52nd Infantry Regiment
Coat of Arms Pocket Patch

SHIELD:
Azure, on a bend or a six-pointed mullet gules; on a sinister
canton argent a fusil of the third bearing a cross pattee argent
charged with an acorn gules.

The shield is blue for infantry. The charges on the canton
represent the 11th Infantry from whose personnel this regiment
was organized. Its first combat service was in the Gerardruer
Sector in the province of Alsace, a short distance west of
Colmar; therefore, a mace taken from the arms of Colmar has
been used for the crest. The bend from the arms of Alsace is
charged with the 6th Division shoulder sleeve insignia to show
that the regiment was with that division in France
during World War I.

MOTTO: Fortis et Certus (Brave and true)

Campaigns

World War I
Meuse-Argonne; Alsace 1918

World War II
Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe

Vietnam
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

Decorations

Presidential Unit Citation (Army),
Streamer embroidered BASTOGNE

Presidential Unit Citation (Army),
Streamer embroidered REMAGEN BRIDGEHEAD

Presidential Unit Citation (Army),
Streamer embroidered SAIGON - TET OFFENSIVE

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army),
Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army),
Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army),
Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969

Army Superior Unit Award,
Streamer embroidered 1988

Army Superior Unit Award,
Streamer embroidered 1991

Belgian Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm,
Streamer embroidered BASTOGNE;

cited in the Order of the Day of the
Belgian Army for action at BASTOGNE.