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757TH 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 shield blazoned: Gules (Brick Red), between two bars gemel Or, a pellet fimbriated of the second and surmounted overall by a lion passant guardant of the last. Attached below and to the sides of the shield a Gold scroll inscribed "SOURCE OF POWER" in Black letters.

Symbolism
Brick red and golden yellow are the colors traditionally used for the Transportation Corps. The double bars simulate railroad tracks, and the black disc simulates a locomotive wheel. Together they represent the organization's history as a Railway Shop Battalion. The Battalion's three campaign honors awarded for service in World War II are represented by the lion from the coat of arms of Normandy and by the two sets of double bars.

Background
The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 28 March 1963.




Coat of Arms


Description/Blazon

Shield

Gules (Brick Red), between two bars gemel Or, a pellet fimbriated of the second and surmounted overall by a lion passant guardant of the last.

Crest

That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve: From a wreath of the colors 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

SOURCE OF POWER.

Symbolism

Shield

Brick red and golden yellow are the colors traditionally used for the Transportation Corps. The double bars simulate railroad tracks, and the black disc simulates a locomotive wheel. Together they represent the organization's history as a Railway Shop Battalion. The Battalion's three campaign honors awarded for service in World War II are represented by the lion from the coat of arms of Normandy and by the two sets of double bars.

Crest

The crest is that of the United States Army Reserve.

Background
The coat of arms was originally approved on 28 March 1963. It was amended to correct an error in the blazonry of the crest on 15 May 1963. The insignia was cancelled on 30 April 1969. It was reinstated for the 757th Transportation Battalion on 14 February 1995.





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