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Insignia Description
A Silver color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Argent, a fess Azure between in chief a hurt charged with the three columned temple of Georgia of the first (Argent) and in base a Lorraine cross (a straight armed cross with two horizontal traverses of unequal length, the shorter traverse near the top, the longer traverse a like distance from the base) of the second (Azure). Attached below the shield a Silver scroll inscribed "LET'S GO" in Black letters.
Symbolism
The shield is white (silver) with a blue fess, the Infantry colors. The blue disc on the chief is from the shoulder sleeve insignia of the 82d Division, under whom the unit was originally organized, and is charged with the white temple from the seal of the State of Georgia, where the unit was initially organized. The blue Lorraine cross indicates the heavy service of the regiment in World War I in the province of that name.
History
The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 325th Regiment Infantry, Organized Reserve, on 22 April 1925. It was amended to correct the description on 11 August 1925. The insignia was redesignated on 24 October 1942, for the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment, Organized Reserve. The insignia was redesignated for the 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment on 9 January 1956. The distinctive unit insignia was redesignated for the 325th Infantry Regiment on 6 June 1958.
Source: The US Army Institute of Heraldry
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