132D 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:  Argent a fess Vert charged with an arrowhead of the field in chief a Lorraine cross and in base two fleurs-de-lis fesswise Azure all between flaunches Gules each charged with an arrowhead of the first.  Attached below and to the sides of the shield a Silver scroll inscribed AEDIFICAMUS DUCIMUS in Red letters.

Symbolism
Scarlet and white (silver) are the colors used for the Corps of Engineers.  The Lorraine cross and fleurs-de-lis refer to France where an element of the organization participated in six campaigns of World War I.  Two fleurs-de-lis are used to allude to World War II when elements of the organization participated in two theaters, the European-African-Middle East and Asiatic-Pacific.  The arrowheads are separate to denote element participation in three assault landings:  Algeria-French Morocco, Eastern Mandates and Leyte.  The colors blue, white and red represent the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation awarded the unit.  The colors white, blue, red and green represent the Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation.  The motto translates to We Build We Lead.

Background
The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 14 February 1977.




Coat of Arms

Coat of Arms

Blazon

Shield

Argent a fess Vert charged with an arrowhead of the field in chief a Lorraine cross and in base two fleurs-de-lis fesswise Azure all between flaunches Gules each charged with an arrowhead of the first.

Crest

That for the regiments and separate battalions of the California Army National Guard: On a wreath of the colors Argent and Gules, the setting sun behind a grizzly bear passant on a grassy field all Proper.

Motto

ADEIFICAMUS DUCIMUS (We Build We Lead).

Symbolism

Shield

Scarlet and white are the colors used for the Corps of Engineers.  The Lorraine cross and fleurs-de-lis refer to France where an element of the organization participated in six campaigns of World War I.  Two fleurs-de-lis are used to allude to World War II when elements of the organization participated in two theaters, the European-African-Middle East and Asiatic-Pacific.  The arrowheads are separate to denote element participation in three assault landings:  Algeria-French Morocco, Eastern Mandates and Leyte.  The colors blue, white and red represent the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation awarded the unit.  The colors white, blue, red and green represent the Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation.  The sequence of the charges in the design, 1-3-2 allude to the numerical designation of the organization.

Crest

The crest is that of the California Army National Guard.

Background
The coat of arms was approved on 27 September 1976.





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