US Army Dental Activity Fort Lee

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US ARMY DENTAL ACTIVITY FORT LEE

Official blazon

Distinctive Unit Insignia. Description: A device of silver color metal and enamel 1 1/8 inches (2.86cm) in height overall consisting of a silver disc crossed by a horizontal red bar edged above and below with small alternating yellow and blue horizontal rectangles, and crossing in front from bottom to top of the disc a red vertical bar capped by a blue demi-fleur-de-lis; in the angles between the cross thus formed are ten raised silver vertical rectangles, three each in the upper angles and two each in the lower angles, all enclosed by a maroon scroll of three sections bearing in silver letters the words "CONCERN AND DEDICATION."

Origin/meaning

White (silver) and maroon are the colors associated with the Army Medical Department. The checkered bars and silver rectangles (heraldic billets) are from the Lee family arms. They refer to the DENTAC's location at Fort Lee, Virginia. The cross is an ancient symbol of medical aid and assistance. The vertical arm, capped by a demi-fleur-de-lis, refers to General Albert W. Kenner and to his service with the 1st Division in France during World War I. (The hospital at Fort Lee is named after General Kenner.) The demi-fleur-de-lis at the top further refers to General Kenner's World War II service as Chief Medical Officer, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force with responsibility for the medical service of the Allied Forces.

The Distinctive Unit Insignia was approved on 23 April 1980.

Literature: Image and Information from The Institute of Heraldry, US Army.