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331ST INFANTRY REGIMENT
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Distinctive Unit Insignia


Description/Blazon
A Silver color metal and enamel device 1 1/4 inches (3.18 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned:  Azure, three fleurs-de-lis between four annulets, three and one, all Argent.  Attached below and to the sides of the shield a Silver scroll inscribed "SEE IT THROUGH" in Blue letters.

Symbolism
The shield is blue for Infantry; the annulets simulate "O," thus indicating the State to which the Regiment is allocated (Ohio), and the fleurs-de-lis indicate the service overseas the number and arrangement of the charges 3-3-1 indicate the designation of the Regiment.

Background
The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 29 April 1925.




Coat of Arms


Description/Blazon

Shield

Azure, three fleurs-de-lis in fess between four annulets, three and one, all Argent.

Crest

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

SEE IT THROUGH.

Symbolism

Shield

The shield is blue for Infantry; the annulets simulate "O," thus indicating the State to which the Regiment is allocated (Ohio), and the fleurs-de-lis indicate the service overseas the number and arrangement of the charges 3-3-1 indicate the designation of the Regiment.

Crest

The crest is that of the United States Army Reserve.

Background
The coat of arms was approved on 14 August 1931.





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