ARMY DIVISIONS 80 THRU 83


80th Division
1st Design

Worn from: October 1918---15 July 1942
(Unauthorized)

 


80th Division Tng.
2nd Design


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Submitted by Pittman Leary


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Nickname:  "Blue Ridge"
Worn from: 20 October 1918---15 July 1946 and 10 May 1952---6 March 1959.
Redesignated: Maneuver Area Command

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA. Description: The "eared" shield 2 ¼ inches (5.72cm) in height by 1 ¾ inches (4.45cm) in width, bottom of shield a double ogee in outline. Army green within a narrow border of white, three blue mountains. Base of mountains separated from base of shield by a white line. Width of line and width of border 1/8 inch (.32cm).

Background: The shoulder sleeve insignia was originally approved by telegram for the 80th Division on 20 Oct 1918 and officially announced on 23 Jun 1922. It was redesignated for the 80th Airborne Division and amended to add the airborne tab on 18 Jun 1951. On 13 Jul 1960 the insignia was redesignated for the 80th Infantry Division and amended to delete the airborne tab and change the background color from olive drab to Army green. The shoulder sleeve insignia was redesignated for the 80th Division on 7 Sep 1960.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA. Description: A gold color metal and enamel device 1 3/16 inches (3.02cm) in height consisting of a gold wavy scroll and issuing upwards from it between two sprigs of red oak leaves with gold acorns a blue fleur-de-lis charged on either side with a gold five-pointed star and at center with a vertical sword pointed up, the blade white and hilt gold, the scroll inscribed with the motto "Only Moves Forward" in blue letters.

Symbolism: Blue and white are the Infantry colors. The Division’s World War I service in France is represented by the stars placed on the fleur-de-lis at either side of the upright sword. Participation by the Division in four campaigns of World War II is symbolized by the fleur-de-lis for Northern France and by the sword for Central Europe while the sprigs of oak relate to the Ardennes-Alsace Campaign and the wavy scroll simulating a river, refers to the Rhineland.

Background: The distinctive unit insignia was authorized on 27 May 1970.

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81st Division
(ARCOM)
2nd Design


Submitted by Pittman Leary

Nickname: "Wildcat"
Worn from: 19 October 1918---31 December 1965.
Redesignated: Eighty-first Army Reserve Command.
Worn from: 23 August 1974---Current.
Organized in August of 1917 as the Eighty-first Division at Camp Jackson, South Carolina.

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82nd A/B Div.


Submitted by Pittman Leary

Nickname: "All American"
Worn from: 21 October 1918 (With tab "Airborne" 31 August 1942)-Current.

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83rd Division
(ARCOM)


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Nicknames: "Thunderbolt" or "Ohio"
Worn from: 26 December 1918-31 December 1965.
Redesignated: Eighty-third Army Reserve Command.
Worn from; 21 August 1974-Current.

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