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Perhapsley Perhaps you .b.new b.new bnew . knew ley then what was th thmeanIng the themeaning themeaning e meanIng of those symbols but the ch che chthat chances ances are arethat arethat that . } you O u , , an and d dances most other ot11Cr Americans as well , ' h3 h3orgotten have haveforgotten haveforgotten ve orgotten forgotten by now . So this Is to recall It to you-the you the you - the stor story orInsignIa of or theinsignia the theExpedltJonarv theInsignia InsignIa of the various divisions In the American AmericanEspedUonarv AmericanExpeditionary A I Ithe ExpedltJonarv EspedUonarv ! Forces rorces , , 'the the ' the sign of the fihrtclan fihrtclanman fighting fightingman fightingman b bng ; ng man " You may not recall , although hundreds ot of otthousands ofthousands ofthousands thousands of ot World'oar World \ war \'oar 'oar oar ' veterans undoubtedl undoubtedlwIll undoubtedly undoubtedlywill undoubtedlywill wIll , , what an uproar was raised at one time over overthat ove overthat that little patch of color on the left shoulder srmoulder s oulder ofthe of ofthe ofthe the returning soldier's soldiers ' , . khaki I.hakl Ihakl coat For when the thetroops thetroops thetroops troops \ ' - were ere ready to embark for home , ' th thV theVar the \V V \ Vdepartment \Var Var \ Wardepartment Vardepartment 'thee"ea e"ea eea department Issued an order prohibiting prohlbltlng 'the the the wear wear- wearing " wearing - ing of divisional Insignia In'ngnla Inngnla ' by the doughboys upon upontheir upontheir upontheir their return to America . , . It was " "unmilltary unmilltary "unmilitary unmilitary "unmltitary unmltitary " , . ' " th thdepartment the thedepartment thedepartment e department saidAlmost said saidAlmost Almost Instantly a tide of protest rolled Into IntoWashington IntoWashington asblngton Washington \ yAlmost to engulf the department There Thereere Therewere Therewere \\ere ere were \ a hundred good reasons advanced why the thedoughboys thedoughboys thedoughboys doughboys should continue to wear their pet dec dec- decoration decoration decoration - oration , but chief among them \ was ssas as the fact thatthese that thatthese thatthese these Insignia , adopted by the different divisions divisionswere divisionswere , ' were highlv hlghlv highly useful In making possible their Iden identificatlon Identiflcatlon Uficatlon tificatlon at a glance , In to action or otherwise , and andfor andfor andfor for purposes either of ot commendation or criti crlti- crlti crlticlsm criti- criti criticism criticism - - cism clsm , as the case might be ; that the decoration decorationdetracted decorationdetracted decorationdetracted detracted nothing from the efficiency of the men menbut menbut , but on the other otber hand was an Incentive to prope proper properconduct properconduct ; conduct and co coordinate ordinate effort ; and finally that thatthe thatthe thatthe the manearmg man \ ' - wearing \-earmg earmg ssearing It , , each proud of his Individual Individualoutfit individualoutfit Individualoutfit outfit , \ ' - was as unwilling unwll1lng to discard It and thus lose losehis losehis losehis his Identity and tliat that of his command In the melt melt- meltIng melting melting - ing pot of the A E D F's Fs I's Is r's rs " . . 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' mnUonsSo millionsSo millions mnUons millionsSo So the War department decided to allow the thereturning thereturning thereturning returning soldiers to keep their divisional insig- insig insignia Insig Insig- Insignia Insignia - - nia and this ruling v.as vas ssas \ . as greeted with as much muchI muchwidespread muchwidespread muchwidespread widespread approval as the forbidding order had hadcaused hadcaused hadcaused I caused loudly voiced disapprovalI disapprovalThere disapprovalThere disapproval disapprovalThere I There it \ were \ ere 93 DJ divisions In the United States States'military Statesmilitary ' mIHtary military forces and each one had Its distinctiveinsignia distinctive distinctiveInsignia distinctiveInsignia Insignia Limitations of ot space In this article pre- pre prevcnt preent present - - - , of the Insignia of all ot of otthem ofthem ofthem vcnt sent , ent the reproduction them and an extended account of or each but the thefollowing thefollowing thefollowing Interest Interest- InterestIng interesting Interesting - following represents some of the more ing facts about some t topical typical plcal ones ; : Hrst nrat I'frst Ifrst ' division An elongated shield of ot khakI khaki.point khakipoint . , beaiing bealIng bearing the red numeral 1 1 . . . ( Figure1) Figure1 FIgure point