317TH REGIMENT
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Distinctive Unit Insignia


Description/Blazon
A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 5/32 inches (2.94 cm) in height consisting of a shield blazoned:  Azure, on a bend Or three alerions of the field, in base a lion rampant of the second.  Attached below and to the sides of the shield a tripartite Gold scroll inscribed "ARMIS" to dexter, "ET" in base and "ANIMIS" to sinister, all in Blue letters.

Symbolism
The shield is blue for Infantry.  The bend and alerions are taken from the coat of arms of Lorraine, but the tinctures are changed, and the lion represents service in the Picardy Sector.  The motto translates to "By Arms and By Courage."

Background
The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 317th Infantry Regiment, Organized Reserves on 26 February 1927.  It was redesignated for the 317th Airborne Infantry Regiment, Organized Reserve Corps on 23 April 1952.  It was redesignated for the 317th Infantry Regiment, Organized Reserve Corps on 21 August 1952.  The insignia was redesignated for the 317th Regiment, Army Reserve on 8 August 1960.




Coat of Arms


Description/Blazon

Shield

Azure, on a bend Or three alerions of the field, in base a lion rampant of the second.

Crest

That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve:  On a wreath of the colors Or and Azure 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

ARMIS ET ANIMIS (By Arms and By Courage).

Symbolism

Shield

The shield is blue for Infantry.  The bend and alerions are taken from the coat of arms of Lorraine, but the tinctures are changed, and the lion represents service in the Picardy Sector.

Crest

The crest is that of the United States Army Reserve.

Background
The coat of arms was originally approved for the 317th Infantry Regiment, Organized Reserves on 28 February 1927.  It was redesignated for the 317th Airborne Infantry Regiment, Organized Reserve Corps on 23 April 1952.  It was redesignated for the 317th Infantry Regiment, Organized Reserve Corps on 21 August 1952.  The insignia was redesignated for the 317th Regiment, Army Reserve on 8 August 1960.





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