Unit Crest and Shield
This Following information on Unit Shield and Crest was provided by former SSG Edwin C. Stewart, B Company, 1969-70. Thank you!
34th Armor Heraldic Items
The distinctive insignia for the 34th Armored Regiment (light) was made official on June 22, 1931 under the provisions of paragraph 48, AR 600-40.
Our Coat of Arms
The Unit Shield and Motto
"Strong Arm of Victory"
The blazonry is as follows:
Shield: Azure, an arm embowed proper and couped at the shoulder raised and armed with a buckler or having seven rivets of the field of three and four. ( This is as it appears on the documentation, the spelling is exactly as I see and read it.)
The Buckler (Shield attached to the arm) represents the Armored protective device. The Arm embowed is raised in the attitude of striking.
Unit Crest
The red tower gushing water to each side alludes to the bitter fighting at the Roer Rivers dams, for which the Presidential Unit Citation was awarded.
The spears symbolize the advance through Normandy, northern France, and Germany.
The shield, bearing parts of the Coat of Arms of Luxembourg, represents the award of the Luxembourg Croix de Guerre for participating in the liberation of that country.
(The Crest was not "official" until sometime after 1958, based on the fact that it was not detailed within the 20 January 1958 letter from the Cameron Station Quartermaster's Activities letter that I have on file.)
Unit Metal Crest
Worn on dress uniform epaulets
Vietnam War Years
During the Vietnam War the Motto was unofficially "modified" to be
"Fear God - Dreadnaught"
(Web Master's note: This distinctive insignia (2nd Battalion of the 34th Armor) is Vietnam War unit patch. It served in many ways. It was employed as a patch (see example below), worn on the breast pocket of the utility jacket (jungle jacket). It was painted on signs in the Battalion rear areas. It was painted on buildings and just about everywhere.
Creation Date: August 15, 2004
Last Modified: January 12, 2004
Copyright © Denny L. Cherry, 2004.