23rd Field Artillery Regiment (United States)
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The 23rd Field Artillery Battalion was a field artillery
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 a ...
of the regular Army, constituted as a US-manned unit in 1921, but redesignated as a Philippine Scouts unit in 1930.


History


Lineage

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).Morton, Louis "The Fall of the Philippines" pp.24-27. * 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

World War II * Philippine Islands


Decorations

* 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

unit broken up


Coat of arms

none * The 7th Field Artillery Observation Battalion's coat of arms was reassigned to the 23rd in 1955.


See also

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Field Artillery Branch (United States) The Field Artillery Branch is a combat arms branch of the United States Army that is responsible for field artillery. Historical background The U.S. Army Field Artillery branch traces its origins to 17 November 1775 when the Continental Congr ...
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U.S. Army Regimental System The United States Army Regimental System (USARS) is an organizational and classification system used by the United States Army. It was established in 1981 to replace the Combat Arms Regimental System (CARS) to provide each soldier with continu ...


References



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External links

* http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/av/default.htm {{Artillery Regiments (United States) Field artillery regiments of the United States Army Military units and formations established in 1921