Check the listing for details. VINTAGE WWII US ARMY PACIFIC COMMAND USARPAC SHOULDER PATCH INSIGNIA WHITEBACK. Condition: New. Listed at 15.95 USD. GENUINE US MILITARY ISSUE VINTAGE WWII ERA US ARMY UNIT PATCH SHOULDER INSIGNA EMBROIDERED, FULL COLOR ITEM: 1 SHOULDER INSIGNIA / UNIT PATCH UNIT: US ARMY PACIFIC COMMAND - USARPAC CONDITION: VERY GOOD to LIKE NEW CONDITION FOR AGE – GENUINE VINTAGE US MILITARY ITEM, THIS IS A PIECE of HISTORY NOT A REPRO OR CHEAP KNOCK-OFF SYMBOLISM / SUBJECT of PATCH: THE US ARMY PACIFIC COMMAND PATCH CONTAINS A RED ARROW AND WHITE STARS ON A BLUE FIELD. THE RED ARROW OF WAR DENOTES THE VALOR AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF THE FORCES OF THE COMMAND. THE ALIGNMENT OF THE STARS OF THE INSIGNIA ALSO RECALL A KEY DATE IN THE HISTORY OF THE U.S. ARMY AND THE U.S. ARMED FORCES IN THE PACIFIC: THE TOTAL OF 12 STARS REPRESENTS THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, THE SEVEN STARS OF THE BIG DIPPER, THE 7TH DAY, AND THE FOUR STARS OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS PLUS THE NORTH STAR, THE YEAR '41: 12-7-41 - DECEMBER 7, 1941, THE DATE OF THE UNITED STATES' ENTRY INTO WORLD WAR II. THE INSIGNIA OF THE U.S. ARMY PACIFIC WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED AND APPROVED FOR U.S. ARMY FORCES PACIFIC OCEAN AREAS ON OCTOBER 18, 1944. ABOUT US ARMY SHOULDER PATCH: THE CORRECT TERM FOR US ARMY SHOULDER PATCH IS: SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA, OFTEN ABBREVIATED SSI, IS AN EMBROIDERED PATCH WORN ON SOME UNIFORMS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY. IT IS USED BY MAJOR AND MINOR FORMATIONS OF THE US ARMY. SSI’s FORMATIONS RANGE FROM BATALLION, BRIGADE, DIVISION, CORP to ARMY WITH EACH FORMATION HAVING IT’S OWN UNIQUE PATCH or INSIGNIA. BRIEF HISTORY of UNIT: THE UNITED STATES ARMY PACIFIC (USARPAC) IS AN ARMY SERVICE COMPONENT COMMAND (ASCC)[3] OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY AND IS THE ARMY COMPONENT UNIT OF THE UNITED STATES INDO-PACIFIC COMMAND. USARPAC’s MAIN AREAS OF JURISDICTION INCLUDE: HAWAII, ALASKA, THE PACIFIC OCEAN, SOUTH KOREA AND JAPAN, AS WELL AS PERFORMING MISSIONS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, AND IN THE COUNTRIES STRETCHING FROM THE PHILIPPINES ALL THE WAY TO BANGLADESH AND INDIA. UNITED STATES FORCES KOREA (USFK) HAS OPERATIONAL COMMAND AND CONTROL ON US FORCES IN KOREA SINCE JANUARY 2012, AND USARPAC HEADQUARTERS OVERSEES THE MANNING, TRAINING, AND EQUIPPING OF US ARMY FORCES ASSIGNED TO USFK. WWII: WHEN ARMY AND NAVY FORCES IN HAWAII AND THE PHILIPPINES CAME UNDER ATTACK DEC. 7, 1941, HAWAII QUICKLY BECAME A STRATEGIC HUB. THE HAWAIIAN DEPARTMENT BECAME THE ARMY COMPONENT COMMAND UNDER THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, PACIFIC OCEAN AREAS. AS THE CAMPAIGNS PROGRESSED, THE COMMAND WAS DESIGNATED U.S. ARMY FORCES, CENTRAL PACIFIC AREA (1943 TO 1944); U.S. ARMY FORCES, PACIFIC OCEAN AREAS (1944 TO 1945); AND U.S. ARMY FORCES, MIDDLE PACIFIC (1945 TO 1947). ITS INSIGNIA, DESIGNED IN 1944, DEPICTED THE AXIS OF ADVANCE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PACIFIC.