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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
Shield: Per Fess dancetté Azure and Buff, fesswise in chief two sprigs of grapevine each bearing a leaf pendant Argent. | Shield:Per Fess dancetté Azure and Buff, fesswise in chief two sprigs of grapevine each bearing a leaf pendant Argent. | ||
Crest: From a wreath Buff and Azure, a dromedary statant haltered, collared and bearing supplies. Proper, pendant there from a Moorish shield | Crest:From a wreath Buff and Azure, a dromedary statant haltered, collared and bearing supplies. Proper, pendant there from a Moorish shield | ||
bendwise sinister blazoned: Per chevron Azure and Buff, all environed by a wreath of two palm trees Proper. | bendwise sinister blazoned:Per chevron Azure and Buff, all environed by a wreath of two palm trees Proper. | ||
Motto: Strength - Support. | Motto:Strength - Support. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
Shield: Buff is used with blue for the Quartermaster Corps. The two grape leaves refer to the areas where the unit served in World War II -- the Rhineland and Northern France. | Shield:Buff is used with blue for the Quartermaster Corps. The two grape leaves refer to the areas where the unit served in World War II -- the Rhineland and Northern France. | ||
The dancetté partition line represents the mountainous terrain of Korea where the organization served during the War. The peaks are three in number in reference to the Battalion's three | The dancetté partition line represents the mountainous terrain of Korea where the organization served during the War. The peaks are three in number in reference to the Battalion's three | ||
unit awards for action in Korea. Crest: The dromedary symbolises desert support and resupply to the frontline troops. The cargo and shield symbolises the unit's former designations as a Quartermaster Battalion | unit awards for action in Korea. Crest:The dromedary symbolises desert support and resupply to the frontline troops. The cargo and shield symbolises the unit's former designations as a Quartermaster Battalion | ||
and as a Supply and Service Battalion. The Palm tree denote the unit's participation in Southwest Asia Desert Shield/Storm campaigns. | and as a Supply and Service Battalion. The Palm tree denote the unit's participation in Southwest Asia Desert Shield/Storm campaigns. | ||
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Redesignated for the 13th Support Battalion effective 16 October 1994. | Redesignated for the 13th Support Battalion effective 16 October 1994. | ||
[[Literature]]: Images from Wikimedia Commons, further Information from the Institute of Heraldry, US Army{{us}} | [[Literature]]:Images from Wikimedia Commons, further Information from the Institute of Heraldry, US Army{{us}} | ||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||