do down " n , , Amer Amerlenn Amerfcan Amerlean was the first of the 1) 1 ) Since this division dltiision dh Islon lenn fcan divisions to go to France , the first to go intothe Into Intothe Intothe the thefirst thefirst theflrit the trenches , the first to suffer battle losses , and nnd the first firs to enter enterGermany enterGermany enterGermany first to capture prisoners natural naturalthat naturalthat naturalthat Germany after the Armistice , It Is only Only Onty oncewas once oncewas numeral 1 the It should adopt that dh division ditilsion Isfon last-that last that last--that - - - was 'o o ' as In returnlag return returnIng returnIng the First \ was as United States for demobtliz'itionSecond demob11lZ'ltionSecond demoblllzitlon demob11lZ'ltion demob11lZltion demobtliz'ition demobtlizition demoblllzitlonSecond ' ' the Ing lag to white ssbite hlte star stnr . , hay hayIng hayIng havincr Second dh division- division ditlsion divisionA Islon - . A five pointed\- pointed pointedhlte pointed \ ' - Indian facing to the thelert theleft hf hfizatlons the head bead of ot an American Ing embroidered 011 on 011the onthe or lert left , In red tnd 'tad tad < ' blue , stamped and Indian Indinn head was wasplaced wasplaced The star the theblte \\blte blte sshlte \ star of cloth ot of varIous varIousshapes variousshapes background on a placed to designate the severnt several organ organIzatlons organlzatlons and colors shapes black shield ( Figure division The me Diaca izatlons lzatlons in the the Insignia of ot dlvl divisional dlvl&Io dlvlIo & Ional head headquarters headquarters - 9) 9 ) was used In quarters blue cloth clothafth dark of quartersthird dlIslon ditilsion dl\ dl \ Islon ' : A souare square third 1 ' hlrd x whltc white stripes s running o diagonallydownward diagonally diagonallydownward ' " \ afth tth threc three to the theI thelower thelower . rll rllFourth corner . . - ; from - the thn upper iinner right downward field ot of blue was wassymbolIc wassymbolic 3) 3 ) The lower left ( Figure the ' Marnemen MarnemenIt It " The Thethree Thethree I loyalty of symbolIc or of the des desIgnntIoD stood for the numerIcal desthe three white stripes nlso symbo1l7ed the thetbree theignatfon dh di dilndwhalso Islon and or of the time IgnntIoD ignatfon Third dl dlvision dlthree lndwhalso lndwhalsolchstfineb In whIch lchstfineb lchstfinebThird the tbree three major operations operationsrision dnrlng during the theVorld World \Vorld Vorld \ "ar-the "ar ar the war-the war "artheMarne wartheJarne " - - won glory vision rision and andIeuse 'leuse leuse \Ieuse Ieuse ' \ Argonne ArgonneFourth Marne Jarne , St 1II1hl Mihiel ( > 1 lesl leaves ' es about 11 elr elrcle ; division ' . rOllr tour Ivy aboutonclra onclra onclraele 11 Fourth ooth and circle of green , placd placed placedkhaki ( on a ahhakl cle ele , the leaves ( rIgure figure 8) 8 ) . This symbol s mbol wns was wnsfOlmed wasformed hhakl khaki bnct.ground bnctground background . numor11 numorll IV IVbich , \-bich bich which whichnot \ ' - bichnot Homan Roman fOlmed formed by taking the designation of the thedl onJf only gave the numerical numerlcalbe numerlcalbeIvy ndesignation ndesignationcans not the Ivy , which means cans meansusteadfa cansliwislou a fio\\ fio fioer fiower \ er , dl\ dl dlIslon liwislou \ Islon , but also ot of fio\\ fio fioers dossers dosserstea \ ers ersa ' Innguage language and 10\ 10 1011 Ioyti \ 11 " In the ' t usteadfa 'steadfast steadfast of fighting men menI'Jttb menFifth tor for a group -a a -tea tea - - splendid motto dIamond on a back background background I'Jttb IJttb Fifth { ' dl'oislon dloislon dirtsloq ' : ' A platn plain red 5) 5 ) diamondStated It t tthe \ 'lS lS ' Stated 5tnted bya by bythe figure igurc ground of khald khaki (1 1 ( or of the dh ditilsion Islon that 'no no ' no sig- sig significant sigalflcant - the chlet chief of staff other than that the thecolor attached nificant alflcant meaning Is to toose the thethen color olor , red , , \ w ss \ is i " scict.then scictthen sele.tcd seletcd seissSSha seissSShato general ( . . as "hose hose " 11 ose compllmcnt branch branch ot of ofthe the thet the thethen ge then commanding commaudlug - - " ' t-- t tl " { 5 , , r r7 -----7 7 - l ' 1 . " " T ' eervice rervlce Lervlce ' \ was as the artillery nrtlllery . , " Officers In the di- di division division di division - vision , however ho\- ho hoss hoe \ ' - e\ e eti eer \ er , say The 'The ' Red Diamond DJamond represents repre repre- represents represents - - sents a wellicnown well known problem of bridge building bUlldmg ; ! It t Is fs made m'lde mlde m'ide mide ' up of two adjacent Isosceles triangles triangleswhich triangleswhich triangleswhich