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[edit] Distinctive Unit Insignia.

[edit] Description:

• A silver metal and enamel device 1 1/4 inches (3.18cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Azure, a saltire Argent, between in chief two arrows in saltire of the second armed and flighted Or, in fess the insignia of the 8th Army Corps in the Spanish War Proper and a bolo of the second hilted of the third, on a chief indented of the second a bend Gules between two fleurs-de-lis of the field.
• Attached below the shield a blue scroll inscribed IN OMNIA PARATUS in silver letters.

[edit] Symbolism:

• Civil War service is shown by the saltire cross from the Confederate flag.
• The crossed arrows represent the regiment's Indian campaigns; the old 8th Corps badge recalls service in the Spanish War and the bolo stand for operations in the Visayas during the Philippine Insurrection.
• In World War I the regiment was awarded two French Croix de Guerre with Palm and the French Fourragére for its part in the Soissons offensive of 18 July 1918 and the operations of early October 1918 around Exermont and Hill 240 in the old province of Lorraine.
• The chief bears the bend of the arms of Lorraine between the fleurs-de-lis of the arms of Sassions.

[edit] Background:

• The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 27 Dec 1923.

[edit] Licensing

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