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History: Activated 6 December 1917, under the designated 7th Division. Organized 1 Janaury 1918 at Camp Wheeler (Georgia). Inactivated 22 September 1918 at Camp Meade (Maryland). Reactivated 1 July 1940 at Camp Ord (California). Reorganized and re-designated 7th Motorized Division on 9 April 1942. Reorganized and re-designated 1 January 1943 as 7th Infantry Division. | |||
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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
Shoulder Sleeve Insignia. Description: On a red disc 2 1/4 inches (5.72cm) in diameter a black "hour glass" of two pyramids point to point whose bases are I inch (2.54cm) in width, all within a 1/8 inch (.32cm) Army Green border. | |||
Distinctive Unit Insignia. Description: A silver color metal and enamel insignia 1 1/8 inches (2.86cm) high consisting of an hourglass the upper section red, the lower black, the sections triangular in shape and separated diagonally by a silver bayonet point up, the pommel in lower right. | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
{{ | The SSI "Hourglass" shows two numbers 7 in saltire, on inverted. | ||
Distinctive Unit Insignia: The design is an adaptation of the hourglass symbol of the 7th Division shoulder sleeve insignia which originated out of the use of two figure sevens which later became triangles to form an hourglass; likewise the colors red and black have been borrowed from the same insignia. The bayonet, a reference to the nickname "Bayonet Division" which became synonymous with the 7th Infantry Division through the unit's participation in the Korean Conflict, is the infantryman's hallmark and symbolizes the fighting spirit of the 7th Infantry. | |||
The Shoulder Sleeve Insignia was originally approved for the 7th Division on 23 October 1918. It was redesignated for the 7th Infantry Division on 14 April 1964, retroactive to 1 January 1943, and amended to include the border. The Distinctive Unit Insignia was approved on 16 June 1965. | |||
[[Literature]]: Images from Wikimedia Commons. Information from The Institute of Heraldry, US Army. | |||
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