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The Second’s mission was to provide general support for the XIII and XIX Corps, North Army and to reinforce the fires of the 5th Armored Division and the 29th and 102nd Infantry Division. The end of World War II found the Second Field Artillery Battalion attached to the 70th Infantry Division.
Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as Battery F, 14th Field Artillery. Organized 1 June 1917 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Inactivated 1 September 1921 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. (14th Field Artillery assigned 15 December 1922 to the 6th Division; relieved 7 September 1927 from assignment to the 6th Division and assigned to the 7th Division.)
Fort Sill's Artillery Half Section is a mounted unit that re-creates the World War I-era field artillery and horse-drawn field guns. [24] [25] The Artillery Half Section is Fort Sill's equine Army special ceremonies unit.
It was one of the leading units in the army developing tactics for this structure. The 2d Battalion, 36th Field Artillery (633d FA Battalion) was redesignated the 546th FA Battalion and activated 15 September 1948 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Due to personnel shortages it was inactivated 25 January 1949 at Fort Sill.
Two Civil War battles fought here. [45] [46] Confederate Memorial Museum & Cemetery – Atoka [47] Fort Gibson Historic Site & Interpretative Center – Fort Gibson [48] Fort Gibson National Cemetery – Fort Gibson. Fort Sill Museum – Lawton. Fort Sill National Cemetery – Elgin. Fort Supply Historic Site – Fort Supply [49] Fort Towson ...
On 16 October 1939, the regiment was relieved from its assignment to the 7th Division. [1] The regiment was assigned to the 2nd Armored Division on 15 July 1940 and activated at Fort Benning, Georgia on that day. It was reorganized and redesignated as the 14th Armored Field Artillery Battalion on 8 January 1942. [2]
Gyroscoped to Fort Sill 1958. Redesignated 1 September 1963 as the 1st Battalion, 30th Artillery. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 1st Battalion, 30th Field Artillery. Inactivated 15 May 1988 in Germany. Headquarters transferred 1 July 1995 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. [2]
The order on the shield represents oldest service at the top and most recent at the bottom. The rattlesnake is for service in the Mexican War by the 6th Field Artillery. The six rattles represent the numerical designation of both units. The crossed sabers represent Civil War service in the Army of the Potomac.