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title: Insignia of the Army of the United States
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/insignia-of-the-army-of-the-united-states-1943/
description: 'Maroon reference chart of U.S. Army insignia in colour: arms and service emblems, aviation badges, officers'' grades, cap insignia and enlisted grades.'
section: Collection
---

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# Insignia of the Army of the United States

Maroon reference chart of U.S. Army insignia in colour: arms and service emblems, aviation badges, officers' grades, cap insignia and enlisted grades, each labelled. This is an identification chart and the technique is faint here; the closest is transfer, the display of rank and honours as authority symbols.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
INSIGNIA OF THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES
INSIGNIA OF ARMS AND SERVICES AND OTHER DISTINCTIVE EMBLEMS
Air Forces | Armored Force | Cavalry | Coast Artillery Corps | Corps of Engineers | Field Artillery | Infantry | Tank Destroyer Units | Signal Corps
Corps of Military Police | Medical Corps | Medical Administrative Corps | Contract Surgeon | Dental Corps | Army Nurse Corps | Sanitary Corps | Veterinary Corps | Hospital Dietitian | Physical Therapy Aide | First Special Service Force
Adjutant General's Department | Inspector General's Department | Quartermaster Corps | Transportation Corps | Finance Department | Unassigned Officer or Warrant Officer | Military Intelligence | Ordnance Department | Chemical Warfare Service | General Staff Corps | Judge Advocate General's Department | Aide
Academic Staff U. S. Military Academy | Officer, Warrant or Flight Officer | Warrant or Flight Officer | Officer, WAC | Detached Enlisted Men's List | Enlisted Man | Enlisted Member WAC | U. S. Army Band | National Guard Bureau | Chaplain Christian | Chaplain Jewish
BADGES
Pilot | Senior Pilot | Command Pilot | Senior Balloon Pilot | Glider Pilot
Navigator | Aircraft Observer | Flight Surgeon | Balloon Pilot | Liaison Pilot
Bombardier | Technical Observer | Parachutist | Air Crew Member | Service Pilot
INSIGNIA OF OFFICERS' GRADES
Including Warrant and Flight Officers
General | Lieutenant General | Major General | Brigadier General | Colonel | Lieutenant Colonel | Major | Captain | 1st Lieutenant | 2nd Lieutenant | Chief Warrant Officer | Warrant Officer Junior Grade | Flight Officer
War Department General Staff Identification
CAP INSIGNIA
Officer | Officer, WAC | Warrant or Flight Officer | Aviation Cadet | Enlisted Man | Enlisted Member, WAC | Cadet, U. S. Military Academy | U. S. Army Band
INSIGNIA OF ENLISTED GRADES
Including Insignia for Service
Master Sergeant | First Sergeant | Technical Sergeant | Staff Sergeant | Technician, Third Grade | Sergeant | Technician, Fourth Grade | Corporal | Technician, Fifth Grade | Private, First Class | Service Stripe (Three-year enlistment) | Overseas War Service or Wound Chevron (Same for all grades)
Illustrations are actual size except those under heading "Insignia of Enlisted Grades" which are half-size.
COMPILED BY THE ADJUTANT GENERAL OF THE ARMY
[imprint: small code at lower right, partly legible, beginning P-66; U.S. Government Printing Office mark]
```

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