17th Airborne Division Artillery

17th Airborne Division Artillery
Active	1942–1946 1948–1949
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army
Type	Field artillery
Role	Division Artillery
Size	Brigade
Part of	17th Airborne Division
Equipment	M1 75mm Pack Howitzer, M3 105mm Howitzer
Commanders
Commander	Joseph V. Phelps, 1942–1946

The 17th Airborne Division Artillery is an inactive field artillery unit of the United States Army, active from 1942–1946 and from 1948–1949. The unit served with the 17th Airborne Division in World War II, and saw action in Belgium and Germany, including participating in Operation Varsity. The unit was reactivated again from 1948–1949, but was not deployed.

History

17th Airborne Division Artillery (1942-1945)

Parent unit	17th Airborne Division

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Lineage & Honors

Lineage

Constituted 16 December 1942 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 17th Airborne Division Artillery.
Activated 15 April 1943 at Camp Mackall, North Carolina.
Inactivated 14 September 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts.
Alloted 25 June 1948 to the Regular Army. Activated 6 July 1948 at Camp Pickett, Virginia.
Inactivated 10 June 1949 at Camp Pickett, Virginia.

Unofficial; estimated from the lineage of the 17th Airborne Division, posted by the Airborne and Special Operations Museum at <http://www.asomf.org/rollcall/unithistories/ABNDivisions/17th_ABNDiv.htm>.

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II: Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe (with arrowhead)

References

↑ United States Army, "17th Airborne Division" (1944). World War Regimental Histories. Book 103. <http://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his/103>.

External links

Facebook Page: 17th Airborne Scions Descendants
Scions of the 17th Airborne - website for veterans of the division and their descendents

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