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  2. United States Army uniforms in World War II - Wikipedia

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    World War II U.S. Army branch piping colors [9] Branch Color(s) Adjutant General's Department: Dark blue and scarlet Air Corps: Ultramarine blue and golden orange Armored Center and units: Green and white Cavalry: Yellow Chaplain Corps: Black Chemical Warfare Service: Cobalt blue and golden yellow Coast and Antiaircraft Artillery: Scarlet Corps ...

  3. United States Army Adjutant General's Corps - Wikipedia

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    Since World War II, the Adjutant General's Corps has been combat tested on several far-flung battlefields such as Korea, Vietnam, Grenada, Panama, and, most recently, in the Persian Gulf War (Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm). AG soldiers mobilized 139,207 reserve component soldiers (equating to 1,045 Reserve and National Guard units ...

  4. Uniforms of the United States Army - Wikipedia

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    Uniforms for the War of 1812 were made in Philadelphia.. The design of early army uniforms was influenced by both British and French traditions. One of the first Army-wide regulations, adopted in 1789, prescribed blue coats with colored facings to identify a unit's region of origin: New England units wore white facings, southern units wore blue facings, and units from Mid-Atlantic states wore ...

  5. List of World War II uniforms and clothing - Wikipedia

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    Comparative military ranks of World War II; List of equipment used in World War II; Imperial Japanese Army Uniforms; United States Army Uniform in World War II; Ranks and insignia of the Red Army and Navy 1940–1943; Ranks and insignia of the Soviet Armed Forces 1943–1955

  6. Mess dress uniform - Wikipedia

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    Mess dress uniforms are typically less formal than full dress uniform, but more formal than service dress uniform. Prior to World War II, this style of military uniform was largely restricted to the British and United States Armed Forces, although the French, German, Swedish and other navies had adopted their own versions of mess dress during ...

  7. Army Service Forces - Wikipedia

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    According to the website of the U.S. Army Institute of Heraldry, the insignia of the Army Service Forces consisted of "a blue five-pointed star, one point up, 1 3 ⁄ 8 inches in diameter on a white background within a red border, outside diameter 2 1 ⁄ 4 inches, inside invected of six."

  8. United States Army enlisted rank insignia of World War II

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    The U.S. Army enlisted rank insignia that was used during World War II differs from the current system.The color scheme used for the insignia's chevron design was defined as golden olive drab chevrons on a dark blue-black wool background for wear on "winter" uniform dress coats and dress shirts or silvery-khaki chevrons on a dark blue-black cotton background for wear on the various types of ...

  9. Adjutant - Wikipedia

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    Adjutant is a military appointment given to an officer who assists the commanding officer with unit administration, mostly the management of “human resources” in an army unit. The term adjudant is used in French-speaking armed forces as a non-commissioned officer rank similar to a master sergeant or warrant officer but is not equivalent to ...