SYMBOLISM: The stylized yellow (gold) figure of a parachutist on a black background is adapted from "Little Man in the Door" the patch worn by the regiment during World War II and by which it was known throughout the Mediterranean Theater. The red field alludes to the red berets worn by the British 1st Airborne Division and the close association between it and the regiment during World War II in England and North Africa. The nebuly (heraldic delineation for water) white and blue bars (the colors blue and white are used for Infantry) refer to the record breaking flight from England parachuting into North Africa on 8 November 1942. The two segments of the wavy blue bar simulate the streamers of the Presidential Unit Citations (Army) awarded for the gallant actions at Careno, Italy and Leige, Belgium, and in being a heraldic symbol of water refer to the amphibious landing on the Anzio-Nettuno beachhead on 22 January 1944. The black pile simulates a parachute jump and in also being a heraldic symbol used frequently for engineers, the two sides refer to the ground defense the organization participated in during the Anzio and Ardennes-Alsace (Battle of the Bulge) campaigns. The five arrowheads are for the five assault landings made by the regiment in World War II. A silver scroll with the black letters, "ALL THE WAY" is the motto of the Airborne and the regiment.
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