2008年12月4日 · The Fourteenth Army shoulder patch was approved on August 7th, 1944 and is shaped like an acorn to suggest strength. The "A" represents "Army", and the colors red and white are the colors of the Army distinguishing flag. Please see the First Army Group and the note above the Phantom Division material for additional information on Operation ...

2007年6月9日 · If that is the case, it leads me to believe either there were enough of the WWII ghost division patches in the Army's supply system at the end of the war to outfit each division for three years, or else new stocks of the ghost division patches were manufactured post-war to supply these units until the new patches were manufactures sometime ...

2011年8月31日 · The evidence of Ghost patches being worn is very scant. Only a handful of photos exist of soldiers wearing ghost patches themselves. Even if this patch was worn, it would have been only for a very short time when Operation Fortitude was in force in 1944. So, to have the patch being worn at the end of the war is highly unlikely. -Ski

2008年12月4日 · It's an interesting topic indeed because no one has all of the answers. Stein's, "US Army Patches, Flashes and Ovals" has an appendix on Operation Fortitude which discusses Ghost Divisions. He indicates that Ghost units involved in Operation Fortitude were the, "Fourteenth Army, XXXIII and XXXVII Corps (patch not pictured), the 9th and 21st Airborne …

2022年4月5日 · I don't believe the so called "Ghost Patches" were ever used. The theory was that they make up units that didn't exist and send GI out wearing the patches to fool the German into thinking the Army was larger than it actually was but I don't think the plan was ever put into affect.

2010年1月4日 · I note that a mint example of the 135th Airborne "Ghost" Division has just sold on eBay for the princely sum of $227.50!! The patch illustrated below has been stuck in my album since the mid 80s. What do you make of it?

2014年3月29日 · Thanks to a local dealer I was able to become the proud caretaker of an extensive grouping for a Sgt. who served first with the 603rd Camouflage Engineers and then Co. K and Co. L of the 254th Infantry Regiment of the 63rd Infantry Division who was Wounded in Action in Germany on 19 April 1945 an...

2006年11月24日 · The Ghost Corps phase of our operations ended when the XX Corps reached the Moselle in front of Metz early in September. We were out of gasoline and our air support was curtailed by bad weather. By November, General George S. Patton, Jr. commanding the Third Army, had decided to crush resistance in Metz, instead of by-passing the stronghold.

2015年1月15日 · I read a couple of other threads and it seems like the white thread on the back is an indicator of a modern patch? Or is white thread an indicator of a WWII period patch? Anyway, this one seems to have some kind of rubberized coating on the back - I'm guessing glue or rubber cement. Maybe it was part of a static display glued onto something?

2025年1月18日 · He said the Army had a lot of soldiers coming and going from Yakima, which was (and is) home to a large training military area. I acquired a beaded 7th Service Command patch from the same fellow. I got rid of those a long time ago, but have run across a few other beaded 41st patches in Oregon and Washington over the last 40 years.