![]() ![]() (Also, Patton never replaced the original I Armored Corps patch from his sheepskin jacket as seen in later scenes during the Battle of the Bulge, probably because removal of the patch would have exposed the stitch holes and compromised the leather. ![]() Members of the 101st Airborne Division walk past dead comrades, killed during the Christmas Eve bombing of Bastogne, Belgium, the town in which this. This photo was taken while Bastogne was still under seige (12/25/44) RESTRICTED-Signal Corps Photo ETO-HQ-45-34 (Krochka). Rather than being a goof, this a highly accurate attention to detail. The tanks, behind which they were advancing, were knocked out also. The organization reverted briefly to its original designation and insignia of I Armored Corps during the period between the Battle of El Guettar and the invasion of Sicily when this scene takes place, with Patton resuming command and passing command of II Corps to General Bradley I Armored Corps was then redesignated the 7th Army for the Sicily Campaign with II Corps being incorporated into it. ![]() During the discussion with the British Leadership prior to the invasion of Sicily (where Patton advocates his army land at Syracuse), Patton and his staff are wearing the shoulder patch of the I (1st) Armored CORPS (with Roman numeral I, NOT the 1st Armored DIVISION which has an Arabic numeral 1), which Patton commanded in the US and was redesignated the Western Task Force for the North African landings. ![]()
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