Category:21st Infantry Regiment Heraldry
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Coat of Arms
[edit]Blazon
[edit]- Shield: Party per fess Azure and Argent, in chief a sun in splendor Or charged with five-bastioned fort of the first, in base a cedar tree eradicated Proper.
- Crest: On a wreath of the colors Argent and Azure four arrows Sable armed and feathered Gules, tied with a rattlesnake skin Proper.
- Motto: DUTY.
Symbolism
[edit]- Shield:
- Blue and white are the colors used for the Infantry.
- Organized in 1862 as the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry, the Regiment was in the Army of the Potomac and served in numerous engagements.
- The cedar tree commemorates the Regiment's baptism of fire at Cedar Mountain, 1862-08-09, where it performed its mission with such success as to receive special mention from General Prince, the brigade commander.
- The five-bastioned fort, the badge of the 5th Corps at Santiago during the war with Spain.
- The Katipunan sun refers to campaign participation during the Philippine Insurrection.
- Crest: The arrows of the crest and the rattlesnake skin, an Indian emblem of war, allude to eight campaigns during the Indian Wars.
- Motto: Self Explanitory.
Background
[edit]- The coat of arms was originally approved on 1921-01-17.
Distinctive Unit Insignia
[edit]Description
[edit]- A gold color metal and enamel device 1⅜ inches (3.49cm) in height overall consisting of the shield, crest and motto of the coat of arms.
Symbolism
[edit]- Blue and white are the colors used for the Infantry.
- Organized in 1862 as the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry, the Regiment was in the Army of the Potomac and served in numerous engagements.
- The cedar tree commemorates the Regiment's baptism of fire at Cedar Mountain, 1862-08-09, where it performed its mission with such success as to receive special mention from General Prince, the brigade commander.
- The arrows of the crest and the rattlesnake skin, an Indian emblem of war, allude to eight campaigns during the Indian Wars.
- The five-bastioned fort, the badge of the 5th Corps at Santiago during the war with Spain.
- The Katipunan sun refers to campaign participation during the Philippine Insurrection.
Background
[edit]- The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved on 1923-03-26.
Flag
[edit]Description
[edit]- Size:
- Hoist: Three Feet.
- Fly: Four Feet.
- Organizational colors:
- Background: National flag blue
- Fringe: Yellow.
- Letters and Numbers: National Flag Blue
- Scrolls: Yellow
- Arms:
- The flag has a solid background with an embroidered American eagle displayed centered thereon, in Proper Colors.
- In its right talon the eagle holds an olive branch; in its left talon, a bundle of 13 arrows, all in proper colors.
- Its beak grasps a scroll inscribed with the unit motto.
- Below the eagle is a scroll inscribed with the designation of the organization.
- On the eagle’s breast is embroidered the shield of the coat of arms and the crest is above the eagle’s head.
Media in category "21st Infantry Regiment Heraldry"
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Categories:
- Infantry Unit heraldry of the United States Army
- Heraldry of the Union Army
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Peninsula Campaign, 17 March-3 August 1862
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Manassas/Second Manassas Campaign, 7 August-2 September 1862
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Antietam/Sharpsburg Campaign, 3-17 September 1862
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Fredericksburg Campaign, 9 November-15 December 1862
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Chancellorsville Campaign, 27 April-6 May 1863
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Gettysburg Campaign, 29 June-3 July 1863
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Wilderness Campaign, 4-7 May 1864
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Spotsylvania Campaign, 8-21 May 1864
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Cold Harbor Campaign, 22 May-3 June 1864
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Petersburg Campaign, 4 June 1864-2 April 1865
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Virginia Campaign, 1862
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Virginia Campaign, 1863
- Unit Heraldry of the American Indian Wars
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the MODOCS 1872 - 1873 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Nez Perces Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Bannocks Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Arizona 1866 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Arizona 1867 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Arizona 1868 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Arizona 1869 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Arizona 1870 Campaign
- Heraldry of US units that served in the Spanish-American War
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the SANTIAGO 1898 Campaign
- Heraldry of US Army units that served in the Philippine Insurrection
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the ZAPOTE RIVER 1899 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Luzon 1899 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Luzon 1901 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Luzon 1902 Campaign
- Unit Heraldry of the Second World War
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Asiatic Pacific Theater CENTRAL PACIFIC 1941-1943 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Asiatic Pacific Theater NEW GUINEA 1943 – 1944 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Asiatic Pacific Theater LEYTE 1944 – 1945 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Asiatic Pacific Theater LUZON 1944 – 1945 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Asiatic Pacific Theater SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES 1945 Campaign
- Unit heraldry of the Korean War
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the UN DEFENSIVE 1950 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the UN OFFENSIVE 1950 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the FIRST UN COUNTEROFFENSIVE 1951 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the CCF SPRING OFFENSIVE 1951 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the UN SUMMER-FALL OFFENSIVE 1951 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the SECOND KOREAN WINTER 1951-1952 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the KOREA SUMMER-FALL 1952 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the THIRD KOREAN WINTER 1952-1953 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the KOREA SUMMER 1953 Campaign
- Unit Heraldry of the Vietnam War
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the VIETNAM COUNTEROFFENSIVE, PHASE II 1966-1967 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the VIETNAM COUNTEROFFENSIVE, PHASE III 1967-1968 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the TET COUNTEROFFENSIVE 1968 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the VIETNAM COUNTEROFFENSIVE, PHASE IV 1968 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the VIETNAM COUNTEROFFENSIVE, PHASE V 1968 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the VIETNAM COUNTEROFFENSIVE, PHASE VI, 1968-1969 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the TET 69/COUNTEROFFENSIVE, 1969 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the VIETNAM SUMMER-FALL 1969 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the VIETNAM WINTER-SPRING 1970 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the SANCTUARY COUNTEROFFENSIVE 1970 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the VIETNAM COUNTEROFFENSIVE, PHASE VII, 1970-1971 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the CONSOLIDATION I 1971 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the CONSOLIDATION II 1971-1972 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the VIETNAM CEASE-FIRE 1972-1973 Campaign
- 21st Infantry Regiment (United States)