78th Field Artillery Regiment

78th Field Artillery Regiment

Coat of arms
Country  United States
Branch Army
Type Field artillery
Motto SEMEL ET SIMUL (At Once and Together)
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia
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The 78th Field Artillery Regiment is an field artillery regiment of the United States Army.

Distinctive unit insignia

A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 13/32 inches (3.57 cm) in height consisting of the shield, crest and motto of the coat of arms.

The field is red for Artillery. The gold billets are from the arms of Franche-Comté, the canton from the badge of the parent organization. The crest is the divisional shoulder sleeve insignia charged with the number of the regiment.

The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 78th Field Artillery Regiment on 20 April 1928. It was redesignated for the 78th Field Artillery Battalion (Armored) on 2 January 1941. It was redesignated for the 78th Armored Field Artillery Battalion on 20 April 1954. It was redesignated for the 78th Artillery Regiment on 17 November 1958. The insignia was redesignated for the 78th Field Artillery Regiment effective 1 September 1971.

Coat of arms

Current configuration

See also

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Army Institute of Heraldry document "78th Field Artillery Regiment".

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