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[edit] COAT OF ARMS:
[edit] Blazon:
[edit] Shield:
- Per fess embattled Argent and Azure, in chief a bundle of five arrows Sable armed and flitted Gules, in base a sun in splendor Or.
[edit] Crest:
- On a wreath of the colors Argent and Azure, a five bastioned fort divided fesswise Or and Gules, fimbriated Gules and Or, charged with a royal palm Proper.
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[edit] Symbolism:
- The shield is white and blue, the old and present infantry colors.
- The embattled partition line is for the wars in which the regiment has taken part.
- The arrows stand for five Indian campaigns; the sun in splendor was the old Katipunan device in the Philippine Insurrection.
- The crest is for the War with Spain, being the badge of the V Corps in the Spanish colors, and charged with a royal palm to commemorate the fact that the 22d Infantry was the first regiment to land on Cuban soil in that war.
[edit] Background:
- The coat of arms was approved on 24 Mar 1921.
[edit] Licensing
- US Army Institute Of Heraldry
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