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The shoulder sleeve insignia was approved by the Adjutant General, American Expeditionary Forces on December 3, 1918 and approved by the War Department on June 17, 1922. The current insignia was approved on October 31, 1988. The original distinctive unit insignia for I Corps was approved on June 8, 1942. It was a blue disc with white star, a white Ionic column rising from a white pediment and a motto scroll with "Aspire." A new insignia was authorized on May 21, 1970 which was a hexagon elongated vertically and divided by a wavy black diagonal band with ten silver stars, between dark blue at the top with a yellow fleur-de-lis and a white star and a light blue area in base bearing a Korean Taeguk. A third design was approved on September 14, 1982 and cancelled on October 31, 1988 was a duplicate of the shoulder sleeve insignia. | The shoulder sleeve insignia was approved by the Adjutant General, American Expeditionary Forces on December 3, 1918 and approved by the War Department on June 17, 1922. The current insignia was approved on October 31, 1988. The original distinctive unit insignia for I Corps was approved on June 8, 1942. It was a blue disc with white star, a white Ionic column rising from a white pediment and a motto scroll with "Aspire." A new insignia was authorized on May 21, 1970 which was a hexagon elongated vertically and divided by a wavy black diagonal band with ten silver stars, between dark blue at the top with a yellow fleur-de-lis and a white star and a light blue area in base bearing a Korean Taeguk. A third design was approved on September 14, 1982 and cancelled on October 31, 1988 was a duplicate of the shoulder sleeve insignia. | ||