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  24th Field Artillery (Philippine Scouts)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The 24th Field Artillery (P.S.) was organized in 1922 at Ft. Stotsenburg, Philippine Islands from personnel transferred from the 1st Philippine Artillery (Provisional).
It was headquartered at at Ft. Stotsenburg, adjacent to Clark Field north of Manila.
The insignia is the shield of the regiment.
www.geocities.com /Eureka/Plaza/7750/24thfieldartillery.html   (401 words)

  
 218th Field Artillery Regiment
These units with artillery from Idaho, the 148th Artillery Battalion and the 205th Artillery Battalion; units from Washington, the 146th Artillery Bn and the 167th Artillery Bn, are assigned to support the Pacific theater of battle.
The 218th Artillery Battalions reorganized an element of the 41 st Infantry Division and federally recognized as the 218th Artillery, with head­quarters at Portland, OR 10 April 1947.
The96Sth Artillery Battalion is reor­ganized and federally recognized 5 March 1949 at Portland as an element of the 41st Infantry Division.
www.mil.state.or.us /2-218fa/history.htm   (2471 words)

  
 25th Infantry Division Association: The Units (Continued)
The 25th Division Artillery was initially composed of the 8th, 64th and 89th Field Artillery Battalions formed from the 8th Field Artillery Regiment, and the 90th Field Artillery Battalion formed from the 1st Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Regiment, Hawaiian Division.
On 1 October 1941, 11th FA Regiment was reorganized and redesignated as the 11th Field Artillery Battalion and assigned to the 24th Division.
On 1 October 1941 the 13th Field Artillery Regiment was reorganized and redesigned as the 13th Field Artillery Battalion equipped with 105mm howitzers and assigned to the 24th Division.
www.25thida.com /units2.html   (8244 words)

  
 New Page 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Field Artillery was constituted in the Regular Army under the National Defense Act of 3 June 1916.
Field Artillery was awakened to the bombing of nearby Wheeler Army Airfield and strafing attack on Schofield Barracks.
Field Artillery occupied positions throughout various sectors on the front, from the "Punchbowl" and Pia-ri on the east coast, through "White Horse," Kumhwa and "Old Baldy" in the central sector, to the extreme left flank and Panmunjom area.
www.lewis.army.mil /28fa/archive_website/timeline.htm   (4290 words)

  
 Philippine Scouts Heritage Society   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
These regiments were in turn formally incorporated into the numerical structure of the Regular Army when, in 1920, they were consolidated (on paper) with several inactivated Regular Army regiments formed during World War I and redesignated the 43rd, 45th, 57th, 62nd Infantry and 24th and 25th Field Artillery (Philippine Scouts).
Although the 43rd, 62nd Infantry and 25th Field Artillery (PS) were disbanded in 1922 because of the reduction of the army, several of the battalions were used to form the new 26th Cavalry (PS).
With the redesignation of the Scout units as regiments of the Regular Army, the regimental numerals replaced the former "P." Shown are early (pre-1924) officers' insignia of the 45th, 57th and 62nd Infantry, along with enlisted collar discs worn by the 26th Cavalry, 45th and 62nd Infantry, and the 14th Engineers.
www.philippine-scouts.org /Articles/insignia.html   (2343 words)

  
 Units - 49 FD Regt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
In 1802 a detachment of the 49th Regiment of Foot was stationed at Fort St. Joseph.
The regiment sent volunteers to the South African War and also furnished aid to the civilian government by quelling a riot in the town of Paper Mill.
Marie) Field Artillery Regiment, RCA in 1962, and redesignated ‘49th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA’ on 22 December 1998.
www.artillery.net /english/units49fdregt.htm   (608 words)

  
 119th Field Artillery in World War I   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
To the Officers and Men of the 119th F.A. As a tribute to the gallant performance of the 119th Field Artillery, it is with pleasure I review briefly the exploits of its battle activities in recent military operations on the western front which terminated with the signing of the armistice November 11, 1918.
Although the regiment at this time was operating with only 60% of its authorized strength, due to its rapid transformation from horse drawn to motor artillery and vice versa, in which it lost heavily by transfer practically all its personnel familiar with horseflesh, the situation was met with patience and determination.
Consequently on the 24th of August, the regiment moved out and after four days of hard forced marches, covered approximately 140 kilometers on the 28th were again in support of the 32nd Division west of Juvigny fighting dead east and suffering flank fire from the north.
www.michigan.gov /dmva/0,1607,7-126-2360_3003_3009-17205--,00.html   (1459 words)

