158th Field Artillery Regiment

158th Field Artillery Regiment

Coat of arms
Active 1920
Country  United States
Allegiance Oklahoma
Branch Oklahoma Army National Guard
Motto UNUSUAL EFFORTS EXPENDED
Branch color Scarlet
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia

The 158th Field Artillery Regiment is a Field Artillery regiment of the Army National Guard.

Lineage

Constituted 26 February 1920 as the 1st Battalion, 158th Field Artillery and allotted to the Oklahoma National Guard

Inducted into federal service 16 September 1940 at Kingfisher

(Headquarters, 158th Field Artillery reconstituted 25 August 1945 and consolidated with the 158th Field Artillery Battalion, 17 June 1946).

Distinctive unit insignia

A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 14 inches (3.2 cm) in height consisting of the shield, crest and motto of the coat of arms.

The dominant colors, red and yellow, are for Artillery. The broad arrow-a large missile thrown by machine-was an early version of artillery. The three broad arrowheads represent the recognition awarded the organization for service in Sicily, Naples and Southern France. The green wedge symbolizes mountainous Italy, and the fleur-de-lis is for French and Central European service.

The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 158th Field Artillery Battalion on 14 January 1952. It was redesignated for the 158th Artillery Regiment on 2 November 1960. The insignia was redesignated for the 158th Field Artillery Regiment on 19 July 1972.

Coat of arms

Campaign credits

Decorations

Current units

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References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Army Institute of Heraldry document "158th Field Artillery".

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