Description340RegtCOA.jpg	340th Regiment (Training) Coat Of Arms
Date	30 March 1928
Source	US Army Institute of Heraldry
Author	US Army
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Blazon edit

• Shield: Azure, a wolverine guardant rampant Argent armed and langued Gules within a bordure engrailed of the third.
• Crest:

1. That for the regiments and separate battalions of the U.S. Army Reserve:
2. From a wreath Argent and Azure, the Lexington Minute Man Proper.
3. The statue of the Minute Man, Captain John Parker (H.H. Kitson, sculptor), stands on the Common in Lexington, Massachusetts.

• Motto: FORWARD.

Symbolism edit

• Shield:

1. The shield is taken from the arms of Bourges in the old province of Berry, the nearest arm-bearing city to Humbligny where the organization was stationed during World War I.
2. The shield of both Berry and Bourges were blue with a red engrailed border.
3. The silver wolverine indicates that allocation of the regiment to Michigan.

• Crest: The crest is that of the U.S. Army Reserve.

Background edit

1. The coat of arms was originally approved for the 340th Infantry Regiment, Organized Reserves, on 1928-03-30.
2. It was redesignated for the 340th Regiment (Training) on 1959-12-07.
3. The coat of arms was amended to update the blazon on 1999-09-14.