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108TH REGIMENT
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Distinctive Unit Insignia


Description/Blazon
A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 5/32 inches (2.94 cm) in height consisting of a shield blazoned: Gules, a bendlet arched Or voided of the field. Attached below the shield a Red scroll inscribed "KING OF BATTLE" in Gold letters.

Symbolism
The narrow, arching bands represent Artillery trajectories.

Background
The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 506th Field Artillery Battalion on 24 March 1958. It was redesignated for the 108th Regiment on 27 November 1959.




Coat of Arms


Description/Blazon

Shield

Gules, a bendlet arched Or voided of the field.

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

KING OF BATTLE.

Symbolism

Shield

The narrow, arching bands represent Artillery trajectories.

Crest

The crest is that of the United States Army Reserve.

Background
The coat of arms was originally approved for the 506th Field Artillery Battalion on 24 March 1958. It was redesignated for the 108th Regiment on 27 November 1959.





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