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Genuine WWII US shoulder patch of the Advanced Section, Communications Zone (European Theater of Operations), 2nd pattern used from February 1944..... original, WW2.

The 16 officially recognized American military campaigns in the European theater of operations are: Campaigns in North Africa: Egypt-Libya: June 11, 1942 – February 12, 1943, American participation in the Algeria-French Morocco Western Desert Campaign: 8-11 November 1942, the Allied landings in North Africa Tunisia: November 17, 1942-May 13, 1943, the Tunisian campaign Campaigns in Italy: Sicily: July 9 - August 17, 1943, the Allied invasion and liberation of Sicily Naples-Foggia : Air: August 18, 1943 – January 21, 1944 Ground: September 9, 1943 – January 21, 1944, from the Allied invasion of Italy to the battles of the Winter Line Anzio: January 22 – May 24, 1944, the landing and the battle d'Anzio Rome-Arno: 22 January - 9 September 1944, from the landing at Anzio to the arrival on the Gothic Line Northern Apennines: 10 September 1944 - 4 April 1945, the battles of the Gothic Line Po Valley: 5 April – 8 May 1945, Allied Spring Offensive 1945 Eur Campaigns Western ope: Air Offensive Europe: July 4, 1942 – June 5, 1944, from the first American bombing mission over enemy-occupied territory in Europe until the night before D-Day Normandy: June 6 – 24 July 1944, the Allied landings in Normandy Northern France: July 25 - September 14, 1944, from Operation Cobra to the start of Operation Market Garden Southern France: August 15 - September 14, 1944, the Allied landings in the southern France Rhineland: 15 September 1944 – 21 March 1945, from Operation Market Garden to the start of the Allied invasion of Germany Ardennes-Alsace: 16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945, the Battle of the Bulge Central Europe: March 22 – May 11, 1945, the Allied invasion of Germany