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97TH FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION
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Distinctive Unit Insignia

Distinctive Unit Insignia

Description
A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned:  Per fess dancett enhanced Or and Gules, in base a 75-mm howitzer of the first.  Attached below and to the sides of the shield a Gold scroll inscribed ME SEMPER ARCESSUNT in Black letters.

Symbolism
The shield is red and yellow, the colors associated with Field Artillery.  The per fess division with the howitzer alludes to the fact that the 97th Field Artillery Battalion is mounted artillery.  The motto translates to They Always Send Me.

Background
The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 13 May 1941.




Coat of Arms

Coat Of Arms

Blazon

Shield

Per fess dancett enhanced Or and Gules, in base a 75-mm howitzer of the first.

Crest

None.

Motto

ME SEMPER ARCESSUNT (They Always Send Me).

Symbolism

Shield

The shield is red and yellow, the colors associated with Field Artillery.  The per fess division with the howitzer alludes to the fact that the 97th Field Artillery Battalion is mounted artillery.

Crest

None.

Background
The coat of arms was approved on 14 May 1941.





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