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The 1st Brigade's mission is to deploy within 36 hours worldwide to close with the enemy by means of fire and maneuver to destroy or capture him, or to repel his assault by fire, close combat or counterattack. The unit's emblem has many parts. The shield is blue for infantry. Blue is also the color of the South Carolina state flag, the location of 327th Infantry between World War I and II. The palmetto tree also alludes to South Carolina. The red bend is taken from the arms of the ancient province of Lorraine, and the fleurs-de-lis indicate the regiment's three World War I campaigns. The nebula delineation, a heraldic simulation for clouds, represents the regiment's service as 327th Glider Infantry in World War II. The two spearheads surmounting the nebula pierced disc indicate the unit's compat glider landings and it's aggressive action in Normandy and in Rhineland. The oak leaves and acorn cannote Bastogne in the Ardennes. The pierced white disc further alludes to the snow and to encircled Bastogne during Battle of the Bulge, for which the organization was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation (Army). The colors red and green refer to the regiment's French and Belgian decorations.