Includes Patches, Patch Type DIs, Sweetheart Items, Misc Items displaying a Division Insignia
WW1 all the way to current era division shoulder
sleeve insignia are included on these pages.
Any Sweetheart or Home Front items with the division insignia prominently
displayed will be included.
WW2 Ghost or Phantom Divisions
 6th Airborne |
 9th Airborne |
 11th |
 14th |
 17th |
 18th Airborne |
 21st Airborne |
 22nd |
 46th |
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 50th |
 55th |
 59th |
 108th |
 130th |
 135th Airborne |
 141st |
 157th |
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The reason for Phantom Divisions was to make
the Germans think there were many more divisions ready for combat in
Britain. These patches were worn by soldiers throughout Southern England as
a ruse to make the German agents (spies) think there was a larger buildup of
American forces than was real. This was dubbed Operation Fortitude and was
commanded (less than enthusiastically) by General George Patton. The following Divisions were approved by the
War Department to further reinforce the ruse. |