Fort Bliss, Texas - 1955: Patch Orders Requesting for

Fort Bliss, Texas - 1955: Patch Orders Requesting for a Separate Tab
According to Kari Atkinson, Director of the 1st Armored Division & Fort Bliss Museum, this looks to be a copy of patch orders from the Office of the Commanding General requesting for the addition of the Old Ironsides tab. “Submitted in late 1955, it would have been granted in early 1956; the patch orders would have been the request to make Old Ironsides the official army nickname as well as to add the tab to the patch as a separate item.” Clay Mattson, G3 Chief of Force Integration, 1AD, tracked down this original hard copy “so that I could have a little piece of our division’s history on my wall." (Image courtesy of 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division)