9th Infantry Regiment, US Army: Difference between revisions

|align="center"|[[File:9infantryus.jpg|center||Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]<br> (Coat of Arms}

 

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The field of the shield is blue, the Infantry color. Numerous Indian campaigns are commemorated by the wigwam. Service in the Philippines and in the China Relief Expedition are shown by the sun in splendor, a device used by the Filipino insurrectos, and by the Imperial Chinese dragon respectively. In 1898 the regiment took part in the battle of Santiago, crossing the San Juan River at the "bloody angle;" this is represented by the wavy chevron. The crest is the insignia used by the regiment in World War I, surrounded by a fourragere awarded by the French Government for distinguished services rendered. The Coat of arms was approved on 8 April 1920.