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Distinctive Unit Insignia |
Coat of Arms |
305TH REGIMENT
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Distinctive Unit Insignia |
Coat of Arms |
Distinctive Unit Insignia. Description: A silver color metal and enamel device 1 5/16 inches (3.33cm) in height overall consisting of a black oak leaf (Quercus robur) stem to base in the form of a devil's tail, on the leaf four white bendlets wavy.
Symbolism: The insignia is formed from charges appearing of the shield of the regimental coat of arms.
Background: The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 305th Regiment Infantry, Organized Reserves on 1 Jul 1926. It was amended to withdraw "Organized Reserves" from the designation on 10 Aug 1959. The insignia was amended on 7 Aug 1970 to revise the description. On 12 Apr 1999 the distinctive unit insignia was redesignated with the description updated for the
305th Regiment.
Coat of Arms.
Blazon:
Shield: Sable, four bendlets wavy between an oak tree eradicated and the devil of Chateau-de-Diable all Argent.
Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve: From a wreath Argent and Sable, 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.
Motto: SECOND TO NONE.
Symbolism:
Shield: The bendlets represent the four rivers, Vesle, Aisne, Aire and Meuse; the devil, the Chateau-de-Diable; the oak tree, the Argonne.
Crest: The crest is that of the U.S. Army Reserve.
Background: The coat of arms was originally approved for the 305th Regiment Infantry, Organized Reserves on 14 Jun 1924. It was amended to withdraw the "Organized Reserves" from the designation and to delete the Organized Reserves' crest from the coat of arms on 10 Aug 1959. On 7 Aug 1970 the coat of arms was amended to reinstate the crest of the Army Reserve for the 305th Infantry Regiment. The coat of arms was redesignated for the 305th Regiment on 12 Apr 1999.
