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History : Constituted 28 July 1866 as 9th Cavalry. Organized 21 September 1866 at Greenville. La.<br> | |||
Inactivated 7 March 1944 in North Africa. Converted and redesignated 20 October as 509th Tank Battalion.<br> | |||
Activated 1 November 1950at Camp Polk, La. Inactivated 10 April 1956 at Fort Knox, Ky.<br> | |||
Reorganized and redesignated 1 December 1957 as 9th Cavalry. | |||
[[File:{{PAGENAME}}.png|center|350 px|Coat of arms (crest) of the {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:{{PAGENAME}}.png|center|350 px|Coat of arms (crest) of the {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
Shield : Or, on a pile azure in chief a sun of eight points of rays between three five-pointed mullets two and one of the field,<br> | |||
in base over all the block house of San Juan Hill, Santiago, Cuba, proper.<br> | |||
Crest : On a wreath of the colors a horseshoe with nine nail holes heels down argent winged purpure debruised by two<br> | |||
arrows in saltire sable armed and flitted gules.<br> | |||
Motto : We Can, We Will. | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The Pile with sun and stars allude to the Flag of the Philippine Insurrection. The Block House at San Juan was captured by the Regiment in 1898.<br> | |||
The Winged Horseshoe symbolizes the alertness of the mounted man. The Arrows symbolizes participation in the Indian Wars. | |||
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