Beschrijving

COAT OF ARMS:

Blazon:

Shield:

• Per fess embattled Argent and Azure, in chief a bundle of five arrows Sable armed and flitted Gules, in base a sun in splendor Or.

Crest:

• On a wreath of the colors Argent and Azure, a five bastioned fort divided fesswise Or and Gules, fimbriated Gules and Or, charged with a royal palm Proper.

Motto:

DEEDS NOT WORDS.

Symbolism:

• The shield is white and blue, the old and present infantry colors.

• The embattled partition line is for the wars in which the regiment has taken part.

• The arrows stand for five Indian campaigns; the sun in splendor was the old Katipunan device in the Philippine Insurrection.

• The crest is for the War with Spain, being the badge of the V Corps in the Spanish colors, and charged with a royal palm to commemorate the fact that the 22d Infantry was the first regiment to land on Cuban soil in that war.

Background:

• The coat of arms was approved on 24 Mar 1921.

Licentie

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