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10-OCT-2005

58th

58th Infantry Regiment
Coat of Arms Pocket Patch

Shield:
Azure, a chevron rompu point enhanced Argent between in chief
two fleurs-de-lis the dexter of the last the sinister Or, and
in base on an inescutheon Vert fimbriated or the second (Argent)
a cross patée of the like (for the 4th Infantry).

This regiment was organized in 1917 from the Fourth Infantry
shown on the small shield. The field is blue for Infantry.
The regiment served in France in the Fourth Division shown by
the ivy leaf from the shoulder insignia. The torpedo commemorates
the first losses of the regiment when the Troop ship Moldavia
carrying some of the regiment was torpedoed, May 23, 1918. The
broken chevron commemorates the piercing of the German line
between Soissons and Rheims, which are represented by the silver
and golden fleurs-de-lis taken from the coat of arms of those
cities respectively

Motto: LOVE OF COUNTRY

Campaigns

World War I
Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Champange 1918; Lorraine

World War II
Aleutian Islands; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe


Canon PowerShot S50
1/2s f/2.8 at 7.1mm full exif

other sizes: small original auto
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