391st (Infantry) Regiment, US Army

391ST (INFANTRY) REGIMENT, US ARMY

(Coat of Arms)

(Distinctive Unit Insignia)

Official blazon

Shield:Or, a fess Sable between three crescents two and one of the like.
Crest:That for regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve:From a wreath Or and Sable, 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:WE WILL ALWAYS WIN.

Distinctive Unit Insignia. Description:A gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in height overall, consisting of an elongated shield-shaped background divided into three vertical stripes of equal width, the dexter stripe of blue, center stripe white, and sinister stripe yellow; superimposed thereon the shield, wreath and crest of the Regiment all in gold, with the fess and three crescents on the shield of black. Attached below the shield, a gold color metal scroll inscribed "WE WILL ALWAYS WIN." In black letters.

Origin/meaning

The shield of the Regiment is the shield of Colonel Nathaniel Rochester, the Revolutionary War soldier and manufacturer of arms (born 1752, Virginia; moved to Genessee Valley, New York, 1810; Colonel Rochester moved to the town in 1819 - died 1831).

The arms were originally approved for the 391st Infantry Regiment, Organized Reserves on 11 August 1924. It was redesignated for the 391st Regiment, Army Reserve on 18 October 1960. The arms were amended to add a motto on 3 July 1969. The Distinctive Unit Insignia was approved on 18 October 1960. It was amended to add a motto and revise the description of the design on 3 July 1969.

Literature:Images from Wikimedia Commons. Information from The Institute of Heraldry, US Army.

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