Flag graphic for US 3rd Armored Division
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Flag graphic for US 3rd Armored Division

A digital representation of the United States 3rd Armored Division's flag. 

The US 3rd Armored Division (the "Spearhead" division) was established in 1941. During World War II, they were involved in the Battle of the Bulge and captured the city of Cologne. The division also discovered the Dora-Mittelbau concentration camp. The 3rd Armored Division was recognized as a liberating unit in 1985 by the United States Army Center of Military History and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM). 

 

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