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76TH REGIMENT
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Distinctive Unit Insignia


Description/Blazon
A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in height consisting of a shield blazoned: Per fess arched Gules and Or, in chief a bunch of grapes stalked and leaved fesswise of the second and in base three pallets Sable.

Symbolism
The colors scarlet and yellow are used for Artillery. The upper half of the shield containing a bunch of grapes represents the area in which the unit saw action (Rhineland, etc.) while the three vertical black bars in the lower half stand for the unit's battle honors, World War II.

Background
The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 364th Field Artillery Battalion on 9 November 1956. It was redesignated for the 76th Regiment on 7 June 1960.




Coat of Arms


Description/Blazon

Shield

Per fess arched Gules and Or, in chief a bunch of grapes stalked and leaved fesswise of the second and in base three pallets Sable.

Crest

That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve: On a wreath of the colors (Or 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

EXPERTO CREDE (Trust One Who Has Had Experience).

Symbolism

Shield

The colors scarlet and yellow are used for Artillery. The upper half of the shield containing a bunch of grapes represents the area in which the unit saw action (Rhineland, etc.) while the three vertical black bars in the lower half stand for the unit's battle honors, World War II.

Crest

The crest is that of the United States Army Reserve.

Background
The coat of arms was originally approved for the 364th Field Artillery Battalion on 9 November 1956. It was redesignated for the 76th Regiment on 7 June 1960.





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