Here’s a VINTAGE WWII –
28th INFANTRY DIVISION
IDENTIFIED SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA PATCH
The 24th Infantry Division was known as the “Pennsylvania” or “Keystone” Division.
During World War II, it was given the nickname the "Bloody Bucket" division by German forces due to the shape and color of its red keystone insignia.
The 28th is also one of the most decorated infantry divisions in the United States Army.
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Here’s an Authentic WWII period shoulder sleeve insignia that came from the former collection housed at the Records Branch, WDPC at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas!
“This patch came from the collection housed at the Records Branch, WDPC at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas donated by veterans returning for separation during 1945-6. The name on the patch indicates the GI who liberated the patch from his uniform. The collection was displayed on the wall of the Records Branch office at Fort Leavenworth, and was presented to the KDC upon deactivation of the WDPC.” (Note that the above inscription is contained in the album containing this fantastic collection of patches.)
According to the typed card, this patch was contributed to Fort Leavenworth Records Branch by Pfc Arvid Bell.
THE PATCH IS IN VERY FINE CONDITION. IT MEASURES 2¼” IN DIAMETER and STAPLED TO THE DISPLAY CARD IDENTIFYING THE INDIVIDUAL WHO OWNED THE PATCH!
A WONDERFUL RELIC OF IDENTIFIED WWII MEMORABILIA WITH GREAT EYE APPEAL!
28th INFANTRY DIVISION WWII COMBAT CHRONICLE
The 28th Infantry Division ("Keystone")is a unit of the Army National Guard and is the oldest division-sized unit in the Department of Defense. Some of the units of the division can trace their lineage to Benjamin Franklin's battalion, The Pennsylvania Associators (1747–1777). The division was officially established in 1879 and was later redesignated as the 28th Division in 1917, after the entry of America into the First World War. It is today part of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard, Maryland Army National Guard, Ohio Army National Guard, and New Jersey Army National Guard.
It was originally nicknamed the "Keystone Division," as it was formed from units of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard; Pennsylvania being known as the "Keystone State." During World War II, it was given the nickname the "Bloody Bucket" division by German forces due to the shape and color of its red keystone insignia. Today the 28th Infantry Division goes by the name given to it by General Pershing during World War I: "Iron Division." The 28th is the first Army National Guard division to field the Stryker infantry fighting vehicle, as part of the Army's reorganization in the first decade of the 2000s.
The 28th is also one of the most decorated infantry divisions in the United States Army.
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The division, commanded by Major General Edward Martin, was called into federal service on 17 February 1941 during World War II and traveled to Camp Livingston, Louisiana for organization and training. In February 1942, the division, now commanded by Major General James Ord, was reorganized; the brigade headquarters were disbanded, and the 111th Infantry Regiment was detached from the 28th and reorganized as a separate regimental combat team, initially used to guard important Eastern Seaboard industrial facilities under the Eastern Defense Command.
The division trained in the Carolinas, Virginia, Louisiana, Texas, and Florida, under the command of Major General Omar Nelson Bradley.
The division, now under Major General Lloyd Brown, left the United States and went overseas on 8 October 1943, arriving in South Wales soon afterwards, where it began training for the invasion of Northern France. On 22 July 1944, the division landed in Normandy, seven weeks after the initial D-Day landings and was almost immediately involved in Operation Cobra.
The 28th Infantry Division pushed east towards the French capital of Paris through the Bocage, its roads littered with abandoned tanks and bloated, stinking corpses of men and animals. In little more than a month after landing at the Normandy beachhead, as part of the Allied invasion of Normandy, the men of the 28th entered Paris and were given the honor of marching down the Champs-Elysées on 29 August 1944 in the hastily arranged Liberation of Paris.