136TH FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENT
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Distinctive Unit Insignia

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, a powder charge Or and in base a rammer fesswise of the like.  Attached below the shield a Red scroll turned Gold inscribed PUSH ON in Gold letters.

Symbolism
The red shield is used to represent Artillery.  The powder charge and the rammer are distinctive of the 155 mm howitzer.

Background
The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 136th Field Artillery Regiment on 19 August 1941.  It was redesignated for the 136th Field Artillery Battalion on 25 August 1942.  It was redesignated for the 136th Artillery Regiment on 13 December 1960.  The insignia was redesignated for the 136th Field Artillery Regiment on 14 July 1972.




Coat of Arms

Coat of Arms

Blazon

Shield

Gules, a powder charge Or and in base a rammer fesswise of the like.

Crest

That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Ohio Army National Guard:  On a wreath of the colors Or and Gules, a sheaf of seventeen arrows Argent bound by a sprig of buckeye (Aesculus glabra) fructed Proper (two leaves with bursting burr).

Motto

PUSH ON.

Symbolism

Shield

The red shield is used to represent Artillery.  The powder charge and the rammer are distinctive of the 155 mm howitzer.

Crest

The crest is that of the Ohio Army National Guard.

Background
The coat of arms was originally approved for the 136th Field Artillery Regiment on 5 August 1941.  It was amended to revise the blazon description of the wreath colors of the crest on 17 September 1941.  It was redesignated for the 136th Field Artillery Battalion on 14 September 1942.  It was redesignated for the 136th Artillery Regiment on 13 December 1960.  The insignia was redesignated for the 136th Field Artillery Regiment on 14 July 1972.





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