Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A kan alamar alama ta musamman, saltire mai launin shuɗi (giciye na St. Andrew) yana nufin New Caledonia a kudu maso yammacin Pacific inda aka kirkiro sashin kuma aka fara aiki a ranar 27 ga Mayu 1942. Kowane ɗayan taurari huɗu suna wakiltar ƙungiyar taurari ta Southern Cross a kan alamun rarrabuwa, da kuma kamfen ɗin yakin duniya na biyu guda huɗu (Guadalcanal, Arewacin Solomons
, Leyte da Kudancin Philippines) wanda sashin ya shiga. Anchor yana nufin Shugaban kasa na Unit Citation (Navy) wanda aka ba da rarrabuwa don Guadalcanal. Red arrowhead da Philippine sun suna tsaye ne don saukar da kai hari, Kudancin Philippines, da kuma bayar da lambar yabo ta Shugaban kasa ta Philippine (7 ga Oktoba 1944 zuwa 4 ga Yuli 1945). Takobin da ba a sanye da shi ba tare da nunawa zuwa sama yana nufin Vietnam inda sashin ya kasance mai aiki. Dangane da asalin rukunin da kuma fitaccen sabis a cikin Yaƙin Duniya na II kuma tunda yana ɗaya daga cikin ƙananan rukunin Sojojin Amurka don ɗaukar suna maimakon lamba, an ɗauki sunan rukunin "Americal" a matsayin taken, haɗin kai tare da wannan sunan yana da wahayi da kuma mahimmancin soja na tarihi.