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34th Field Artillery Regiment

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Active
  
1918

Branch
  
Army

Motto(s)
  
WE SUPPORT

Country
  
Type
  
Field artillery

34th Field Artillery Regiment

The 34th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army.

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Distinctive unit insignia

  • Description
  • A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in height overall, consisting of a shield blazoned: Gules, in front of a truck wheel Or a 155 mm howitzer projectile of the first, that part on the field fimbriated of the second. Attached below the shield, a Gold scroll doubled back and inscribed “WE SUPPORT” in Red letters.

  • Symbolism
  • The red shield and its charges indicate the character of the Regiment.

  • Background
  • The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 34th Field Artillery Regiment on 16 June 1938. It was redesignated for the 34th Field Artillery Battalion on 21 December 1940. It was redesignated for the 34th Artillery Regiment on 4 September 1958. It was redesignated for the 34th Field Artillery Regiment on 10 December 1971. The insignia was revised to update the description on 27 June 1989.

    Coat of arms

  • Blazon
  • Shield
  • Gules, in front of a truck wheel Or a 155 mm howitzer projectile of the first, that part on the field fimbriated of the second.

  • Crest
  • On a wreath of the colors Or and Gules between the horns of a crescent of the second fimbriated of the first a torch in pale Sable inflamed Proper, overall an estoile of seven rays of the first. Motto WE SUPPORT.

  • Symbolism
  • Shield
  • The red shield and its charges indicate the character of the Regiment.

  • Crest
  • The flaming torch alludes to the unit’s participation in Operation Torch in North Africa during World War II. The crescent, adapted from the flag of Tunisia, alludes to the unit’s completion in four days of a 777-mile motor march over the mountainous terrain of that country and the seven pointed star denotes the unit’s participation in seven campaigns in Europe and Africa.

  • Background
  • The coat or arms was originally approved for the 34th Field Artillery Regiment on 16 June 1938. It was redesignated for the 34th Field Artillery Battalion on 21 December 1940. It was redesignated for the 34th Artillery Regiment on 4 September 1958. It was amended to add a crest on 1 July 1965. It was redesignated for the 34th Field Artillery Regiment on 10 December 1971. The insignia was amended to correct the terminology in the symbolism on 27 June 1989.

    Current configuration

  • 1st Battalion 34th Field Artillery Regiment (United States)
  • 2nd Battalion 34th Field Artillery Regiment (United States)
  • 3rd Battalion 34th Field Artillery Regiment (United States)
  • 4th Battalion 34th Field Artillery Regiment (United States)
  • 5th Battalion 34th Field Artillery Regiment (United States)
  • 6th Battalion 34th Field Artillery Regiment (United States)
  • References

    34th Field Artillery Regiment Wikipedia


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