23rd Field Artillery Battalion | |
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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.
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Constituted 16 August 1921 in the Regular Army as the 1st Battalion, 23d Field Artillery.
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]
Reorganized and redesignated 23d Field Artillery Battalion (Philippine Scouts) and assigned to the 12th Infantry Division 6 April 1946
Disbanded 25 March 1952.
World War II
unit broken up
none
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Army Institute of Heraldry
23rd Field Artillery Battalion | |
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Active | 1921 |
Country | United States |
Branch | Army |
Type | Field artillery |
Motto(s) | none |
U.S. Field Artillery Regiments | ||||
|
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.
This section is empty. You can help by
adding to it. (February 2013) |
Constituted 16 August 1921 in the Regular Army as the 1st Battalion, 23d Field Artillery.
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]
Reorganized and redesignated 23d Field Artillery Battalion (Philippine Scouts) and assigned to the 12th Infantry Division 6 April 1946
Disbanded 25 March 1952.
World War II
unit broken up
none
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Army Institute of Heraldry