71st Infantry Division:
The Red Circle Division

The 71 st Division was activated as a component of the
Army of the United States on July 15th, 1943, with
Headquarters at Camp Carson, Colorado. Elements of the
Division trained under the Second Army until March and
April of 1944 when the unit participated in maneuvers
at the Hunter Ligget Military Reservation in California
before embarking for the European Theater in January of 1945.

The shoulder patch for the 71st Division was approved on
July 24th, 1943. The numbers "71" represent the unit's
designation, and the colors red, white, and blue are
the National Colors.

Worn from:
24 July 1943 - 15 September 1956.

Campaigns:
World War II
(Rhineland, Central Europe).