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457TH TRANSPORTATION BATTALION
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Distinctive Unit Insignia


Description/Blazon
A gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in height overall consisting of a roundel of six wavy horizontal bands alternating gold and green emitting three gold evenly spaced arrowheads, one to base, the roundel within and the arrowheads extending over an encompassing red scroll, the ends terminating at top behind a gold star and inscribed "MOVEMENT TO VICTORY" in gold letters.

Symbolism
Brick red and yellow (gold) are the colors used for Transportation. Green is used to reflect transportation "go" and yellow (gold) symbolizes controlled operation. The roundel and arrowheads simulate a steering wheel and allude to the guidance aspects of the unit's mission as well as connote a military operation. The star denotes both the symbol for leadership and Minnesota ("l'Etoile du Nord"), the organization's home site, the wavy bands symbolizing water and the Saint Paul area of the State.

Background
The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 23 April 1969.




Coat of Arms


Description/Blazon

Shield

Gules (Brick Red), a broadarrow tricorporate pallwise Or, surmounted at the juncture with a roundel barry wavy Or and Vert, below a mullet of the second.

Crest

That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve: From a wreath Or and Gules, 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

MOVEMENT TO VICTORY.

Symbolism

Shield

Brick red and yellow (gold) are the colors used for Transportation. Green is used to reflect transportation "go" and yellow (gold) symbolizes controlled operation. The roundel and arrowheads simulate a steering wheel and allude to the guidance aspects of the unit's mission as well as connote a military operation. The star denotes both the symbol for leadership and Minnesota ("l'Etoile du Nord"), the organization's home site, the wavy bands symbolizing water and the Saint Paul area of the State.

Crest

The crest is that of the U.S. Army Reserve.

Background
The coat of arms was approved on 20 May 1997.





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