  
 1st Battalion ? 118th Field Artillery Regiment
The 1st Battalion, 118th Field Artillery Regiment, traces its lineage to the 118th Field Artillery which was organized on 18 April 1751 in the Georgia Militia in the District of Savannah as four independent volunteer companies, 3 of foot and one of horse.
Battery A (Chatham Artillery) was withdrawn on 17 April 1925 and reorganized as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 55th Field Artillery Brigade, an element of the 30th Division.
The 118th and 230th Field Artillery Battalions consolidated on 1 July 1959 and the consolidated unit was reorganized and redesignated as the 118th Field Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental system, to consist of the 1st and 2d Howitzer Battalions, elements of the 48th Armored Division.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/1-118fa.htm   (1127 words)

  
 History
Field Artillery was constituted in the Regular Army on 1 July 1916 under the National Defense Act of 3 June 1916.
On 1 October 1951, the 24th Infantry was inactivated and replaced by the 14th Infantry; and the 69th Field Artillery Battalion was replaced by the 159th Field Artillery Battalion.
Field Artillery Battalion was inactivated 1 February 1957 in Hawaii and relieved from assignment to the 25
www.lewis.army.mil /28fa/archive_website/history.htm   (7099 words)

  
 The 1st Field Artillery Regiment   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The 1st Belgian Field Battery was raised at Tenby, Wales, United Kingdom, on February 14th 1941.
On March 24th 1944 a C Troop is created manned with gunners, NCO's and officers of the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg.
On November 17th 1944 the Battery left the front and was reorganised into the 1st Belgian Field Artillery Regiment.
www.belgianbadges4046.be /1Aie.htm   (339 words)

  
 1st Battalion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery was first constituted in the Regular Army as Troop A and B, 24th Cavalry on 3 June 1916.
On 1 November 1917, Troops A and B, 24th Cavalry were consolidated and redesignated as Battery A, 82nd Field Artillery and assigned to the 15th Cavalry Division.
The 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery was reorganized at Fort Bragg, NC on 30 November 1971, by Headquarters, Third United States Army and was attached to the XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery.
www.hood.army.mil /PAO/units/1st_battalion_82FA.htm   (406 words)

  
 31st FIELD REGIMENT, ROYAL CANADIAN ARTILLERY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
On 1st April, 1946, the 31st Field Regiment was reorganized with its present complement of batteries.
The Regiment was disbanded on 14th December, 1936, to be reorganized the next day in three different units, one of which was the 26th (Lambton) Field Battery.
On 1st September, 1939, the 26th Field Battery was mobilized at Sarnia, Ont. Early in November, 1939, it moved to Guelph, Ont., where it trained until the 4th Field Regiment, of which it was part, was concentrated at Petawawa on 24th May, 1940.
www.prole.demon.co.uk /middlesex/31fa.html   (823 words)

  
 3rd Battalion ? 27th Field Artillery Regiment
The mission of 3rd Battalion, 27th Field Artillery Regiment, is to maintain an MLRS battalion that is manned, equipped, and trained for rapid deployment by air, sea, and land to theaters of operations anywhere in the world.
The history of the 3rd Battalion, 27th Field Artillery Regiment began in August, 1918 when the regiment was organized at Camp McClellan, AL, as an element of the 9th Division.
The 3rd Battalion, 27th Field Artillery Regiment armed with the multiple launch rocket system, the Army's most powerful, conventional, field artillery weapon, traces its lineage to Battery C of the 27th Armored Field Artillery Battalion of World War II fame.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/3-27fa.htm   (709 words)

