244th Assignments

ASSIGNMENTS
	As a separate (non-divisional) engineer combat battalion, the 244^th was not authorized its own patch. Men of the battalion wore the following patches:
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3^rd U.S. Army – from 25 Oct 43 until it reached England on 10 Nov 44.	XXI Corps – 11 Nov 44 until 25 Dec 44	12th Army Group – 25 Dec until early Jan 45	7th U.S. Army – from early Jan 45 until 17 Mar 45	9^th U.S. Army – 17 Mar 45 until 15 Jun 45	Headquarters, European Theater of Operations, U.S. Army (COM-Z) – 15 Jun 45 until inactivation

	Shoulder sleeve insignia (SSIs, or shoulder patches) show to what unit a soldier is assigned. In WW II, the vast majority of shoulder patches are "authorized", that is, approved by the Quartermaster General. They were manufactured according to government guidelines, including cable (thread) colors and dimensions. For units below the size of a regiment, patches are never authorized; however, it was up to the local commander to allow the wear of "unauthorized" patches. These were usually locally made, sometimes comical, and made out of many different types of materials.

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