17th Field Artillery Regiment (United States)
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The 17th Field Artillery Regiment is an Field Artillery
regiment
of the United States Army
first formed in 1916
Organized 6 June 1917 at Camp Robinson, Wisconsin
Assigned 21 September 1917 to the 2d Division
Relieved 18 December 1920 from assignment to the 2d Division
Assigned 22 July 1929 to the 1st Division
Relieved 1 January 1930 from assignment to the 1st Division and assigned to the 2d Division
Relieved 16 October 1939 from assignment to the 2d Division
Regiment broken up 14 February - 1 March 1944 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery on 1 March 1944 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 17th Field Artillery Group
1st Battalion on 1 March 1944 as the 17th Field Artillery Battalion
2d Battalion on 14 February 1944 as the 630th Field Artillery Battalion
After 1 March 1944 the above units underwent changes as follows:
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 17th Field Artillery Group, inactivated 27 February 1946 at Camp Kilmer
, New Jersey
Activated 20 December 1948 at Fort Sill
, Oklahoma
Redesignated 25 June 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 17th Artillery Group
17th Field Artillery Battalion inactivated 16 April 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Activated 1 August 1946 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Inactivated 1 June 1958 in Korea
630th Field Artillery Battalion inactivated 22 February 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Redesignated 5 February 1947 as the 537th Field Artillery Battalion
Activated 1 October 1948 at Camp Carson, Colorado
Inactivated 25 June 1958 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 17th Artillery Group, and the 17th and 537th Field Artillery Battalions consolidated, reorganized, and redesignated 31 July 1959 as the 17th Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
Redesignated 1 September as the 17th Field Artillery
Withdrawn 16 July 1988 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in height consisting of a shield blazoned: Gules, a conventionalized castle of Ehrenbreitstein with ramp Or on mount Proper, debruised by a bendlet Argent bearing two ribbons of the field and Azure with seventeen mullets of the last. A sinister canton bendy of eight ermine and of the field, (for the 8th Field Artillery).
The field of the shield is red, the artillery color. The principal charge is the castle of Ehrenbreitstein debruised by a bendlet carrying the American colors and seventeen stars, to signify the occupation of that castle by the 17th Field Artillery. On a canton is a device from the arms of the parent organization.
The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 17th Field Artillery Regiment on 8 May 1923. It was redesignated for the 17th Field Artillery Battalion on 2 August 1949. It was redesignated for the 17th Artillery Regiment on 28 November 1958. The insignia was redesignated effective 1 September 1971, for the 17th Field Artillery Regiment.
Gules, a conventionalized castle of Ehrenbreitstein with ramp Or on mount Proper, debruised by a bendlet Argent bearing two ribbons of the field and Azure with seventeen mullets of the last. A sinister canton bendy of eight ermine and of the field, (for the 8th Field Artillery).
On a wreath of the colors Or and Gules, a mount Argent garnished Vert, bearing a linden leaf Proper charged with a fleur-de-lis of the first.
Motto
IN TIME OF PEACE PREPARE FOR WAR.
The field of the shield is red, the artillery color. The principal charge is the castle of Ehrenbreitstein debruised by a bendlet carrying the American colors and seventeen stars, to signify the occupation of that castle by the 17th Field Artillery. On a canton is a device from the arms of the parent organization.
The crest commemorates the two most noteworthy battle incidents. The white mountain is for Blanc Mont. The leaf is taken from Verte Feuille Farm, one of the positions occupied by the Regiment in the Soissons Offensive; the linden was chosen as being very common in the central empires. The fleur-de-lis is from the arms of Soissons.
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. The insignia was redesignated effective 1 September 1971, for the 17th Field Artillery Regiment
World War II: Tunisia; Sicily (with arrowhead); Naples-Foggia; Rome-Arno; Southern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Korean War: UN Defensive; UN Offensive; CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter; Korea, Summer-Fall 1952; Third Korean Winter; Korea, Summer 1953
Vietnam: Defense; Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII
Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
Valorous Unit Award for IRAQ
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I for AISNE-MARNE
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I for MEUSE-ARGONNE
French Croix de Guerre, World War I, Fourragere
French Croix de Guerre with Silver-Gilt Star, World War II for ROME-ARNO
Field artillery
Field artillery is a category of mobile artillery used to support armies in the field. These weapons are specialized for mobility, tactical proficiency, long range, short range and extremely long range target engagement....
regiment
Regiment
A regiment is a major tactical military unit, composed of variable numbers of batteries, squadrons or battalions, commanded by a colonel or lieutenant colonel...
of the United States Army
United States Army
The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
first formed in 1916
History
The 17th Field Artillery was Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army at Camp Robinson, WisconsinLineage
Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as the 17th Field ArtilleryOrganized 6 June 1917 at Camp Robinson, Wisconsin
Assigned 21 September 1917 to the 2d Division
Relieved 18 December 1920 from assignment to the 2d Division
Assigned 22 July 1929 to the 1st Division
Relieved 1 January 1930 from assignment to the 1st Division and assigned to the 2d Division
Relieved 16 October 1939 from assignment to the 2d Division
Regiment broken up 14 February - 1 March 1944 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery on 1 March 1944 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 17th Field Artillery Group
1st Battalion on 1 March 1944 as the 17th Field Artillery Battalion
2d Battalion on 14 February 1944 as the 630th Field Artillery Battalion
After 1 March 1944 the above units underwent changes as follows:
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 17th Field Artillery Group, inactivated 27 February 1946 at Camp Kilmer
Camp Kilmer
Camp Kilmer, New Jersey is a former United States Army camp that was activated in June 1942 as a staging area and part of an installation of the New York Port of Embarkation. The camp was organized as part of the Army Service Forces Transportation Corps. Troops were quartered at Camp Kilmer in...
