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328TH INFANTRY REGIMENT
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Distinctive Unit Insignia

Distinctive Unit Insignia

Description
A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/4 inches (3.18 cm) in height overall consisting of a White background charged with a shield blazoned as follows:  Azure, three fleurs-de-lis, two and one, Or, on a chief of the last an alligator statant Vert.  Attached above the shield on a wreath Or and Azure, the Lexington Minute Man Or.

Symbolism
The shield is blue for Infantry and the three fleurs-de-lis represent the three major operations in France during World War I.  The regiment is allocated to Florida which is represented by the alligator.

Background
The first design of the distinctive unit insignia consisting of the shield and motto was approved on 21 May 1925.  The first design was cancelled and the current design was approved on 13 March 1928.  The insignia was rescinded on 2 February 1959.




Coat of Arms

Coat of Arms

Blazon

Shield

Azure, three fleurs-de-lis, two and one, Or, on a chief of the last an alligator statant Vert.

Crest

That of the regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve:  On a wreath Or and Azure, 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

Ubique Impavidi (In All Things Undaunted).

Symbolism

Shield

The shield is blue for Infantry and the three fleurs-de-lis represent the three major operations in France during World War I.  The regiment is allocated to Florida which is represented by the alligator.

Crest

The crest is that of the United States Army Reserve.

Background
The coat of arms was approved on 19 May 1925.  It was rescinded on 2 February 1959.





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