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|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}dui.png|center|350 px|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]<br> (Distinctive Unit Insignia) | |||
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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The field is blue for Infantry. This regiment took part in the Civil War, its great achievement was its first engagement at Gaines' Mills, Virginia, 1862-06-27 and 1862-06-28, | The field is blue for Infantry. This regiment took part in the Civil War, its great achievement was its first engagement at Gaines' Mills, Virginia, 1862-06-27 and 1862-06-28, where its loss was almost 50%. This is shown by the moline crosses which represent the iron fastening of a mill stone and the pair recall the crushing losses sustained. The wigwam with its five poles is for the five Indian Campaigns in which portions of the regiment took part. | ||
where its loss was almost 50%. This is shown by the moline crosses which represent the iron fastening of a mill stone and the pair recall the crushing losses sustained. | The chief is for the Spanish and Philippine Wars, yellow and red being the Spanish colors, red and blue the Katipunan colors; the embattled partition line is for the capture of the blockhouse at El Caney; the sea lion is from the arms of the Philippine Islands. The crest in the Spanish colors is to commemorate the capture of a Spanish flag at El Caney. The arms were approved on 21 December 1922. | ||
The wigwam with its five poles is for the five Indian Campaigns in which portions of the regiment took part. | |||
The chief is for the Spanish and Philippine Wars, yellow and red being the Spanish colors, red and blue the Katipunan colors; the embattled partition line is for the capture of the blockhouse at El Caney; the sea lion is from the arms of the Philippine Islands. The crest in the Spanish colors is to commemorate the capture of a Spanish flag at El Caney. | [[Literature]]: Image and Information from Wikimedia Commons. | ||
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[[Category:Military heraldry of the United States]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of the United States]] | ||
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[[Category:Granted 1922]] |