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===Official blazon===
===Official blazon===
Shield: Gules, a bend sinister Or.
Shield: Gules, a bend sinister Or.<br>
Crest: On a wreath of the colors Or and Gules, two kampilans in saltire Argent, hilted Or charged with a crescent Gules a rattlesnake with four rattles entwined with the weapons Proper.
Crest: On a wreath of the colors Or and Gules, two kampilans in saltire Argent, hilted Or charged with a crescent Gules a rattlesnake with four rattles entwined with the weapons Proper.<br>
Motto: NULLI VESTIGIA RETRORSUM = No Step Backward.
Motto: NULLI VESTIGIA RETRORSUM = No Step Backward.<br>


===Origin/meaning===
===Origin/meaning===
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4TH FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENT, US ARMY

Arms of 4th Field Artillery Regiment, US Army

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(Distinctive Unit Insignia)


Official blazon

Shield: Gules, a bend sinister Or.
Crest: On a wreath of the colors Or and Gules, two kampilans in saltire Argent, hilted Or charged with a crescent Gules a rattlesnake with four rattles entwined with the weapons Proper.
Motto: NULLI VESTIGIA RETRORSUM = No Step Backward.

Origin/meaning

The shield is scarlet for Artillery. The bend sinister, an allusion to the hybrid mule, is indicative of the regiment's former service as pack artillery. Crest: The rattlesnake, a device on the arms of Mexico, refers to the Punitive Expeditions into Mexico. The kampilan and crescent commemorate the services of the regiment against the Moros and in Vera Cruz.


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