US 4th Field Artillery Regiment
<p>Coat of Arms.
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Blazon">Blazon</span></h2>
<p><b>Shield:</b> Gules, a bend sinister Or.
</p><p><b>Crest:</b> On a wreath of the colors Or and Gules, two kampilans in saltire Argent, hilted Or charged with a crescent Gules a rattlesnake with four rattles entwined with the weapons Proper.
</p><p><b>Motto:</b> NULLI VESTIGIA RETRORSUM (No Step Backward).         
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Symbolism">Symbolism</span></h2>
<p>The shield is scarlet for Artillery.  The bend sinister, an allusion to the hybrid mule, is indicative of the regiment's former service as pack artillery. 
<b>Crest:</b> The rattlesnake, a device on the arms of Mexico, refers to the Punitive Expeditions into Mexico.  The kampilan and crescent commemorate the services of the regiment against the Moros and in Vera Cruz.  
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Obtained from US Army Institute of Heraldry at <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/">http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/</a> .  Image and text at <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/FA/4FieldArtilleryRegiment.htm">http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/FA/4FieldArtilleryRegiment.htm</a>
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