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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The Lion on the Bend is taken from the | The Lion on the Bend is taken from the arms of Normandy and alludes to the Regiment's participation in the Normandy Landings in 1944. The Bend itself alludes to the Rhineland. The Wyvern in the Crest alluds to the 508th Airborne Regimental Combat Team, which the Regiment formed part of during the 1950ies. The Pheon (Arrowhead) symbolises Normandy and Rhineland Combat Jumps. | ||
Motto not shown here "Fury from the Sky". | Motto not shown here "Fury from the Sky". | ||
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[[Literature]]: Picture from Wikimedia Commons; Information from The Insitute of Heraldry, US Army. | [[Literature]]: Picture from Wikimedia Commons; Information from The Insitute of Heraldry, US Army. | ||
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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 1951]] | [[Category:Granted 1951]] | ||