From: (BUFDRVR)
Date: 4/13/2004 6:18 PM Central Daylight Time
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I've seen one or two
historical unit patches that had the motto in French
- but these units likely had originated there in WW I.
...NEVER in English.

Even units whose history began in France may display their motto in Latin.
The
2nd Bomb Wings origins begin in France, yet both its patches had the motto in
Latin. Morto et Destructo - a very cool yet un-PC Death and Destruction and
Liberatus Defensmus (not sure about spelling there) - Defenders of
Liberty(boring!).


BUFDRVR


Hey, it's right up there with 'Defensor Pacis" (defenders of peace) on the 4500
ABW T-39s at Langley AFB in the 1970s.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired