64th Armor Unit Crest (We Pierce)

64th Armor Unit Crest (We Pierce)

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The 64th Armor Regiment Distinctive Unit Insignia, or unit crest, was approved on 27 February 1942. On it shield is a black elephant, which recalls the use of elephants as heavy-assault weapons in ancient times to smash enemy lines and cause panic among opposing troops, similar to the function and effect of a modern-day tank attack. The Regiment is descended from the758th Tank Battalion, and it as one of its Soldiers who designed the insignia to display pride in their African-American heritage while simultaneously denoting the unit’s mission of armored warfare. The devastating power an armor assault is aptly summed up in the unit motto, “We Pierce.”

The 64th Armor Regiment was constituted on 13 January 1941 as the 78th Tank Battalion. It was redesignated as the 758th Thank Battalion on 8 May 1941 and activated on 1 June. It would fight in two campaigns in Italy, North Apennines and Po Valley, before being inactivated on 22 September 1945.

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