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The overlooked Army division that held off the Germans during the Battle of the Bulge
Nicknamed the “Bloody Bucket” by the Germans, the 28th Infantry Division played a major role during the Battle of the Bulge.
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The Army is keeping at least one unit patch with ties to the Confederacy
It ended up becoming the first officially approved division patch in the Army. The 29th Infantry Division would go on to earn plenty of accolades in the ensuing world wars. In 1944, it was the ...
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US Army division to keep patch referencing the Confederate Army
The U.S. Army National Guard's 29th Infantry Division is keeping its patch that honors service in the Confederate Army. "We applaud the decision of the Naming Commission to recommend the 29th ...
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29th Infantry Division Keeps Historic Patch Despite Nod to Service in the Confederate Army
The Army National Guard will get to keep its famed 29th Infantry Division patch with references to the Confederacy after a review from a commission established by Congress to consider removing ...
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Commission reviewing military symbols for Confederate ties recommends 29th Infantry Division be allowed to keep blue-and-gray patch
“The Community of the 29th Infantry Division indicates that they view ... Regarding the official explanation of the insignia’s meaning, she wrote that “the description language should ...
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Patching Ceremony reunites 4th Engineer Battalion with 4th Infantry Division
The ceremony, attended by leaders and Soldiers from both the 4th Engineer Battalion and the 4th Infantry Division, featured the presentation of the division’s iconic shoulder sleeve insignia ...
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The 29th Infantry Division gets to keep its Confederacy-themed patch
The 29th Infantry Division's "Blue and Gray Division" patch. (Army) Today, the unit is a National Guard command based at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, with soldiers from Maryland, West Virginia ...
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Rocky the Bulldog earns 3rd Infantry Division patch
A very special dog will certainly have his day. Rocky the Bulldog will earn his 3rd Infantry Division uniform patch at a ceremony at Club Stewart on Friday. Sign up for our Newsletters Known as a ...
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Commission says 29th Infantry Division should be allowed to keep blue-and-gray patch
It’s a round insignia in a yin-and-yang pattern whose ... recommend that the Army’s official description of 29th Infantry Division heraldry be changed to remove language that can be viewed ...
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Army should ban flying of Confederate streamers but allow 29th Infantry Division’s Civil War patch, commission says
The commission also recommended a change to the description text of the blue-and-gray shoulder patch worn by the Army’s 29th Infantry Division but said the design of the patch could stay the same.
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Army’s 3rd ID adds real Dogface Soldier to its ranks for first time
In a ceremony, alongside dozens of other incoming Dogface Soldiers, Rocky received his official 3rd Infantry Division patch — known as a Marne patch, for the division’s moniker the “Rock of ...