875TH ENGINEER BATTALION

875th Engineer Battalion Distinctive Unit Insignia

875th Engineer Battalion Coat of Arms

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

COAT OF ARMS

Distinctive Unit Insignia. Description: A Silver metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) overall in height consisting of a shield blazoned: Gules, on a quarter wavy Argent a saltorel of the field. Attached below the shield a Silver scroll inscribed "READY AND WILLING" in Black letters.
   
         Symbolism: The shield is in the colors of the Corps of Engineers. The saltorel, representative of a two-strip airfield, symbolizes the Engineer Aviation function of the unit. The wavy partition line represents the Pacific Ocean, the area of the Battalion's service in World War II.
   
         Background: The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 875th Engineer Aviation Battalion, Arkansas National Guard on 12 September 1956. It was redesignated for the 875th Engineer Battalion on 1 May 1970.

Coat of Arms.
   
         Blazon:
   
                 Shield: Gules, on a quarter wavy Argent a saltorel of the field.
   
                 Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Arkansas Army National Guard: From a wreath Argent and Gules above two sprays of apple blossoms Proper a diamond Argent charged with four mullets Azure, one in upper point and three in lower, within a bordure of the last bearing twenty-five mullets of the second.
   
                 Motto: READY AND WILLING.
   
         Symbolism:
   
                 Shield: The shield is in the colors of the Corps of Engineers. The saltorel, representative of a two-strip airfield, symbolizes the Engineer Aviation function of the unit. The wavy partition line represents the Pacific Ocean, the area of the Battalion's service in World War II.
   
                 Crest: The crest is that of the Arkansas Army National Guard.
   
                 Background: The coat of arms was originally approved for the 875th Engineer Aviation Battalion on 12 September 1956. It was redesignated for the 875th Engineer Battalion on 1 May 1970.