DECORATIONS
Distinguished Unit Citation embroidered DEFENSE
OF KOREA (DA GO 45, 1950)
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation
embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1950 (DA GO 47, 1950)
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
embroidered PYONGTAEK (DA GO 35, 1951)
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
embroidered REBUILDING KOREA (DA GO 24, 1954)
All companies, 3d Battalion: Distinguished Unit
Citation embroidered CORREGIDOR (WD GO 53, 1945)
Company A, Service Company; 3d Platoon, Cannon
Company; and 3d Platoon, Antitank Company: Distinguished Unit Citation
embroidered CORREGIDOR (WD Go 53, 1945)
Korean
Operations
United Nations Defensive
United Nations Summer-Fall Offensive
Korea Summer-Fall 1953
DECORATIONS
Distinguished Unit Citation embroidered DEFENSE
OF KOREA (DA GO 45, 1950)
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation
embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1950 (DA GO 47, 1950)
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
embroidered PYONGTAEK (DA GO 35, 1951)
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
embroidered REBUILDING KOREA (DA GO 24, 1954)
All companies, 3d Battalion: Distinguished Unit
Citation embroidered CORREGIDOR (WD GO 53, 1945)
Company A, Service Company; 3d Platoon, Cannon
Company; and 3d Platoon, Antitank Company: Distinguished Unit Citation
embroidered CORREGIDOR (WD Go 53, 1945)
COAT OF ARMS
The coat of arms consists of a shield of blue
with gold crosses (of Lorraine) and a canton in the upper left corner with a
cross patee on a background representing a brick
or stone wall.
THE REGIMENTAL CREST
The crest consists of a gold and blue wreath
with a green cactus. The motto is Toujours
en Avant (Always Forward).
In World War I the
regiment was in the 7th Division overseas and served in that part
of Lorraine which was anciently the Barony of Commercy
whose arms were blue scattered with golden crosses crosslet sharpened at the
foot, as taken by the 34th to represent this service. The
masoned wall represents the 7th
Infantry and the white Maltese cross (patee)
represents the 20th and 23rd Infantry. When the
34th
was organized personnel were taken from the arms of the three
regiments The cactus commemorates Texas, the
birthplace of the regiment.
DISTINCTIVE INSIGNIA
The shield of the coat of
arms is the insignia of the regiment.
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