299 Engineer Battalion
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Unit
Insignia
- Description: A
Silver color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86
cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned:
Per fess Gules and Argent an arrow palewise barbed with
a fleur-de-lis between four fleurs-de-lis all
counterchanged. Attached below the shield a Silver
scroll inscribed "PROVEN PIONEERS" in Red
letters.
- Symbolism:
Scarlet and white (silver) are the colors used for the
Corps of Engineers. The arrow barbed with a fleur-de-lis
symbolizes the unit's participation in the assault
landing on Normandy. The organization's other four
campaigns in Europe during World War II are represented
by the four fleurs-de-lis.
- Background: The
distinctive unit insignia was approved on 27 June 1955.
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Coat
of Arms
- Description:
Shield: Per fess Gules and Argent an arrow palewise
barbed with a fleur-de-lis between four fleurs-de-lis
all counterchanged. Crest: On a wreath of the colors
Argent and Gules a mound Vert and thereon two swords
saltirewise Silver, hilts Or, enfiled by a castle turret
of five embattlements of the first masoned Azure and
bearing palewise the head of an oriental pole arm
(Bishamon Yari) of the second. Motto: PROVEN PIONEERS.
- Symbolism:
Shield: Scarlet and white (silver) are the colors used
for the Corps of Engineers. The arrow barbed with a
fleur-de-lis symbolizes the unit's participation in the
assault landing on Normandy. The organization's other
four campaigns in Europe during World War II are
represented by the four fleurs-de-lis. Crest: The swords
and castle turret connote combat engineers. They also
allude to Europe where the unit participated in five
campaigns, denoted by the number of embattlements; the
blue throughout the turret indicates the Presidential
Unit Citation awarded the organization for the Normandy
Campaign during World War II. The pole arm refers to
Asia and the colors red, gold and green indicate service
in South Vietnam where the unit participated in
fourteen campaigns, and received three decorations. The
colors red, white and blue denote the Valorous Unit
Award for DAK TO--BEN HET, and red and green refer to
the award of the Vietnamese Civil Action Honor Medal,
First Class.
- Background: The
coat of arms was approved on 27 June 1955. It was
amended to add a crest on 9 September 1977.
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