, New Jersey
Activated 20 December 1948 at Fort Sill
Fort Sill
Fort Sill is a United States Army post near Lawton, Oklahoma, about 85 miles southwest of Oklahoma City.Today, Fort Sill remains the only active Army installation of all the forts on the South Plains built during the Indian Wars...
, Oklahoma
Redesignated 25 June 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 17th Artillery Group
17th Field Artillery Battalion inactivated 16 April 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Activated 1 August 1946 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Inactivated 1 June 1958 in Korea
630th Field Artillery Battalion inactivated 22 February 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Redesignated 5 February 1947 as the 537th Field Artillery Battalion
Activated 1 October 1948 at Camp Carson, Colorado
Inactivated 25 June 1958 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 17th Artillery Group, and the 17th and 537th Field Artillery Battalions consolidated, reorganized, and redesignated 31 July 1959 as the 17th Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
Redesignated 1 September as the 17th Field Artillery
Withdrawn 16 July 1988 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
Distinctive Unit Insignia
- Description
A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in height consisting of a shield blazoned: Gules, a conventionalized castle of Ehrenbreitstein with ramp Or on mount Proper, debruised by a bendlet Argent bearing two ribbons of the field and Azure with seventeen mullets of the last. A sinister canton bendy of eight ermine and of the field, (for the 8th Field Artillery).
- Symbolism
The field of the shield is red, the artillery color. The principal charge is the castle of Ehrenbreitstein debruised by a bendlet carrying the American colors and seventeen stars, to signify the occupation of that castle by the 17th Field Artillery. On a canton is a device from the arms of the parent organization.
- Background
The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 17th Field Artillery Regiment on 8 May 1923. It was redesignated for the 17th Field Artillery Battalion on 2 August 1949. It was redesignated for the 17th Artillery Regiment on 28 November 1958. The insignia was redesignated effective 1 September 1971, for the 17th Field Artillery Regiment.
Blazon
- Shield
Gules, a conventionalized castle of Ehrenbreitstein with ramp Or on mount Proper, debruised by a bendlet Argent bearing two ribbons of the field and Azure with seventeen mullets of the last. A sinister canton bendy of eight ermine and of the field, (for the 8th Field Artillery).
- Crest
On a wreath of the colors Or and Gules, a mount Argent garnished Vert, bearing a linden leaf Proper charged with a fleur-de-lis of the first.
Motto
IN TIME OF PEACE PREPARE FOR WAR.
- Symbolism
- Shield
The field of the shield is red, the artillery color. The principal charge is the castle of Ehrenbreitstein debruised by a bendlet carrying the American colors and seventeen stars, to signify the occupation of that castle by the 17th Field Artillery. On a canton is a device from the arms of the parent organization.
- Crest
The crest commemorates the two most noteworthy battle incidents. The white mountain is for Blanc Mont. The leaf is taken from Verte Feuille Farm, one of the positions occupied by the Regiment in the Soissons Offensive; the linden was chosen as being very common in the central empires. The fleur-de-lis is from the arms of Soissons.
- 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. The insignia was redesignated effective 1 September 1971, for the 17th Field Artillery Regiment
Current configuration
- 1st Battalion 17th Field Artillery Regiment (United States)http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/fa/0017fa01bn.htm
- 2nd Battalion 17th Field Artillery Regiment
- 3rd Battalion 17th Field Artillery Regiment (United States)http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/fa/0017fa03bn.htm
- 4th Battalion 17th Field Artillery Regiment
- 5th Battalion 17th Field Artillery Regiment
- 6th Battalion 17th Field Artillery Regiment (United States)
Campaign Participation Credit
World War I: Aisne; Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Lorraine 1918; Ile de France 1918World War II: Tunisia; Sicily (with arrowhead); Naples-Foggia; Rome-Arno; Southern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Korean War: UN Defensive; UN Offensive; CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter; Korea, Summer-Fall 1952; Third Korean Winter; Korea, Summer 1953
Vietnam: Defense; Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII
Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for PLEIKU PROVENCEValorous Unit Award for IRAQ
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I for AISNE-MARNE
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I for MEUSE-ARGONNE
French Croix de Guerre, World War I, Fourragere
French Croix de Guerre with Silver-Gilt Star, World War II for ROME-ARNO
See also
- Field Artillery Branch (United States)
- U.S. Army Coast Artillery CorpsU.S. Army Coast Artillery CorpsThe U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps was a Corps level organization responsible for coastal and harbor defense of the United States between 1901 and 1950.-History:...
- Coats of arms of U.S. Artillery RegimentsCoats of arms of U.S. Artillery RegimentsCoats of arms of US Artillery Regiments are heraldic emblems associated with field artillery, air defense artillery, and coast artillery regiments in the US Army...
External links
- http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/fa/default.htm
- http://www.17thartilleryregiment.org/