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|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}.png|center|350 px|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br> (Coat of Arms) | |||
|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=== | ||
Shield: Azure, a wall embattled Argent, maconné de Sable, between in chief a cross patée and a five-bastioned fort voided, and in base a buffalo statant of the second.<br> | Shield:Azure, a wall embattled Argent, maconné de Sable, between in chief a cross patée and a five-bastioned fort voided, and in base a buffalo statant of the second.<br> | ||
Crest: On a wreath of the colors, Argent and Azure, a sea lion erect Or armed and langued Gules grasping in its dexter claw two arrows Sable, armed and flighted Gules.<br> | Crest:On a wreath of the colors, Argent and Azure, a sea lion erect Or armed and langued Gules grasping in its dexter claw two arrows Sable, armed and flighted Gules.<br> | ||
Motto: TRUTH AND COURAGE. | Motto:TRUTH AND COURAGE. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
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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<br> | 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<br> | ||
lost approximately 50% of its effective strength. The sea lion is taken from the Spanish arms of Manila, and the arrows represent Indian campaigns.<br> | lost approximately 50% of its effective strength. The sea lion is taken from the Spanish arms of Manila, and the arrows represent Indian campaigns.<br> | ||
The coat of arms was originally approved on 15 March 1921. It was amended by the addition of the buffalo for Korean service on 5 May 1952. It was amended on 1 May 1990 to revise the blazon and symbolism of the design. | |||
[[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]] | ||
[[Category:Army heraldry]] | [[Category:Army heraldry]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1921]] | |||