Heraldry

Coat of Arms:

shield:

Per chevron argent and tenne, in base a pelican feather of the first charged with a lightning flash of the second.

Crest:

On a wreath of the colors argent and tenne an American bald eagle rising, wings addorsed proper armed and langued gules bearing in dexter talons two arrows saltirewise points up vert, armed Azure, and flighted of the fourth.

Motto:

Vox Aquilae (Voice of the Eagle).

Symbolism:

Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the Signal Corps. The lightning flash on the pelican feather was the badge of the 101’st Airborne Signal Company from which the Battalion is descended. The lightning flash illustrates the function of the company, and the plican’s feather represents the state of Luisianna, where the company was organized in 1942. The “per chevron” background alludes to the unit’s assault landing in Normandy.
The two arrowheads, which refer to the assault landings in Normandy an in the Rhineland, are blue in color in reference to the two Presidential Unit Citations awarded the unit for the Normandy assault and the action at Bastogne during World War II. The green shafts and red feathers allude to the award of the French Croix de Guerre and the Belgian Fourragere. Arrows also appear in the coat of arms of the Netherlands and refer to the award of the Orange Lanyard. Red also denotes the Meritorious Unit Commendation awarded the unit for service in Vietnam.

Distinctive Unit Insignia

The Distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

Source:

Title: Signal Corps (Paperbound), Publisher: Government Printing Office, ISBN 0160867169, 9780160867163