419th Transportation Battalion, US Army
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419TH TRANSPORTATION BATTALION, US ARMY
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(Distinctive Unit Insignia) |
Official blazon
Shield: Vert, a trident head Or braced with an annulet Gules (Brick Red) fimbriated of the second.
Crest: That for regiments and separated battalions of the Army Reserve: From a wreath Or and Vert, the Lexington Minute Man Proper, The Statue of the Minute Man, Captain John Parker (H.H. Kitson, sculptor), stands on the common in Lexington, Massachusetts.
Motto: Support to the line.
Distinctive Unit Insignia, Description: A gold colour metal and enamel device 1 3/16 (3.02 cm) in height overall consiting of a gold tri-ponged arrow-shaft (without feathers) throughout over a green disc with the vertical prong under and beyond a brick red band encircling the disc and the two horizontal prongs curved to the right and left over and beyond the band and between the words on the upper portion of the band "SUPPORT" and "TO THE LINE" on the lower portion; all in gold.
Origin/meaning
The Green field symbolises Go as it relate to Transportation. The Trident represents the Road directions. The annulet indicates a Wheel.
The Coat of Arms was approved on 9 May 1997 and the Distinctive Unit Insignia on 2 June 1967.
Literature: The Institute of Heraldry, US Army