which make for the greater stren strength th " But the themen themen themen men of the division , proud of ot its record and justy justly ] justlyjealous justyjNllous jNllous jealous of its reputation explained this laconlcal laconlcally laconicalIy ly . "Olamond Olamond "ISlamond ISlamond " lamond dye dye--it dye it dye-it - - it never neer ne\ ne net \ er runs I t ' ' , Sixth division- division divisionA - . A red six : pointed star stnr on a abackground abackground abackground background of khaki hhahl ( " Figure I"Jgure IJgure 2) 2 ) The six points pointsof pointsof pointsof of the star reprepented represented the numerical designa designa- designation designation designation - - tion of the divisionrrhe division The rrhe Sixth SItth : had three dlffE'r dlffEr differ different dlffE'rent different ' ent Insignia The fir.tas first fir.t firt : . \ was \\as as a red bull's bulls ' eye In a awhite awhite awhite white circle surmounted by a white cross Butthis But Butthis Butthis this had a lugubrious appearance appearance-- appearance- appearancelooks - - ' looks like llke a aheadstone aheadstone aheadstone headstone in a cemetery , " said the men So a ared ared ared red equilateral triangleas triangle \ was \\as as the next Insignia and andthat andthat andthat that was worn during durmg all of the division's divisions ' war warservlce warservice warservice servlce service servlcehUe , , \ ' - while \-hUe hUe It was winning the name of ot 'theold ' 'the the 'theold ' theold old Sightseeing Sixth Shth : " Few divisions of the AE A AE AE E F . equaled the mileage mUeage record of ot this tMs division divisionwhich divisionwhich divisionwhich which swept up and don dovv do\\ do doss \ n various front lines , , r re- re relieving re relieving - lieving a hard pressed division here , rushing Into Intosupport intosupport Intosupport support there . , In reserve rescrve at other points Afterthe After Afterthe Afterthe the Armistice another red equlliteral equlhteral equilateral triangle trianglewas trianglewas was \ as superimposed upon the first , making the redsix red , , sI't sIt ' pointed star starSeventh starSei . , Se\ Se Sei Seventh Seenth \ enth dh dis division Islon ision : Two black equilateral trl trI trlangles trIangles triangles angles placed vertically upon a red circular clrcular disc disc disctheir . , , their apexes meeting In the center centcr of the dIsc dIscFigure discFigure discFigure ( Figure 4) 4 ) By B coincidence the outline outllne of ot this design de design design sign was a blocked blocI"ed blocIed " in numeral 7 , crossed by an another another another other such numeral 7 , 10\ 10 Inverted 10ertcd inserted \ ertcd , thus forming the thetwo thetwo thetwo two triangles Tlie The similarity slmUarity of the double triangle trI- trI trIangle tri triangle - angle to an hourglass was responsible for the thenickname thenickname thenickname nickname of the division disislon dh Islon , the "Hourglass Hourglass " Divi DIvI- DIvIsion Division Division - sionIt sion It " ItIlghth ; Eighth Ilghth division ' " . A silver figure 8 pierced by agolden a agolden agolden golden arrow pointing upwards on a blue cloth clothshield clothshield clothshield shield background bact.ground bactground . The figure 8 stood for the thenumerIcal thenumerical thenumerical numerIcal designation of ot the division and the thegolden thegolden thegolden golden arrow symbolized the nickname nlchname of the dl di dlvIsion division dlvision vIsion , , the "Pathfinder Pathfinder " Division . , " " which wllicb was organized or- or organized or organized - ganized and trained at Camp Fremont , Calif Callf . Twenty T\.enty T.enty T .enty enty \ ' . sixth shth : division division- divisionBlue " . - Blue letters YD on nkhaki n a nkhaki akhaki khaki colored diamond field , the letters stood for for"Yankee for"Yankee for"Yankee forYankee "Yankee Yankee " Division Dhislon ; , " ( Figure 23) 23 ) , made up of at men menof menof menof of New ; England Ingland , which was one of the first Na- Na National Na Na- National National - tional guard forces to enter active ncUve ser'o sero sers service serviceTw ' Ice IceT IceTss Tenty Tw T\\ T Tss \ enty seventh division . A circle of black blackwith , , with a narrow border of ot red , on which was displayed dls dis dlsplayed displayed played in white the constellation of Orion ( Fig Figure Figure Figure ure 6) 6 ) . This division , made up of national army armytroops armytroops armytroops troops from New York city . , adopted its Insignia InsigniaIn In honor of its commander , . Gen John 1 F l ' ' . , 0 RyanTssenty RyanTentyelghth Ryan RyanTwenty T\\entyelghth T entyelghth Twenty Tssenty \ |