BALTIMORE — Steve Melnikoff wore the patch during the D-Day invasion of Europe 78 years ago as he crouched in a tank landing ship off Omaha Beach, German artillery shells screaming over his head.

Following its return from Germany after WWII, it was re-designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Division Artillery in ... to wear the division’s patch, you see it in movies ...

Known as the Fighting Aces, 4th Battalion, 60th Air Defense Artillery ... of the division. The insignia is designed from the triangular coat-of-arms of the American World War II Tank Corps.