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961ST ENGINEER BATTALION
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Distinctive Unit Insignia

Distinctive Unit Insignia

Description
A Silver color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned:  Gules, accosting and issuing from a pale Argent (White) bearing in fess a New Guinea stone war club of the field two simplified Philippine demi-suns of the Argent (Silver).  Attached below and to the sides of the shield is a Silver scroll inscribed CONSTRUIRE ET COMBATTRE in Black letters.

Symbolism
The colors scarlet and white are for Engineers.  The vertical band, representing a landing strip, symbolizes the functions of aviation engineers performed by the unit during World War II.  The strip is flanked by two demi-suns to represent the units two Philippine campaigns.  The stone war club head, a weapon used in New Guinea, stands for service in that area.  The motto translates to They Build and They Fight.

Background
The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 19 March 1958.




Coat of Arms

Coat of Arms

Blazon

Shield

Gules, accosting and issuing from a pale Argent bearing in fess a New Guinea stone club of the field two simplified Philippine demi-suns of the second.

Crest

That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve:  On a wreath of the colors Argent and Gules, the Lexington Minute Man Proper.  The statue of the Minute Man, Captain John Parker (H.H. Kitson, sculptor), stands on the common in Lexington, Massachusetts.

Motto

CONSTRUIRE ET COMBATTRE (They Build and They Fight).

Symbolism

Shield

The colors scarlet and white are for Engineers.  The vertical band, representing a landing strip, symbolizes the functions of aviation engineers performed by the unit during World War II.  The strip is flanked by two demi-suns to represent the units two Philippine campaigns.  The stone war club head, a weapon used in New Guinea, stands for service in that area.

Crest

The crest is that of the United States Army Reserve.

Background
The coat of arms was approved on 19 March 1958.





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