23rd Field Artillery Regiment (United States)
| 23rd Field Artillery Battalion | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1921 |
| Country |  United States |
| Branch | Army |
| Type | Field artillery |
| Motto(s) | none |
| U.S. Field Artillery Regiments | ||||
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The 23rd Field Artillery Battalion was a field artillery battalion of the regular Army, constituted as a US-manned unit in 1921, but redesignated as a Philippine Scouts unit in 1930.
History
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Lineage
[edit]Constituted 16 August 1921 in the Regular Army as the 1st Battalion, 23d Field Artillery.
- Redesignated on 1 January 1930 as 1st Battalion 23d Field Artillery (Philippine Scouts).
Battery A activated 1 March 1936 in the Philippine Islands; remainder of battalion 14 March 1941. By July 1941 the regiment still fielded only a single battalion of artillery with 10 officers and 391 enlisted men and was armed with the obsolete 2.95-inch mountain guns (pack).[1]
- Surrendered 6 May 1942 to the Japanese forces in the Philippines Islands.
Reorganized and redesignated 23d Field Artillery Battalion (Philippine Scouts) and assigned to the 12th Infantry Division 6 April 1946
- Inactivated 30 April 1947 in the Philippine Islands. (2d Battalion, 23d Field Artillery consolidated with the 23d Field Artillery Battalion in 1949.
Disbanded 25 March 1952.
Campaign streamers
[edit]World War II
- Philippine Islands
Decorations
[edit]- Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered BATAAN
- Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered LUZON 1941-1942
- Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered DEFENSE OF THE PHILIPPINES
- Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 7 DECEMBER 1941 TO 10 MAY 1942
Current units
[edit]unit broken up
Coat of arms
[edit]none
- The 7th Field Artillery Observation Battalion's coat of arms was reassigned to the 23rd in 1955.
See also
[edit]References
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This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Army Institute of Heraldry
- ^ Morton, Louis "The Fall of the Philippines" pp.24-27.
- [1] Archived 2011-05-22 at the Wayback Machine lineage