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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. | 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. The arrows stand for five Indian campaigns; the sun in splendor was the old Katipunan device in the Philippine Insurrection. 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 22nd Infantry was the first regiment to land on Cuban soil in that war. The arms were approved on 24 March 1921. | ||
The arrows stand for five Indian campaigns; the sun in splendor was the old Katipunan device in the Philippine Insurrection. | |||
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 | [[Literature]]: Image and Information from Wikimedia Commons | ||
22nd Infantry was the first regiment to land on Cuban soil in that war. The | |||
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Latest revision as of 18:45, 11 February 2024
22ND INFANTRY REGIMENT, US ARMY
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Official blazon
Shield: Per fess embattled Argent and Azure, in chief a bundle of five arrows Sable armed and flitted Gules, in base a sun in splendor Or.
Crest: On a wreath of the colors Argent and Azure, a five bastioned fort divided fesswise Or and Gules, fimbriated Gules and Or, charged with a royal palm Proper.
Motto: DEEDS NOT WORDS.
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. The arrows stand for five Indian campaigns; the sun in splendor was the old Katipunan device in the Philippine Insurrection. 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 22nd Infantry was the first regiment to land on Cuban soil in that war. The arms were approved on 24 March 1921.
Literature: Image and Information from Wikimedia Commons
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