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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
Shield: Vair Argent and Azure, in chief an Indian arrow and a Philippine bolo in saltire Or and in base a five bastioned fort Gules fimbriated of the third (Or).<br> | |||
Crest: On a wreath of the colors on a cross pateé Argent a garb Proper pierced by a devil's trident in pale Sable armed Gules.<br> | |||
Motto: SEMPER PARATUS. | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The field of vair is derived from arms seen in the Fléville Castle, which is now destroyed, as the regiment was based in [[Fléville]], France, during the First World War. | The field of vair is derived from arms seen in the Fléville Castle, which is now destroyed, as the regiment was based in [[Fléville]], France, during the First World War. The crossed arrow and bolo recall the Indian and Philippine fighting and the five-bastioned fort that was the badge of the V Corps in Cuba. The crest is the white maltese cross of the V Corps in the Civil War and represents the desperate fighting in the Wheatfield and Devil's Den at Gettysburg where the regiment lost approximately 50% of its effective strength. The motto "Always Prepared" has been in use by the regiment since 1907. | ||
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====Colour==== | |||
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File:col16inf3bn.jpg|Colour of the 3rd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment. | |||
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[[Literature]]: Colour from https://16thinfassn.org/history/regimental-colors/ | |||
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[[Category:Military heraldry of the United States]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of the United States]] | ||
[[Category:Army heraldry]] | |||