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Background: The coat of arms was originally approved for the 17th Field Artillery Regiment on 25 March 1920. It was amended to correct the blazon of the shield on 15 June 1920. It was redesignated for the 17th Field Artillery Battalion on 27 September 1944. It was redesignated for the 17th Artillery Regiment on 28 November 1958.
3rd Field Artillery Regiment. 2nd Battalion is the cannon battalion assigned to the 1st Armored BCT, 1st Armored Division, stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas [3] 5th Battalion is a rocket battalion assigned to the 17th Field Artillery Brigade, stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington [4] 4th Field Artillery Regiment
The 17th Ohio Battery was organized in Dayton, Ohio, and mustered in August 21, 1862, for a three-year enlistment under Captain Ambrose A. Blount. The battery was attached to Artillery, 1st Division, Army of Kentucky, Department of the Ohio, to October 1862. Unattached, Army of Kentucky, Department of the Ohio, Lexington, Kentucky, to November ...
The 17th Airborne Division, "The Golden Talons", was an airborne infantry division of the United States Army during World War II, commanded by Major General William M. Miley. Activated in April 1943, the division took part in the Knollwood Maneuver and other exercises that helped ensure that the U.S. Army would retain airborne divisions.
1st New York Heavy Artillery, Battery K; 17th New York Artillery, Independent Battery; 169th Ohio: Col Nathaniel Haynes; 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery, Battery H: Cpt Crawford Allen; 1st U.S. Artillery, Battery E: Lt Frank S. French; 3rd Brigade created 10 July. Col William Smith Irwin Maryland Artillery, Battery D; 136th Ohio: Col William ...
The 17th Field Artillery deployed to Iraq from Fort Sill, OK in 2003 and again in 2005. In 2007 the 17th Field Artillery Brigade moved to Fort Lewis, Washington a renamed 17th Fires Brigade. The 17th Fires Brigade deployed to the Basra Province in the summer of 2009. The unit was designated as a subordinate unit to 7th Infantry Division, 1 ...
George D. Shea (January 11, 1894 – January 13, 1971) was a career officer in the United States Army.A veteran of World War I, World War II, and the Korean War, Shea attained the rank of major general, and was a recipient of the Army Distinguished Service Medal, two awards of the Silver Star, two awards of the Legion of Merit, and two awards of the Bronze Star Medal, as well as several ...
The 17th Airborne Division Artillery is an inactive field artillery unit of the United States Army, active from 1942–1946 and from 1948–1949. The unit served with the 17th Airborne Division in World War II, and saw action in Belgium and Germany, including participating in Operation Varsity. The unit was reactivated again from 1948–1949 ...