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120TH INFANTRY REGIMENT
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Distinctive Unit Insignia


Description/Blazon
A Gold metal and enamel device 1 5/32 inches (2.94 cm) in height overall, consisting of a shield blazoned: Azure, in pale a prickly pear cactus and the entrance to the canal tunnel over the St. Quentin Canal erased Or. Attached below the shield a Blue scroll inscribed "VIRTUS INCENDIT VIRES" in Gold.

Symbolism
The shield is blue for Infantry. The cactus represents service on the Mexican border as the 3rd Infantry, North Carolina National Guard. The tunnel symbolizes the mouth of the tunnel in the Hindenberg Line at Bellicourt, France, captured by the 120th Infantry on 29 September 1918.

Background
The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 28 June 1928.




Coat of Arms


Description/Blazon

Shield

Azure, in pale a prickly pear cactus and the entrance to the canal tunnel over the St. Quentin Canal erased Or.

Crest

That for regiments of the North Carolina Army National Guard: On a wreath of the colors Or and Azure, a hornet's nest hanging from a bough beset with thirteen hornets all Proper.

Motto

VIRTUS INCENDIT VIRES (Virtues Kindles Strength).

Symbolism

Shield

The shield is blue for Infantry. The cactus represents service on the Mexican border as the 3rd Infantry, North Carolina National Guard. The tunnel symbolizes the mouth of the tunnel in the Hindenberg Line at Bellicourt, France, captured by the 120th Infantry on 29 September 1918.

Crest

The crest is that of the North Carolina Army National Guard.

Background
The coat of arms was approved on 27 June 1928.





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