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The 2nd Battalion was activated on 1 October 1933 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, by transferring the personnel and equipment from the 2nd Battalion, 5th Field Artillery, which was inactivated. At that time, Battery D, 5th Field Artillery was the oldest unit in the active Army, tracing its lineage to the New York Provisional Company of Artillery ...
The Lost Battalion was the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, 36th Infantry Division (Texas National Guard) of the U.S. Army. The men of the battalion, plus the survivors of the sunken cruiser USS Houston, were captured by the Japanese on the island of Java in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) in March 1942. It is called the lost ...
The 3rd Battalion, 133rd Field Artillery Regiment and 2nd Battalion, 142nd Infantry Regiment were both awarded Meritorious Unit Citations for their service in Iraq. [ 21 ] In 2005–06, 800 soldiers of 3d Battalion, 141st Infantry Regiment , 72d Brigade, 36th Infantry Division deployed to Afghanistan.
However, "E" Battery, 2/131st Field Artillery, including Frank Fujita, were attached to Dutch infantry in Central and East Java. On March 2, at Leuwiliang, 15 miles (24 km) west of Buitenzorg, "D" Battery, 2/131st Field Artillery, supported the makeshift Australian infantry, positioned along a riverbank. The Allies put up a vigorous defence.
HQ & HQ Battery, 36th Field Artillery Group 2nd Field Artillery Observation Battalion 36th Field Artillery Battalion 59th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer SP) 69th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer SP) 93rd Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer SP) 141st Field Artillery Battalion (155mm Howitzer)
The 2d Battalion, 35th Artillery (155mm Howitzer, Self-Propelled) arrived in Vietnam on 17 June 1966 from Fort Carson, Colorado.It was a self-propelled M109 155 mm howitzer battalion and was first stationed at Xuan Loc with the 23d Artillery Group.
A year and a half later, the Second was once again reorganized and re-designated the Second Field Artillery Battalion. 2nd Field Artillery Battalion moved to New Post Fort Sill in 1953, and an effort was made to give morale a boost. It was decided that the Unit Crest, a Mule with a Mountain Gun, should be reproduced in real life.
The 1st Battalion of the 56th AIR became the 66th AIB and the 2nd Battalion of the 56th AIR became the 17th AIB of the 12th Armored Division. ... 36th Field Artillery ...