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English: US 4th Field Artillery Regiment
Coat of Arms.
Blazon
Shield: Gules, a bend sinister Or.
Crest: On a wreath of the colors Or and Gules, two kampilans in saltire Argent, hilted Or charged with a crescent Gules a rattlesnake with four rattles entwined with the weapons Proper.
Motto: NULLI VESTIGIA RETRORSUM (No Step Backward).
Symbolism
The shield is scarlet for Artillery. The bend sinister, an allusion to the hybrid mule, is indicative of the regiment's former service as pack artillery. Crest: The rattlesnake, a device on the arms of Mexico, refers to the Punitive Expeditions into Mexico. The kampilan and crescent commemorate the services of the regiment against the Moros and in Vera Cruz.
Obtained from US Army Institute of Heraldry at http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/ . Image and text at http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/FA/4FieldArtilleryRegiment.htm
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Transferred from en.wikipedia; Transfer was stated to be made by User:Nobunaga24.
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2006-12-23 (original upload date)
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Original uploader was Hammon27 at en.wikipedia
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