  
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The Regiment replaces the 11 (HAG) RHA in this area, taking over their positions but as this latter Regiment in equipped with S.P. guns and the positions are found unsuitable and exposed resulting in accurate enemy shelling, they are moved to more suitable ones.
At the later stages of the Regiment's stay in the CASSINO area, an experiment in using the 25pr as a mortar was successfully carried out and the Regiment was able to haunt the enemy in places where he had not hitherto been reached by shell fire.
The Regiment had a quiet time for the rest of the month, with the exception of a bad shelling of 'D' Troop who were some distance from the rest of the Regiment.
www.infonet.st-johns.nf.ca /providers/166th_nfr/artiller.htm   (10977 words)

  
 1st Battalion ? 258th Field Artillery Regiment
The 1st Battalion, 258th Field Artillery Regiment, was originally constituted as the 4th Regiment, New York State Artillery and organized on 9 October 1809 at New York, from two existing battalions of Volunteer Militia Artillery.
The New York elements of the 58th Artillery, Coast Artillery Corps, demobilized on 7 May 1919 at Camp Upton, NY (the elements of the Coast Defenses of Southern New York demobilized on 7 December 1918; and the 10th Company, Coast Defenses of Eastern New York was discontinued in December 1918).
It was reorganized and redesignated on 28 November 1921 as the 258th Field Artillery.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/1-258fa.htm   (596 words)

  
 Tsingtao Campaign
The standing army of 1/4 million men boasted 19 infantry divisions, 4 cavalry brigades, 3 field artillery brigades, 6 heavy artillery regiments and a signals "brigade" (not intended to operate as a unit, but to detach sections for service).
Each infantry division consisted of a logistics "battalion", an engineering battalion (of 3 companies), a field artillery regiment (6 batteries of 6 guns), a cavalry regiment (of 3 squadrons), and 2 infantry brigades of two 3-battalion regiments.
Field artillery only shot at short range with poor accuracy, as did even the brand new Model 3 field howitzer.
www.gwpda.org /naval/tsingtao.htm   (8310 words)

  
 Decorations of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
The Mecklenburg military contingents had been jointly administered since the 18th Century, and a fuller discussion of their military history will be found under Mecklenburg-Schwerin, which provided the bulk of the forces.
Großherzoglich Mecklenburgisches Grenadier-Regiment Nr.89) and the 3rd Battalion of the 24th Field Artillery Regiment (III (Großherzoglich Mecklenburgisches) /Holsteinisches Feld-Artillerie-Regiment Nr.24).
These were Generalmajor Graf von Schimmelmann, commanding general of the 17th Cavalry Brigade, and Major von Warnstedt, on the staff of the 89th Grenadier Regiment (by way of comparison, some 14 officers in the 89th Grenadiers held various grades of the Order of the Griffin).
home.att.net /~david.danner/militaria/strelitz.htm   (1284 words)

  
 LZHurricane - Home of the vets of the 82nd Field Artillery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
LZ Hurricane is dedicated to the preservation of the history of the 82nd Field Artillery Regiment.
The name LZ Hurricane is taken from the LZ that was the home of the 1st Battalion’s Headquarters from 1968 through 1971 near Chu Lai Combat Base, Vietnam, and reflects the fact that this web site was first established for the 1st Battalion only.
In addition, it covers its original designation as the 24th Cavalry Regiment and the 82nd, 61st, and 62nd FA Battalions as the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Battalions of the 82nd were designated in WWII and during the Korean Conflict.
www.positivere.com /lzhurricane/index.aspx   (161 words)

  
 Field Regiments Royal Artillery [1939-1945]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Diary of 135th (Herts Yeomanry) Field Regiment RA (TA) during the campaign in Malaya and Singapore, January-February 1942
View from the bridge: the story of the 191st Field Regiment of the Royal Artillery, the Herts and Essex Yeomanry, 1942-1944
The Royal Regiment of Artillery, Territorial Army : the Field Artillery Regiment of the City of Leeds, 1860-1954 : short history of the regiment [269 West Riding Field Regiment]
houterman.htmlplanet.com /RA_FdRgt.html   (848 words)

