History
Section under developmentLineage and honors
Lineage
* Organized 15 April 1887 in the Minnesota Reserve National Guard as the 3d Infantry Regiment with headquarters at St. Paul * Recognized in 1889 in the National Guard of Minnesota * Reorganized and redesignated 4 May 1898 as the 14th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry * Mustered into Federal service 8 May 1898 at St. Paul; mustered out of Federal service 18 November 1898 at Fort Snelling, Minnesota * Reorganized in 1900 in the Minnesota National Guard as the 3d Infantry with headquarters at Duluth * Mustered into Federal service 30 June 1916 at Fort Snelling, Minnesota; mustered out of Federal service 19 December 1916 at Fort Snelling, Minnesota * Mustered into Federal service 24 July 1917; drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917 * Converted and redesignated 1 October 1917 as the 125th Field artillery and assigned to the 34th Division * Demobilized 22 January 1919 at Camp Dodge, Iowa * Reorganized 1921–1926 in the Minnesota National Guard as the 125th Field Artillery and assigned to the 34th Division; Headquarters Federally recognized 24 July 1924 at Duluth * Inducted into Federal service 10 February 1941 at home stations * Headquarters, 125th Field Artillery, disbanded 1 February 1942; 1st Battalion concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 125th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 34th Infantry Division (remainder of regiment—hereafter separate lineages) * 125th Field artillery Battalion inactivated 3 November 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia * Relieved 10 June 1946 from assignment to the 34th infantry Division * Consolidated 20 February 1947 with Headquarters, 125th Field Artillery (reconstituted 5 August 1945 in the Minnesota National Guard), and consolidated unit reorganized and Federally recognized as the 125th Field Artillery Battalion, with headquarters at Anoka, and assigned to the 47th Infantry Division * Ordered into active Federal service 16 January 1951 at home stations : (125th Field artillery BattalionCampaign participation credit
* World War I: Streamer without inscription * World War II: Tunisia; Naples-Foggia; Anzio; Rome-Arno; North Apennines; Po Valley : Battery B (Jackson) and Battery C (St. James), 1st Battalion, each additionally entitled to: :* World War II: Rhineland; Central EuropeDecorations
* French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War ii, Streamer embroidered BELVEDERE (125th Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950Heraldry
Coat of arms
* Shield:Azure, between a sheathed Roman sword, point to base, and a prickly pear cactus, an Indian quiver holding two arrows or; on a chief gules a fleur‑de‑lis of the second. * Crest: that for the regiments and separate battalions of the Minnesota Army National Guard: On a wreath of the colors, or and azure, a sheaf of wheat proper. * Motto: Faithful. * Symbolism: The shield is blue for infantry, and the organization's service as infantry is indicated by the sheathed Roman sword, taken from the service medal of the War with Spain, for service in that war; the Indian quiver with arrows is symbolic of the Leach Lake Indian uprising, and the prickly pear cactus for service on the Mexican border. the chief is red for artillery and with the fleur‑de‑lis commemorates the organization's service as field artillery in France during World War I.Distinctive unit insignia
See also
* 34th Infantry DivisionReferences
External links
* Minnesota National Guard homepage for 1st Battalion, 125th Field Artillery Regiment