117th Field Artillery Regiment
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The 117th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the Alabama Army National Guard. The regiment's 1st Battalion is a cannon battalion assigned to the 142nd Field Artillery Brigade.
Lineage & Honors
Lineage
- Organized August–September 1916 in the Alabama National Guard as the 1st Cavalry.
- Mustered into Federal service 23 September 1916.
- Assigned 18 July 1917 to the 31st Division.
- Drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917.
- Converted and redesignated 4 October 1917 as the 117th Field Artillery and remained assigned to the 31st Division.
- Demobilized 17 January 1919 at Camp Gordon, Georgia.
- Reconstituted 1921–1922 in the Alabama National Guard as the 2d Battalion, 141st Field Artillery, an element of the 39th Division.
- (141st Field Artillery relieved 1 July 1923 from assignment to the 39th Division and assigned to the 31st Division.)
- 2d Battalion, 141st Field Artillery, expanded, reorganized, and redesignated 17 January 1927 as the 117th Field Artillery with headquarters at Florala, and remained assigned to the 31st Division.
- Consolidated 15 March 1929 with the 55th Machine Gun Squadron (organized December 1921–January 1922 in the Alabama National Guard) and consolidated unit designated as the 117th Field Artillery.
- Inducted into Federal service 25 November 1940 at home stations.
- Regiment broken up 10 February 1942 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows: Headquarters and the 1st Battalion as the 117th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 31st Infantry Division; 2d Battalion as the 2d Battalion, 137th Field Artillery, and relieved from assignment to the 31st Division (Headquarters Battery consolidated with the Pioneer Company, 631st Tank Destroyer Battalion—hereafter separate lineage).
- 117th Field Artillery Battalion inactivated 8 December 1945 at San Francisco, California.
- Reorganized and Federally recognized 5 December 1946 with headquarters at Andalusia.
- Ordered into active Federal service 16 January 1951 at home stations.
- (117th Field Artillery Battalion [NGUS] organized and Federally recognized 12 March 1953 with headquarters at Andalusia.)
- Released 15 June 1954 from active Federal service and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from the 117th Field Artillery Battalion (NGUS).
- 2d Battalion, 137th Field Artillery, reorganized and redesignated 8 February 1943 as the 933d Field Artillery Battalion.
- Inactivated 29 October 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey.
- Reorganized and Federally recognized 4 December 1946 with headquarters at Enterprise as an element of the 31st Infantry Division.
- Ordered into active Federal service 16 January 1951 at home stations.
- (933d Field Artillery Battalion [NGUS] organized and Federally recognized 27 February 1953 with headquarters at Enterprise.)
- Released 15 June 1954 from active Federal service and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from the 933d Field Artillery Battalion (NGUS).
- 117th and 933d Field Artillery Battalions consolidated 2 May 1959 to form the 117th Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System, to consist of the 1st and 2d Howitzer Battalions, elements of the 31st Infantry Division.
- Reorganized 15 April 1963 to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions, elements of the 31st Infantry Division.
- (1st and 2d Battalions ordered into active Federal service 11 June 1963 at home stations; released 23 June 1963 from active
Federal service and reverted to state control. Ordered into active Federal service 10 September 1963 at home stations; released 12 September 1963 from active Federal service and reverted to state control. 1st Battalion ordered into active Federal service 20 March 1965 at home stations; released 29 March 1965 from active Federal service and reverted to state control.)
- Reorganized 15 January 1968 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 30th Armored Division.
- Redesignated 1 February 1972 as the 117th Field Artillery.
- Reorganized 1 November 1973 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 31st Armored Brigade.
- Reorganized 1 November 1980 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 31st Armored Brigade, and the 2d and 3d Battalions.
- Withdrawn 1 May 1989 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System.
- Reorganized 1 September 1992 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 31st Armored Brigade, and the 3d Battalion.
- Reorganized 1 September 1995 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 31st Armored Brigade, and the 2d and 3d Battalions.
- Reorganized 30 September 2002 to consist of the 1st and 3d Battalions.[1]
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War I: Streamer without inscription
- World War II: Naples-Foggia: Rome-Arno: Southern France: Rhineland: Central Europe: New Guinea: Southern Philippines
- Battery B (Luverne), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:
- * World War II – AP: Papua; East Indies; Luzon[1]
Decorations
French Croix de Guerre with Silver Gilt Star, World War II, Streamer embroidered ROME-ARNO (933d Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered ALSACE (933d Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (117th Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 47, 1950)
- Battery B (Luverne), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:
- *
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered PAPUA (Papuan Forces, United States Army, Southwest Pacific Area, cited; WD GO 21, 1943)[1]
Heraldry
Distinctive unit insignia
Coat of arms
See also
References
- ^ a b c McKenney, Janice E. (2010). "1st Battalion, 3d Field Artillery". Field Artillery Part 1. (CMH Pub 60-11-1(Part 1)). Army Lineage Series. United States Army Center of Military History: Washington. 1083-5. Web. Accessed 19 October 2015 <http://www.history.army.mil/html/books/060/60-11_pt1/CMH_Pub_60-11_pt1.pdf Archived 2015-09-20 at the Wayback Machine>.
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