502D SUPPORT BATTALION
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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:  Per bend Buff and Argent a bend indented per bend Or and Gules between in chief a truck wheel Vert tired of the second; in base an artillery shell point to chief of the fourth.  Attached below the shield is a Red scroll with SUPPORTAMUS PUGNAE IGNES in Gold letters.

Symbolism
Buff and red are the colors used for Supply and Transport organizations, the predecessor organization.  The wheel, indicative of transportation, together with the artillery shell and the scarlet and yellow of the indented bend, allude to the supplying of artillery ammunition by truck.  This was a primary responsibility of the Supply Battalion, 2d Armored Division, from which the previous organization descended.  The green and white of the wheel were the colors of the Armored Forces.  The motto Supportamus Pugnae Ignes (We Help Keep The Battle Fires Burning) is expressive of the determination of the personnel.

Background
The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the Supply Battalion, 2d Armored Division on 30 September 1942.  It was redesignated for the 2d Quartermaster Battalion on 22 January 1952.  It was redesignated for the 502d Supply and Transport Battalion on 16 September 1963.  The insignia was redesignated for the 502d Support Battalion with the description and symbolism revised on 21 September 1987.




Coat of Arms

Coat of Arms

Blazon

Shield

Per bend Buff and Argent a bend indented per bend Or and Gules between in chief a truck wheel Vert tired of the second and in base an artillery shell point to chief of the fourth.

Crest

On a wreath of the colors Argent and Buff an arm embowed in armour Proper with two narrow bands, one Gules and the other Vert encircling the vambraced, the hand grasping a Brick Red wheel of six spokes charged at center with an arrowhead of the first.

Motto

SUPPORTAMUS PUGNAE IGNES (We Help Keep The Battle Fires Burning).

Symbolism

Shield

Buff and red are the colors used for Supply and Transport organizations, the predecessor organization.  The wheel, indicative of transportation, together with the artillery shell and the scarlet and yellow of the indented bend, allude to the supplying of artillery ammunition by truck.  This was a primary responsibility of the Supply Battalion, 2d Armored Division, from which the previous organization descended.  The green and white of the wheel were the colors of the Armored Forces.

Crest

The brick red wheel with arrowhead is a reference to the basic mission of the Supply and Transport Battalion.  Its six spokes symbolize the six campaign credits earned during World War II in France and Europe and the arrowhead refers to the assault landing at Sicily.  The embowed arm in armour refers to the 2d Armored Division of which the unit was an element during World War II and the two bands, one red, and the green, symbolize the awards of the Meritorious Unit Commendation and the Belgium Fourragere.

Background
The coat of arms was originally approved for the Supply Battalion, 2d Armored Division on 30 September 1942.  It was redesignated for the 2d Quartermaster Battalion on 22 January 1952.  It was redesignated for the 502d Supply and Transport Battalion on 16 September 1963.  The coat of arms was amended to add a crest on 26 October 1972.  It was redesignated for the 502d Support Battalion with the symbolism amended on 21 September 1987.





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