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|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}.png|center|350 px|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br> (Coat of Arms) | |||
|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}dui.jpg|center|350 px|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]<br> (Distinctive Unit Insignia) | |||
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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
Shield: Per fess Azure and Argent, on a low mount an oak tree fructed of thirteen acorns Proper.<br> | |||
Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve: From a wreath Argent and Azure, the Lexington Minute Man Proper. The statue of the Minute Man, Captain John Parker (H.H. Kitson, sculptor) stands on the Common in Lexington, Massachusetts.<br> | |||
Motto: FORWARD. | |||
Distinctive Unit Insignia. Description: A Gold metal and enamel device 1 1/4 inches (3.18 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Per fess Azure and Argent, on a low mount an oak tree fructed of thirteen acorns Proper. Attached below the shield a Blue scroll inscribed "FORWARD" in gold letters. | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
{{ | The shield is blue and white, the Infantry colors, and displays the Charter Oak, representative of Connecticut. | ||
The arms were originally approved for the 304th Infantry Regiment, Organized Reserves on 22 August 1924. It was redesignated for the 304th Regiment, Army Reserve, on 6 May 1960. The Distinctive Unit Insignia was originally approved for the 304th Infantry Regiment, Organized Reserves on 14 November 1924. It was redesignated for the 304th Regiment, Army Reserve, on 6 May 1960. | |||
[[Literature]]: Images from Wikimedia Commons. Information from The Institute of Heraldry, US Army. | |||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:Military heraldry of the United States]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of the United States]] | ||
[[Category:Army heraldry]] | [[Category:Army heraldry]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1924]] |