Patches & Insignia
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87th Infantry
Division
The golden acorn symbolized the strength of the division and the men who
fought with it. All but Company C of the 1255th Engr. (C.) Bttn. served
with this division during the war.
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U.S. Third Army
The letter 'A' in the patch stands for 'army',
while the red and blue borders allude to the unit's designation. The
87th Infantry Division was part of the Third Army under General Patton.
U.S. First Army
As with the Third Army patch, the letter 'A' is used
to signify 'army'. Charlie (C) Company of the 1255th Engr. (C.) Bttn.
was assigned to First Army Headquarters shortly after the unit landed in France.
U.S. Seventh Army
The three colors of the patch stand for the separate
comat branches of service that make up a field army: blue for infantry, red
for artillery, and yellow for cavalry. The yellow field forms an 'A'
for 'army', and its outer edges include seven steps, which represent the unit's
numbered designation.
Source: Stein, Barry Jason. U.S. Army Patches: An Illustrated
Encyclopedia of Cloth Unit Insignia.
Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1997.