http://www.history.army.mil/books/korea/ebb/sym.htm
Symbols within a rectangle indicate a military unit, within a triangle an observation post, and within a circle a supply point.
Military Units- Identification |
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Antiaircraft Artillery
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Armored Command
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Army Air Forces
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Artillery, except Antiaircraft and Coast Artillery
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Cavalry, Horse
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Cavalry, Mechanized
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Chemical Warfare Service
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Coast Artillery
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Engineers
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Infantry
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Medical Corps
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Ordnance Department
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Quartermaster Corps
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Signal Corps
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Tank Destroyer
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Transportation Corps
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Veterinary Corps
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Airborne units are designated by combining a gull symbol with the arm or service symbol:
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Airborne Artillery
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Airborne Infantry
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Size Symbols |
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The following symbols placed either in boundary lines or above the rectangle, triangle, or circle inclosing the identifying arm or service symbol indicate the size of military organization: |
Squad
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Section
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Platoon
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Company, troop, battery, Air Force flight
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Battalion, cavalry squadron, or Air Force squadron
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Regiment or group; combat team (with abbreviation CT following identifying numeral)
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Brigade, Combat Command of Armored Division, or Air Force Wing
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Division or Command of an Air Force
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Corps or Air Force
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Army
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Group of Armies
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EXAMPLES |
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The letter or number to the left of the symbol indicates the unit designation; that to the right, the designation of the parent unit to which it belongs. Letters or numbers above or below boundary lines designate the units separated by the lines: |
Company A, 137th Infantry
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8th Field Artillery Battalion
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Combat Command A, 1st Armored Division
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Observation Post, 23d Infantry
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Command Post, 5th Infantry Division
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Boundary between 137th and 138th Infantry
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Weapons |
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Machine gun | |
Gun | |
Gun battery | |
Howitzer or Mortar | . |
Tank | |
Self-propelled gun | |
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Attached as word doc
Military Unit IDs.doc
Great information.
I have an idea. Please print out all good info, and put it in a binder.