White wool felt 2-1/8" x 11-3/4" lettering on dark blue wool felt... With 1-1/4" hand-made "Blue Spade DI emblem gold-wire trimmed center. Extremely scarce War crimes trial Armband... In 1941, the regiment stood with its sister regiments and prepared for war in Europe.
The regiment was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division for the duration of World War II. In World War II, the 26th Infantry led America's first-ever amphibious assault in North Africa, fought at the Kasserine Pass, assaulted Sicily at the Amphibious Battle of Gela , invaded Normandy , conquered the first German city of ...
