Constituted 28 August 1941 in the Regular Army as the 34th Armored Regiment and assigned to the 5th Armored Division Activated 1 October 1941 at Fort Knox, Kentucky Regiment broken up 20 September 1943 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
Headquarters and Headquarters Company and 2d Battalion as the 34th Tank Battalion, and remained assigned to the 5th Armored Division
1st Battalion as the 772d Tank Battalion, and relieved from assignment to the 5th Armored Division
3d Battalion as the 10th Tank Battalion, and remained assigned to the 5th Armored Division
Reconnaissance Company as Troop D, 85th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized, an element of the 5th Armored Division
Maintenance and Service Companies disbanded
After 20 September 1943 the above units underwent changes as follows: ;34th Tank Battalion
Redesignated 18 June 1948 as Company D, 85th Reconnaissance Battalion
Activated 6 July 1948 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas
Inactivated 1 February 1950 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas
Activated 1 September 1950 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas
Inactivated 16 March 1956 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas
;Maintenance and Service Companies, 34th Armored Regiment
Maintenance and Service Companies, 34th Armored Regiment, reconstituted 27 March 1957 in the Regular Army
34th and 10th Medium Tank Battalions; 306th Heavy Tank Battalion; Company D, 85th Reconnaissance Battalion; and Maintenance and Service Companies, 34th Armored Regiment, consolidated, reorganized, and redesignated 27 March 1957 as the 34th Armor, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System Withdrawn 16 February 1988 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
Distinctive Unit Insignia
Description
A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 5/32 inches in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Azure, an arm embowed Proper and couped at the shoulder raised and armed with a buckler Or having seven rivets of the field three and four.
Symbolism
The buckler represents the armored protective device. The arm embowed is raised in the attitude of striking.
Background
The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 34th Armored Regiment on 10 December 1941. It was redesignated for the 34th Armored Regiment on 26 March 1942. The insignia was redesignated for the 34th Tank Battalion on 10 November 1943. It was redesignated for the 34th Medium Tank Battalion on 29 March 1954. It was redesignated for the 34th Armor Regiment on 20 January 1958.
Coat of Arms
Blazon
Shield
Azure, an arm embowed Proper and couped at the shoulder raised and armed with a buckler Or having seven rivets of the field three and four.
Crest
On a wreath Or and Azure, in front of a tower Gules masoned of the first and emitting from each side a stream of water of the second, three spears one in pale and two in saltire with shafts of the first and points of the second those points in saltire each charged with a fleur-de-lis of the first, over all in pale an escutcheon barry of ten Argent and of the second. Motto THE STRONG ARM FOR VICTORY.
Symbolism
Shield
The buckler represents the armored protective device. The arm embowed is raised in the attitude of striking.
Crest
The red tower gushing water to each side alludes to the bitter campaign to secure the dams of the Roer River, for which the Regiment received a Distinguished Unit Citation. The spears refer to the unit's push through Normandy, Northern France and Germany. The shield, bearing a part of the arms of Luxembourg, represents the award of the Luxembourg Croix de Guerre for participation in the liberation of that state.
Background
The coat of arms was originally approved for the 34th Armored Regiment on 10 December 1941. It was redesignated for the 34th Armored Regiment on 26 March 1942. It was redesignated for the 34th Tank Battalion on 10 November 1943. The insignia was redesignated for the 34th Medium Tank Battalion on 29 March 1954. It was redesignated for the 34th Armor Regiment on 20 January 1958. The insignia was amended to add a crest on 9 June 1964.
Campaign participation credit
World War II: Normandy; Northern France; 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 Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire Southwest Aisa: Operation Iraq Freedom based out of Forward Operating Base Gabe, Baqubah 2005-2006
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered ROER RIVER DAMS
Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered SUOI TRE, VIETNAM
Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered FISH HOOK
Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ
Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ-KUWAIT
