Show shoulder sleeve patches being banished by army washington the army is banishing all but a few of the unit shoulder patches of world war II 11 the changes it said are the re suit sult of an effort to decrease ual arm or service consciousness and foster an increased ground forces esprit de cle corps the announcement added that sleeve insignia of small non divi dional units including airborne ar mored amphibian and similar or would disappear leav I 1 ing only patches for divisions corps armies or army ground i arces |