22nd Infantry Regiment, US Army: Difference between revisions
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The shield is white and blue, the old and present infantry colors. The embattled partition line is for the wars in which the regiment has taken part.<br> | |||
The arrows stand for five Indian campaigns; the sun in splendor was the old Katipunan device in the Philippine Insurrection.<br> | |||
The crest is for the War with Spain, being the badge of the V Corps in the Spanish colors, and charged with a royal palm to commemorate the fact that the <br> | |||
22nd Infantry was the first regiment to land on Cuban soil in that war. The Coat of Arms was approved on 24 March 1921, | |||
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[[Literature]]: Image from Wikimedia Commons | [[Literature]]: Image from Wikimedia Commons | ||
[[Category:Military heraldry of the United States]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of the United States]] | ||
[[Category:Army heraldry]] | |||