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319TH 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 fess paly of six pieces Or and Sable between four fleurs-de-lis, three in chief and one in base, of the second a bend counterchanged.  Attached below and to the sides of the shield a Blue scroll inscribed "VOLENS ET POTENS" in Gold letters.

Symbolism
The blue shield is indicative of the Infantry.  The gold and black fess is from Lord Baltimore's arms which are the arms of Maryland, to which the Regiment is allocated; and the four fleurs-de-lis recall the Somme, Meuse-Argonne, Picardy, and Lorraine service in France in World War I.  The motto translates to "Willing and Able."

Background
The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 319th Infantry Regiment on 10 January 1925.  It was amended to correct the wording of the description on 22 November 1929.  The insignia was redesignated for the 319th Regiment on 17 August 1960.




Coat of Arms


Description/Blazon

Shield

Azure, on a fess paly of six pierces Or and Sable between four fleurs-de-lis, three in chief and one in base, of the second a bend counterchanged.

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

VOLENS ET POTENS (Willing and Able).

Symbolism

Shield

The blue shield is indicative of the Infantry.  The gold and black fess is from Lord Baltimore's arms which are the arms of Maryland, to which the Regiment is allocated; and the four fleurs-de-lis recall the Somme, Meuse-Argonne, Picardy, and Lorraine service in France in World War I.

Crest

The crest is that of the United States Army Reserve.

Background
The coat of arms was originally approved for the 319th Infantry Regiment on 10 January 1925.  It was amended to correct the wording of the blazonry on 22 November 1929.  The insignia was redesignated for the 319th Regiment on 17 August 1960.





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