Here’s the origin of the Army’s ‘Red Wing’ design on the Mariner Badges
The design of the Mariner Badge includes the Transportation Corps’ “winged wheel,” which symbolizes rail transportation.
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Aircraft, Flight Jackets and Pins: How Walt Disney's Characters Inspired Troops in WWII
In 1933, a Navy Reserve Squadron in New York asked Walt Disney's company to develop an insignia for the military unit. What Disney devised was an image of Mickey Mouse riding a goose, with a Navy ...
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Army unveils new Mariner and Mountaineer Badges
The badges will recognize proficiency in mariner operations at three different levels of skill and proficiency in ...