days of World War I, it finally arrived at a practical and desirable solution with the adoption of the shoulder patch or shoulder sleeve insignia. For more than eighty years, this often simple device, has been the source of pride and inspiration for servicemen everywhere. This new book (the first of a multi—volume set), with a gallery of more than 800 color...