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Description073 Cavalry Regiment.png | 73rd Cavalry Regiment | ||||
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Author | US Army | ||||
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- Coat of Arms.
Blazon
edit- Shield: Per fess Azure and Gules, on a fess Or a hand in armor grasping a bolt of lightning, both Vert.
- Crest: On a wreath of the colors Or and Azure, issuing from a flame of six tongues, three to dexter and three to sinister, charged with an arrowhead Argent within a crescent Vert, the head of a mace formed by a Korean Taeguk.
- Motto: HONOR, FIEDLITY, COURAGE.
Symbolism
edit- Shield:
- The shield is divided red and blue per fess, with a fess of gold thereon, which are the three colors of the shoulder sleeve insignia of the armored tank forces.
- The lightning bolt is symbolical of the striking power of the organization.
- Crest:
- The six tongues of the flames represent the unit’s six decorations.
- The crescent and arrowhead symbolize the Algeria-French Morocco and southern France assaults, World War II, and the colors red and green are used to represent the French Croix de Guerre awarded for the Italian campaigns.
- The mace in the arms of Colmar suggested the mace head to refer to that campaign.
- The Taeguk represents the Korean War and the three Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citations from that nation.
- The mace also alludes to the striking power of armor.
- Background:
- The coat of arms was originally approved for the 756th Tank Battalion, Light on 1942-05-15.
- It was redesignated for the 756th Tank Battalion on 1943-11-22.
- The insignia was redesignated for the 73d Tank Battalion on 1953-10-23.
- It was redesignated for the 73d Armor on 1963-03-19.
- It was amended to add the crest on 1965-12-15.
- It was redesignated effective 2004-02-25, for the 73d Cavalry Regiment
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