84th Field Artillery Regiment

Description: A Gold color metal and enamel device 1+1⁄16 inches (2.7 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Gules, on a saltire Or a winged spur of the first.

Background: The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 84th Field Artillery Regiment on 3 December 1936.

Crest: The two Distinguished Unit Citations awarded the organization during World War II are symbolized by the crescent for French Tunisia and the raguly chevron for the bridgehead at Remagen.

The irregular upper edge of the chevron alludes to the attempted destruction of the Ludendorff Bridge by the retreating enemy.

Background: The coat of arms was originally approved for the 84th Field Artillery Regiment on 3 December 1936.

This article incorporates public domain material from 84th Field Artillery Regiment.

Soldiers of A Battery, 3rd Battalion, 84th Field Artillery Regiment pose with a Pershing 1B missile system at White Sands Missile Range, January 1986. This was an Engineering Development test firing, thus the missile is marked with tracking colors. Note the "Red Hats" on the right, members of the Pershing Operational Test Unit (POTU).