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Distinctive Unit Insignia. Description: Within
a Gold and enamel horseshoe 1 1/4 inches (3.18 cm) overall, showing seven nail
holes, heels upward and the opening between the heels closed with a Blue ribbon
bearing the words “GARRY OWEN” in Yellow letters, the crest of the coat of
arms of the Regiment (on a wreath Or and Azure a dexter arm embowed vested Azure
the hand in a buckskin gauntlet Proper grasping an old style United States Army
saber Argent hilted Or). Symbolism:
The color gold, or yellow, is symbolic of the Cavalry service, yellow being
the color of the facings on the old blue uniform at the time the Regiment was
first organized. The horseshoe is adapted from the Regimental coat of
arms, the seven nail holes alluding to the unit’s numerical designation.
The gauntlet and saber at the “Charge” position are also adapted from the
coat of arms and represent the “Cavalry Charge” and the battle heritage of
the Regiment. “Gary Owen” is the name of a song which became a
favorite of General Custer and once was used as a battle song in the Indian
Wars. Background:
The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 7th Cavalry
Regiment on Coat of
Arms.
Blazon:
Shield: Or,
on a chevron Azure, between a phoenix rising from its ashes in dexter chief, the
head of a North American Indian in war bonnet couped at the neck in sinister
chief, all Proper, and a yucca plant Vert in base, seven horseshoes heels upward
of the field.
Crest: On
a wreath of the colors (Or and Azure) a dexter arm embowed vested Azure, the
hand in a buckskin gauntlet Proper, grasping an old style United States Army
saber Argent, hilted Or.
Motto: THE
SEVENTH FIRST.
Symbolism:
Shield: The
field is yellow, the Cavalry color; the principal charge is a chevron whose
origin tradition ascribes to the spur, which was formerly of that shape without
rowel. The number of the horseshoes corresponds to the numerical
designation of the regiment. The phoenix symbolizes the resurgence of the
regiment after its heavy losses in the Battle of Little Big Horn. The
Indian head and yucca commemorate Indian campaigns and the Punitive Expedition
of 1916, respectively.
Crest: The
crest shows the position of “raised saber” taken at the command “Charge”
prescribed by General Order 6, Adjutant General Office, 1873, the arm being
habited in the uniform of the period.
Background: The coat of arms was originally approved for the 7th Cavalry Regiment on Lineage and Honors Information as of 1 July 20037th Cavalry LineageConstituted 28 July 1866 in the Regular Army as the 7th Cavalry Organized 21 September 1866 at Fort Riley, Kansas Assigned in December 1917 to the 15th Cavalry Division Relieved in May 1918 from assignment to the 15th Cavalry Division Assigned 13 September 1921 to the 1st Cavalry Division (Reorganized 4 December 1943 partly under cavalry and partly under infantry tables of organization and equipment, and the 1st Cavalry Division concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 1st Cavalry Division, Special; regiment reorganized 25 July 1945 wholly as infantry, but retained cavalry designations) Regimental troops redesignated 25 March 1949 as companies (1st Cavalry Division, Special concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 1st Cavalry Division) Relieved 15 October 1957 from assignment to the 1st Cavalry Division Reorganized and redesignated 1 November 1957 as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System Withdrawn 16 February 1989 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System 7th Cavalry HonorsCampaign Participation CreditIndian Wars: Comanches; Little Big Horn; Nez Perces; Pine Ridge; Montana 1873; North Dakota 1874 Mexican Expedition: Mexico 1916-1917 World War II: New Guinea; Bismarck Archipelago (with arrowhead); Leyte (with arrowhead); Luzon Korean War: UN Defensive; UN Offensive; CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter; Third Korean Winter Vietnam: Defense; Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII; Consolidation I; Consolidation II; Cease-Fire Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire
DecorationsPresidential Unit Citation (Army) for ANTIPOLO, LUZON Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for YONCHON, KOREA Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for TAEGU, KOREA Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for PUSAN, KOREA Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for PLEIKU PROVINCE Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for BINH THUAN PROVINCE Valorous Unit Award for QUANG TIN PROVINCE Valorous Unit Award for FISH HOOK Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA Philippine Presidential Unit Citation for 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for WAEGWAN-TAEGU Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA 1952-1953 Chryssoun Aristion Andrias (Bravery Gold Medal of Greece) for KOREA
7th Cavalry - Past and Present
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