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Shoulder Sleeve Insignia
Description
A 1/16 inch blue outline of a star, one point up, 1 3/8 inches in diameter on a white background within a blue border outside diameter 2 1/4 inches, inside invected of six.
Symbolism
The design resembles the shoulder sleeve insignia for the Army Service Force (currently designated as DA Staff Support) with the exception that blue and white are used in the composition and is appropriate inasmuch as the organizations for which it is approved are under the Service Commands. The insignia for all of the Service Commands are blue and white.
Background
The insignia was approved on September 16, 1944.
Description
A 1/16 inch blue outline of a star, one point up, 1 3/8 inches in diameter on a white background within a blue border outside diameter 2 1/4 inches, inside invected of six.
Symbolism
The design resembles the shoulder sleeve insignia for the Army Service Force (currently designated as DA Staff Support) with the exception that blue and white are used in the composition and is appropriate inasmuch as the organizations for which it is approved are under the Service Commands. The insignia for all of the Service Commands are blue and white.
Background
The insignia was approved on September 16, 1944.