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382ND (INFANTRY) REGIMENT, US ARMY
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Official blazon
Shield: Azure, issuant from a mount arched chevron reversed Vert, Mt. Hood Argent.
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: WE LEAD.
Distinctive Unit Insignia. Description: A gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Azure, issuant from a mount arched chevron reversed Vert, Mt. Hood Argent. Attached below the shield a gold scroll inscribed "WE LEAD" in Blue letters.
Origin/meaning
The shield is blue for Infantry. The green hills and snow-capped mountain against the blue sky, in symbolic form, allude to the organization of the regiment in Oregon after World War I.
The Coat of Arms and Distinctive Unit Insignia was originally approved for the 382d Regiment Infantry on 20 October 1932. They was redesignated for the 382d Regiment on 15 July 1999 with blazon revised. Literature: Images from Wikimedia Commons. Information from The Institute of Heraldry, US Army.