The 75th Infantry Division Shoulder Sleeve Insignia, or unit patch, was approved in February 1943, two months before the Division was activated at Fort Leonard Wood on 15 April 1943. Unofficially nicknamed “Diaper Division” because it was the most recently organized division in the Army at the time, the 75th Infantry was hurried to the front just before Christmas 1945 in response to the German Ardennes offensive and was attached to the XVIII Airborne Corps several days later.
Relieving the 82nd Airborne Division from the line it was holding on the Salm River on 8 January 1945, the Division went on the offensive on 17 January 1945 and crossed the Rhine into Germany on 24 March 1945. The Division eventually was credited with participation in three campaigns—Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe—and was inactivated in November 1945.
It was then allotted to the Reserve for five years (1952 – 1957) until restructuring led to its inactivation until 1993, when it was redesignated as 75th Division (Exercise); in 1999 was redesignated 75th Division (Training Support). Numerous units of the Division were mobilized in 2003 to train Army Reserve and Army National Guard units prior to deployment for Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.
In January 2018, it was reorganized into the 75th Innovation Command and given the mission of “preparing to 'Make Ready' for the future" and drive operational innovation, concepts, and capabilities to enhance the readiness and lethality of the future force by leveraging the unique skills, agility, and private sector connectivity of America's Army Reserve.” One thing that did
not change, however, was the Shoulder Sleeve Insignia: the 75th Infantry Division patch and 75th Innovation Command patch are identical.
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