The Baltimore Sun

Commission on Confederate names, symbols in military considers dropping 29th Infantry Division’s blue-and-gray insignia

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. He wore it the ...
Daily Mail

Finland's air force quietly ditches infamous SWASTIKA symbol from its command insignia

The air force had used the symbol ever since it was founded in 1918 and long before it was co-opted by mass murderer Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party. But in a change first noticed by University of Helsinki ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Jewish groups ask Pentagon to stop Messianic chaplains from wearing Jewish insignia

Aleph asked the military to investigate the Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations, which endorses Messianic chaplains, and to revoke its endorsement authority if it continues allowing clergy to wear ...
The Baltimore Sun

Commission reviewing military symbols for Confederate ties recommends 29th Infantry Division be allowed to keep blue-and-gray patch

When Frank Armiger, the national leader of an advocacy group for the historic military unit known as the 29th Infantry Division, first learned that a national commission was considering retiring the ...