92 Infantry Division
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Unit
Insignia
- Description: A
silver colored metal and enamel device 1 1/4 inches
(3.18cm) in height overall, consisting of a blue
four-pointed star bearing a silver fleur-de-lis enclosed
by four silver conjoined "A's" on a silver
four-pointed star all encircled in base a blue doubled
silver and inscribed "FIRME ET FIDELI"
(Steadfast and Faithfully) in silver letters.
- Symbolism: The
design is based upon the fours "As" of Alabama
enclosing the silver fleur-de-lis symbolic of the
regiment's honors earned in France in World War I, all
upon a blue background representing infantry.
- Background: The
distinctive unit insignia was approved on 11 Jan 1943.
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Shoulder
Sleeve Insignia
- Description:
Within a black circle 2 1/4 inches (5.72cm) in diameter
and 1/8 inch (.32cm) of an inch in width upon an olive
drab disc a black buffalo statant.
- Symbolism: The
buffalo refers to the nickname of the division. It was
inherited from the 367th Infantry, one of the first
units of the division organized.
- Background: The
shoulder sleeve insignia was approved by telegram on 6
Dec 1918.
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