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The field of vair is derived from arms seen in the Fléville Castle, which is now destroyed, as the regiment was based in [[Fléville]], France, during the First World War. | The field of vair is derived from arms seen in the Fléville Castle, which is now destroyed, as the regiment was based in [[Fléville]], France, during the First World War. The crossed arrow and bolo recall the Indian and Philippine fighting and the five-bastioned fort that was the badge of the V Corps in Cuba. 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 lost approximately 50% of its effective strength. The motto "Always Prepared" has been in use by the regiment since 1907. | ||
The crossed arrow and bolo recall the Indian and Philippine fighting and the five-bastioned fort that was the badge of the V Corps in Cuba. | |||
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 lost approximately 50% of its effective strength. The motto "Always Prepared" has been in use by the regiment since 1907. | |||
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[[Literature]]: Colour from https://16thinfassn.org/history/regimental-colors/ | [[Literature]]: Colour from https://16thinfassn.org/history/regimental-colors/ | ||
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[[Category:Military heraldry of the United States]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of the United States]] | ||
[[Category: Army heraldry]] | [[Category:Army heraldry]] | ||