Description418th Infantry Regiment Distinctive Unit Insignia.png	English: Distinctive Unit Insignia (DUI) of the 418th Infantry Regiment (now 418th Regiment) of the United States Army Reserve.
Date	6 December 1926
Source	418th Regiment heraldry
Author	United States Army        Authority file : Q9212 VIAF: 135579316 ISNI: 0000000121632208 ULAN: 500312951 LCCN: n79063202 NLA: 35562961 WorldCat creator QS:P170,Q9212

Description/Blazon

A Gold color metal and enamel device consisting of a rounded shield shape blazoned as follows:  Azure, an Indian's head in profile couped at the shoulder, two feathers in hair, hair tied with wampum, red blanket on shoulder; within a wreath of two rattlesnakes, all Proper.  Attached below and to the sides a Gold scroll inscribed "SEMPER PUGNARE PARATUS" in Blue letters.

Symbolism

The charges allude to the history of the geographical area to which the organization was allotted originally.  The use of the warrior's head and the rattlesnakes was suggested by Orcutt's History, published under the auspices of the Fairfield County (Connecticut) Historical Society.  "The first of the Indian Wars in Connecticut was the Pequot War which began in May 1639, in a swamp flat which is now in the village of Southport in the Town of Fairfield.  There were at the time in the Housatonic River Valley from Long Island Sound Northward, between two and three thousand Indians.  Five plantations were seriously in danger, Stratford, Fairfield, Norwalk, Stamford, and Greenwich.  In this year and several following, the actions of the Indians in what is now Fairfield County were such as to awaken great apprehension for the safety of the people."  The rattlesnake?harmless when undisturbed but dangerous when provoked?is a symbol associated with the New England patriotism.  The blue of the shield represents Infantry.  The motto translates to "Always Ready To Fight."

Background

The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 418th Infantry Regiment on 6 December 1926.  It was redesignated for the 418th Regiment on 19 February 1960.

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