[3] In February 1942, the 111th Regiment was detached from the 28th Infantry Division and re-formed as a regimental combat team in the Army Ground Forces Reserve, attached to the Eastern Defense Command at Camp Pendleton, Virginia to guard militarily important facilities in the Chesapeake Bay area.

A Gold color metal and enamel device 1+1⁄4 inches (3.2 cm) in height overall consisting of an oval Azure a reproduction of the statue of Benjamin Franklin, by R. Tait McKenzie, affronté Or The field is blue for Infantry.

Benjamin Franklin was the organizer of the "Associators", to which organization the 111th Infantry traces its history The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 27 June 1929 Azure, on a saltire Argent voided Gules a fleur-de-lis Or; on a canton of the second a fess Sable charged with three plates That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard: On a wreath of the colors Argent and Azure, a lion rampant guardant Proper holding in dexter paw a naked scimitar Argent, hilted Or, and in sinister an escutcheon Argent on a fess Sable three plates Motto NULLA VESTIGIA RETRORSUM (No Steps Backward) The shield is blue for Infantry.

The canton represents the shield that appeared on the "Associators'" flag, indicating the Revolutionary War service of the organization.

The silver saltire has been voided with red in similitude to the colors of the uniforms of the Pennsylvania troops as prescribed by General George Washington in 1779.