Description307thRegimentCOA.png	307th Regiment (Training)
Date	12 May 1924
Source	US Army Institute of Heraldry
Author	US Army
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Blazon

• Shield: Azure, a mailed dexter hand grasping an oak branch fructed Or debruised by a bend wavy Argent charged with a broken chain Sable, on a chief of the last a portcullis of the third.

• Crest:

1. That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve: From a wreath Argent and Azure, the Lexington Minute Man Proper.
2. The statue of the Minute Man, Captain John Parker (H.H. Kitson, sculptor), stands on the common in Lexington, Massachusetts.

• Motto: CLEAR THE WAY.

Symbolism

• Shield: The mailed gauntlet grasping the oak branch symbolizes the drive through the Argonne Forest in World War I; the broken chain, the rescue of the surrounded troops; the bend represents the Vesle River; the portcullis, Grand Pré.

• Crest: The crest is that of the U.S. Army Reserve.

Background

1. The coat of arms was originally approved for the 307th Infantry Regiment, Organized Reserves on 1924-05-12.
2. It was amended to withdraw "Organized Reserves" from the designation and to delete the Organized Reserves' crest from the coat of arms on 1959-08-10.
3. On 1970-07-28 it was amended to reinstate the crest of the Army Reserve and revise the symbolism for the 307th Infantry Regiment.
4. The coat of arms was redesignated for the 307th Regiment (Training) on 1999-04-08.

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