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2 unusual facts about Vermont National Guard


Flag of the Green Mountain Boys

The regimental flag, known also as a "battle flag" or war flag, accompanies the unit on battle assignments and is physically handed to the commander of the regiment, as described by former Vermont National Guard Adjutant General Martha Rainville in an interview.

Today the flag is used as the regimental flag of the Vermont National Guard unit.


Martin Flint

Martin Flint (January 12, 1782 -- February 27, 1855) was a Vermont political and military figure who served in the Vermont House of Representatives and as Adjutant General of the Vermont Militia.

Tarak Nath Das

In 1908, Tarak joined the Norwich University, Northfield, Vermont, “a high-class engineering and military establishment, in order to receive military training. He also applied for enlistment (…) in the Vermont National Guard…” Despite his popularity among the students of all ethnic origins, he was rusticated from that institution due to his anti-British activities (such as editing Free Hindustan).


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Herbert Thomas Johnson

Edward Carleton Johnson was a salesman and a Lieutenant in the Vermont National Guard when he died after the onset of Polio.

Ram's Head Device

The badge is authorized for wear on the uniform of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Colorado and Vermont National Guard soldiers --these states have units that are aligned with the 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Mountain)-- but is widely worn unofficially by other graduates of the Army Mountain Warfare School.