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20TH FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENT
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Distinctive Unit Insignia


Description/Blazon
On a Gold color metal and enamel device 7/8 inch (2.22 cm)  in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned:  Gules, on a bend Or a fusil of the field.  Attached below and to the sides of the shield is a Gold scroll inscribed DUTY NOT REWARD in Red letters.

Symbolism
The Regiment was organized in 1917 and served in France in the 5th Division, principally in Lorraine.  The shield is red for Artillery, with a gold bend from the arms of Lorraine and the red diamond of the 5th Division.

Background
The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 20th Field Artillery Regiment on 28 March 1933.  It was redesignated for the 20th Field Artillery Battalion on 12 August 1948.  It was redesignated for the 20th Artillery Regiment on 13 June 1958.  The insignia was redesignated for the 20th Field Artillery Regiment on 1 September 1971.




Coat of Arms


Description/Blazon

Shield

Gules, on a bend Or a fusil of the field.

Crest

From a wreath Or and Gules, issuant from base a demi-trident with prongs in the form of a fleur-de-lis of the first, looped about its shaft with ends upturned and forked a ribbon of the second edged Vert.

Motto

DUTY NOT REWARD.

Symbolism

Shield

The Regiment was organized in 1917 and served in France in the 5th Division, principally in Lorraine.  The shield is red for Artillery, with a gold bend from the arms of Lorraine and the red diamond of the 5th Division.

Crest

The golden trident simulating a fleur-de-lis refers to the units participation in the D-Day landing at Normandy which was known as Operation Trident.  The ribbon is in the colors of the Belgian Fourragere for which the unit was twice cited (for action in Belgium and the Ardennes).

Background
The coat of arms was originally approved for the 20th Field Artillery Regiment on 29 April 1921.  It was redesignated for the 20th Field Artillery Battalion on 20 August 1942.  It was redesignated for the 20th Artillery Regiment on 13 June 1958.  The insignia was amended to add a crest on 13 April 1965.  It was redesignated for the 20th Field Artillery Regiment on 1 September 1971.





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