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.

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Lineage & Honors

Lineage

(141st Field Artillery relieved 1 July 1923 from assignment to the 39th Division and assigned to the 31st Division.)
(117th Field Artillery Battalion [NGUS] organized and Federally recognized 12 March 1953 with headquarters at Andalusia.)
(933d Field Artillery Battalion [NGUS] organized and Federally recognized 27 February 1953 with headquarters at Enterprise.)
(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.)

Campaign Participation Credit

Battery B (Luverne), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:
* World War II – AP: Papua; East Indies; Luzon [1]

Decorations

Battery B (Luverne), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:
* United States Army and U.S. Air Force Presidential Unit Citation ribbon.svg 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

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References

  1. 1 2 3 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 >. PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .