The 49th Field Artillery Battalion was a
battalion
A battalion is a military unit, typically consisting of 300 to 1,200 soldiers commanded by a lieutenant colonel, and subdivided into a number of companies (usually each commanded by a major or a captain). In some countries, battalions are ...
of the
Field Artillery Branch of the
United States Army
The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army of the United States in the U.S. Constitution.Article II, section 2, cla ...
.
Lineage
Constituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as the 49th Field Artillery.
:Redesignated as the 49th Field Artillery Battalion, assigned to the
7th Infantry Division, and activated at
Fort Ord
Fort Ord is a former United States Army post on Monterey Bay of the Pacific Ocean coast in California, which closed in 1994 due to Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) action. Most of the fort's land now makes up the Fort Ord National Monument, m ...
, California 1 June 1941.
Inactivated 20 July 1947 at Seoul, Korea.
:Activated 20 March 1949 at Jimmachi, Honshu, Japan. (49th Coast Artillery Battalion consolidated with the 49th Field Artillery Battalion 28 June 1950).
Relieved from the 7th Infantry Division and inactivated in Korea 1 July 1957
:Consolidated with the
44th Field Artillery, 7 November 1969.
Coat of arms
* Shield
Per Chevron enhanced gules and argent, on the last a bear's head erased and incensed proper.
* Crest
None
* Background
The scarlet is the Field Artillery, The silver of the shield in conjunction with the scarlet is indicative of the preparedness of the battalion night and day. The firing functions are allegorically illustrated by the incensed bear's head, being representative of the state of activation, California, taken from the crest of that state.
Campaign streamers
World War I
* St. Mihiel
* Alsace 1918
* Lorraine 1918
World War II
* Aleutian Islands (with arrowhead)
* Northern Solomons
* Eastern Mandates
* Leyte
* Ryukyus (with arrowhead)
Korean War
* UN defense
* 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
Decorations
*
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation
The Philippine Presidential Unit citation BadgeThe AFP Adjutant General, ''Awards and Decorations Handbook'', 1997, OTAG, p. 65. is a unit decoration of the Republic of the Philippines. It has been awarded to certain units of the United States mil ...
, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
*
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
The Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation () is a military unit award of the government of South Korea that may be presented to South Korean military units, and foreign military units for outstanding performance in defense of the Republic o ...
, Streamer embroidered INCHON
* Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA
References
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External links
* http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/av/default.htm
* http://www.coretek.org/gsmith/promotions.html
Field artillery battalions of the United States Army, 049
Military units and formations established in 1933
Military units and formations disestablished in 1969