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The 36th Infantry Division

Shoulder-Sleeve Insignia

The T-Patch

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Double-sided

Misprint or Functional?

Italian Cord

Variant I

Italian Cord

Variant II

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German Twill

Variant I

German Twill

Variant II

Japanese Silk

For the T-Patcher Far From Home

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Interwar Felt

Stateside Variation

German Bullion

Variant I

Bordered with German uniform piping

Distinctive Unit Insignia

Heraldry of the Texas Division

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141st Infantry Regiment

"Remember the Alamo"

142nd Infantry Regiment

"I'll Face You"

143rd Infantry Regiment

"Arms Secure Peace"

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131st Field Artillery
Battalion

"We Play the Game"

132nd Field Artillery Battalion

"Fiant Rotae Rotare"

133rd Field Artillery Battalion

"Dum Spiramus Tuebimur"

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Division Headquarters

The Brass

Division Artillery Headquarters

Brass, with a Bang

111th Combat Engineer Battalion

"Fortis et Fidelis"

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111th Medical Battalion

"Omnibus Opitulor"

111th Quartermaster Company

"Venio Cito"

443rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion

"Forever Conquer Tyranny"

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753rd Tank Battalion

"Insiste Firmiter"

36th Cavalry Recon Troop

"Out Front"

111th Medical Battalion - Stamping Die

Used by the Robbins Company of Attleboro, Massachusetts, to produce DUI from the 1930s-1940s

Field Gear

Wardrobe of Warfare

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36th-patched BAR Ammunition Belt

Used by combat infantry for carrying magazines for the Browning

Automatic Rifle. This one appears to have been given to the 36th from the Texas Military Institute, and at some point was decorated with a T-Patch by a soldier.

M43 Field Jacket

The standard jacket for 36th ID soldiers from October 1944 through the end of the war

M1 Combat Helmet

The standard-issue headgear for a T-Patcher, this one worn by division mortar crewman Cpl Bertrand Landry

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Miscellaneous Items

Pieces to Remember by

1945 Occupation League Baseball Uniform

A German-made 1945 baseball uniform used by a member of the intra-division league during occupation

D Company, 142nd Infantry Regiment PT Shirt

Worn either stateside or during occupation, dating from the late 1930s to mid 1940s. It was manufactured by the Hollywood Atheltic Co. in Dallas.

Theater-Made Knife

Likely made in Germany during occupation, the knife features a bone handle, a uniform button pommel, and a blade from a German dress bayonet. The sheath appears to be made from a WWI cleaning kit.

Miscellaneous Items

Pieces to Remember by

Miscellaneous Items

Pieces to Remember by

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36th ID Association Necklace

Sold by the division association in the postwar years for veteran wear

36th ID Lapel Pins

Another decorative piece of apparel

132nd Field Artillery
Belt Buckle

Souvenir buckle featuring the name and insignia of the 132nd FA

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36th Division License Plate Topper

Used on stateside military installations to designate private vehicles owned by division personnel.

36th Division License Plate Topper

Used on stateside military installations to designate private vehicles owned by division personnel.

36th Infantry Division NCO

Depicting a T-Patcher in the winter of 1944 in France

German Rifleman

Depicting a rifleman of Kampfgruppe Bittermann in December 1944 opposing the 36th in Selestat, France

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