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Description 005 CAR COA.png | 5th Coast Artillery Regiment Coat of Arms | ||||
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Source | US War Department | ||||
Author | US War Department | ||||
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- Coat of Arms.
Blazon:
- Shield: Gules , a bend Or charged with six cannon paleways in pairs Sable , between in sinister chief a fishhook fessways, ring to dexter, barb to base, and in dexter base a Lorraine Cross, both of the second (Or).
- Crest: On a wreath of the colors Or and Gules upon a cannon wheel Or partly surrounded by two palm branches Vert the wheel grasped by two hands Proper issuant chevronways from base, a bronze cannon paleways smoking of the last (Proper).
- Motto: VOLENS ET POTENS (Willing and Able) .
Symbolism:
- Shield:
- The shield is scarlet for Artillery, The fishhook, representative of the shape of the Federal battle lines, alludes to the Battle of Gettysburg.
- The cannon in pairs refers to the Battle of New Market, 1864.
- The Lorraine Cross denotes service in Lorraine, World War I.
- Crest:
- The crest represents the gallant service of Lieutenant Richard Metcalf's battery at Spotsylvania, 4-24 May 1864, when it charged earthworks firing its guns and then ran them up by hand to a new position, to the Bloody Angle and fired repeatedly.
- This is purported to be the only recorded instance in the Civil War of a battery charging on breastworks.
Background:
- The coat of arms was originally approved for the 5th Coast Artillery on 3 October 1925.
- It was cancelled on 19 April 1960.
- The coat of arms was restored and authorized for the 5th Air Defense Artillery effective 1 September 1971.