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Coat of Arms.

Blazon:

Shield:

• Azure issuant from chief, an eagle's claw, talons extended Or, armed Sable.

Crest:

• On a wreath Or and Azure, an eagle's feather palewise Tenné behind two bayonets saltirewise of the first hilted Sable garnished Gold surmounted by a gun stone bearing a four-bastioned fort Argent charged with an ermine spot of the fourth.

Motto:

• STRIKE.

Symbolism:

Shield:

• The blue of the shield is for Infantry.
• The grasping eagle's claw is a representation of the airborne functions of the organization.

Crest:

• The bayonets refer to the capture of Carentan, Normandy, by bayonet charge.
• They are two in number in reference to the Regiment's two Distinguished Unit Citations and its two assault landings in World War II.
• The eagle's feather stands for the unit's airborne function; orange, the national color of the Netherlands, refers to the liberation of Best, Holland.
• The white four-bastioned fort encircled by a black background represents Bastogne, Belgium, surrounded by the German salient in the Battle of the Bulge.
• The ermine spot on the white fort refers to the snow which blanketed the Battle's terrain.

Motto:

• The motto "Strike" is expressive of the power of the organization.

Background:

• The coat of arms was originally approved for the approved for the 502d Parachute Infantry Regiment on 14 Nov 1942.
• It was redesignated for the 502d Airborne Infantry Regiment on 5 Apr 1949.
• On 14 Feb 1958 the coat of arms was redesignated for the 502d Infantry.
• The coat of arms was amended on 9 Jun 1965 to add the crest.

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