U.S. ARMY 120TH INFANTRY REGIMENT UNIT CREST (DUI)

Nicknamed the “Third North Carolina” for the designation (3rd Regiment of Infantry, North Carolina National Guard) it held prior to drafted into Federal service on 5 August 1917, the 120th Infantry Regiment served alongside the 119th Infantry Regiment—also from the NC National Guard—in the 60th Infantry Brigade, 30th Division in World War I. In all, the 130th fought in three World War I campaigns—Somme Offensive, Ypres-Lys, and Flanders—prior to the signing of the Armistice in November 1918.

Following the war, the 119th and 120th were consolidated to form the 1st Infantry Regiment, but was then redesignated as the 120th Infantry and again assigned to the 30th Division, now known as the 30th Infantry Division (the 119th was reconstituted and also served with the 30th ID). The 120th received credit for fighting in five campaigns in the European-African-Middle Eastern Theater.

World War II would mark the last combat deployment for the 120th Infantry Regiment until 2004, by which time the Regiment was represented solely by the 1st Battalion. The 1st Battalion, 120th Infantry Regiment has been called into Federal service three time since the launch of the War on Terrorism, first in 2004 and again in 2009 and 2010. It still retains ties to the 30th Infantry Division as a part of the 20th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, the brigade that was formed following the reduction in size of the 30th ID. The 1st Battalion is headquartered in Clinton, North Carolina.
 
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Also called a unit crest, the 120th Infantry Regiment Distinctive Unit Insignia (DUI) was approved on 28 June 1928. Its blue background denotes the organization is an Infantry Unit, while the cactus plant stands for service by the 3rd Regiment of Infantry prior to the U.S. entry into World War I. The tunnel is an allusion to the tunnel opening in the Hindenburg Line, famously captured by the 120th Infantry on 29 September 1918 and exacerbating the collapse of the German defenses. VIRTUS INCENDIT VIRES, the unit motto, is Latin for “Virtue Kindles Strength.”

Distinctive Unit Insignias are worn by all Soldiers (except General Officers) in units that have been authorized to be issued the device. It is worn centered on the shoulder loops of the Army Green Service Uniform (AGSU) and the blue Army Service Uniform (ASU, Enlisted only) with the base of the insignia toward the outside shoulder seam. DUIs are not worn on the Dress variations of either uniform, however.

Full guidance on wear of the DUI is found in DA Pamphlet 670-1, Section 21-22, "Distinctive unit insignia."
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