502nd Infantry Regiment, US Army
502ND INFANTRY REGIMENT, US ARMY
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Official blazon
Shield: Azure issuant from chief, an eagle's claw, talons extended Or, armed Sable.
Crest: On a wreath Or and Azure, an eagle's feather palewise Tenné behind two bayonets saltirewise of the first hilted Sable garnished Gold surmounted by a gun stone bearing a four-bastioned fort Argent charged with an ermine spot of the fourth.
Motto: STRIKE.
Distinctive Unit Insignia. Description: A gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Azure, issuant from chief, an eagle's claw, talons extended Or, armed Sable. Attached below the shield a gold motto scroll inscribed "STRIKE" in blue letters.
Origin/meaning
The Shield is blue for Infantry, the Eagle's claw symbolizes the airborne role of the Regiment. The Bayonets alludes to the Capture of Carentan by a Bayonet Charge, They are Two to symbolize the Two Distingusihed Unit Citations and the Two assault landings by the Regiment during World War II. The Eagle's Feather alludes to the Airborne Role, it is Orange to indicated the liberation of Best in the Netherlands. the four-bastioned fort on a black roundel alludes to Bastonge, Belgium and the Battle of the Bulge. The Ermine sport on the white Fort refers to the snow the blankated the Battle's Terrain. Approwed 1 February 1978.
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