  
 Royal Canadian Artillery
Field Artillery Regiments of the Royal Canadian Artillery in World War 2, by Nibel Evans
Note: The RCA inherited from the British Royal Artillery the tradition of the motto "Ubique" being an all-encompassing battle honour in lieu of individual battle honours.
Note: The RCA inherited from the British Royal Artillery the tradition of the guns being the "Colours".
www.regiments.org /regiments/na-canada/art-eng-sig/rca.htm   (206 words)

  
 1st Philippine Artillery Regiment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1st Philippine Artillery Regiment was provisionally formed, in 1917, at Fort Stotsenburg, from the 11th and 12th Philippine Scout Battalions, by the 2nd Philippine Artillery Regiment.
In 1922, this unit was reformed into the 24th Field Artillery Regiment (PS).
This page was last modified 09:23, 17 August 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1st_Philippine_Artillery_Regiment   (75 words)

  
 52nd Field Artillery Battalion (105MM) - 24th Infantry Division - US Army - Korean War Project   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
He was with the 24th Infantry Division, 52nd Field Artillery Battalion, Battery B. He served as a 105 mm howitzers cannoneer, fire direction and liaison director, and field wireman.
In 1952 "Smiley" was in the 52nd Field Artillery and moved to Japan.
He was in the 24th infantry and was assigned to "Headquarters Bat 52nd AAA SP Battalion".
www.koreanwar.org /html/units/52fab.htm   (4244 words)

  
 63rd Field Artillery Battalion (105MM) - 24th Infantry Division - US Army - Korean War Project   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
He was with the 24th Infantry Division, 63rd Field Artillery Battalion (as possibly a truck driver) at the time.
Comments: I was in the 63rd Field Artillery Battalion, when it was stationed at Camp Hakata, near Fukuoka, Japan.
He was with the 24th Infantry Division, 63rd Field Artillery Battalion at the time.
www.koreanwar.org /html/units/63fab.htm   (2202 words)

  
 The Hansborough-Hansbrough Family in America   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Field Artillery Battalion; Deputy Director of Posts, European Command; and Commanding Officer of the military installation of Baumholder.
Field Artillery Brigade until his retirement, after 30 years service, on July 31, 1961.
He served in the Mexican War as a Captain of Texas Volunteer Rangers; in 1848-49, he was Colonel of a Texas Volunteer Regiment under General Zachary Taylor at Monterey, Mexico; won distinction at the Battle of Buena Vista, and marched on foot from Velasco to Brazoria.
www.flanaganfamily.net /genealo/hansbro/jwh/jwhansbr.htm   (14484 words)

  
 Field Artillery Home Page
On August 5 1917 the company was drafted into Federal Service for the First World War and became the 24th Company, Boston Coast Defense Command and later merged with the 5th Company on November 15 1918.
The unit when returning to National Guard Duty became the 212th Field Artillery with batteries stationed in Brockton, Taunton and New Bedford.
It was activated again for Federal Service at Ft Chaffee Arkansas in 1942 from the 101st Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Battalion.
users.rcn.com /sgtlouie/index2.html   (318 words)

  
 1st Battalion ? 82nd Field Artillery Regiment
The Soldiers from Battery C of the 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment are familiar with Paladin Howitzers.
Firing them was their main mission, until they arrived at Camp War Eagle in March 2004.
For the 1-82 FA this means less field artillery, and more light infantry.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/1-82fa.htm   (551 words)

  
 15th Field Artillery Regiment - World War One Scroll of Honor
sacrifice for freedom on the field of battle during WW1
15 Artillery, 2nd Division of the American Expeditionary Force who gave his life for his country and for France.
Captain Cunningham was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA, September 17, 1894 and was killed on the battlefield near Jaulny, France on September 17, 1918."
www.landscaper.net /ww1scroll.htm   (280 words)

  
 11th Field Artillery Battalion (155MM)- 24th Infantry Division - Korean War Project   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
He is looking for a lester burns,his nickname is "lefty" my grandfather was in the 24th infantry 11th FA (sorry i dont know army terminolgy very well) he has mentioned the 38th parallel.
He was part ot the 11th field Artillery battery B Communciations group.
I was with the 11th Field Artillary HQ Btry at Fukuoka Japan and at the begining of the Korean War.
www.koreanwar.org /html/units/11fab.htm   (2184 words)

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