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Revision as of 11:49, 20 August 2023
349TH (INFANTRY) REGIMENT, US ARMY
(Coat of Arms) |
(Distinctive Unit Insignia) |
Official blazon
Shield: Azure, a bend Or, on a chief Argent a quatrefoil of the first charged with a fleur-de-lis of the second.
Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve: From a wreath Argent and Azure, 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: LIBERTY AND RIGHTS.
Distinctive Unit Insignia. Description: A Gold color and metal enamel device 1 inch (2.54 cm) in height consisting of a shield blazoned: Azure, a bend Or, on a chief Argent a quatrefoil of the first charged with a fleur-de-lis of the second. Attached below the shield is a scroll inscribed "LIBERTY AND RIGHTS" in Blue.
Origin/meaning
The shield is blue for Infantry, the original designation of the unit. The gold bend is taken from the arms of Alsace; the 349th Infantry served as a unit of the 88th Division during World War I, where the division wore the blue quatrefoil. The fleur-de-lis indicates the regiment's baptism of fire in France. The chief is made white, so as not to have a blue quatrefoil on a blue field.
The arms were originally authorized for the 349th Infantry Regiment on 9 November 1925. It was redesignated for the 349th Regiment on 6 April 1999. The Distinctive Unit Insignia was originally authorized for the 349th Infantry Regiment on 22 March 1926. It was redesignated for the 349th Regiment on 6 April 1999.
Literature: Images from Wikimedia Commons. Information from The Institute of Heraldry, US Army.