ASTP MEN TO GET SHOULDER PATCHES

More than 100,000 Soldiers participating in the Army Specialized Training Program at 209 colleges and universities in the United States will wear identifying shoulder patch insignia, the War Department announced yesterday.

The insignia will depict the sword of valor against a lamp of knowledge. The sword and lamp are in dark blue on a yellow, octagon-shape patch.

Artists of the Quartermaster Corps and Special Service Division, Army Service Forces, collaborated in designing a series of insignia which would serve as the official emblem of the ASTP.