41st Field Artillery
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[1]Constituted 26 August 1918 in the Regular Army as the 41st Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps)
Organized 1 October 1918 at Fort Monroe, Virginia
Demobilized 22 December 1918 at Fort Monroe, Virginia
Reconstituted 15 January 1921 in the Regular Army as the Hawaiian Railway Battalion
Organized 22 December 1921 at Fort Kamehameha, Hawaii
Redesignated 1 June 1922 as the 41st Artillery Battalion (Railway) (Coast Artillery Corps)
Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1924 as the 41st Coast Artillery
Inactivated (less 1st Battalion) 30 June 1931 at Fort Kamehameha, Hawaii
Activated (less 1st Battalion) 21 April 1942 at Fort Hase, Hawaii
Disbanded (less Batteries A, D, and G) 25 May 1944 at Fort Kamehameha, Hawaii (Batteries D and G - hereafter separate lineages) (Battery A concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 831st Coast Artillery Battery; disbanded 13 August 1944 at Fort Kamehameha, Hawaii)
1st Battalion, 41st Coast Artillery, and the 831st Coast Artillery Battery reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with the 41st Field Artillery Battalion (active) (see ANNEX) and consolidated unit designated as the 41st Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 41st Infantry Division
Relieved 6 April 1951 from assignment to the 3d Infantry Division
Assigned 2 December 1954 to the 3d Infantry Division
Inactivated 1 July 1957 at Fort Benning, Georgia, and relieved from assignment to the 3d Infantry Division
Reorganized and redesignated 31 July 1959 as the 41st Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 41st Field Artillery
Withdrawn 16 August 1988 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
ANNEX
Constituted 5 July 1918 in the National Army as the 41st Field Artillery and assigned to the 14th Division
Organized 10 August 1918 at Camp Custer, Michigan
Demobilized 6 February 1919 at Camp Custer, Michigan
Reconstituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as the 41st Field Artillery
Redesignated 1 October 1940 as the 41st Field Artillery Battalion, assigned to the 3d Division (later redesignated as the 3d Infantry Division), and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington
41st Field Artillery Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Algeria-French Morocco (with arrowhead); Tunisia; Sicily (with arrowhead); Naples-Foggia; Anzio (with arrowhead); Rome-Arno; Southern France (with arrowhead); Rhineland; Central Europe; Central Pacific
Vietnam: Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII; Consolidation I; Consolidation II
Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for COLMAR
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for BINH THUAN PROVINCE
Valorous Unit Award for IRAQ-KUWAIT
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1967-1968
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1968-1969
Army Superior Unit Award for 1983-1985
Army Superior Unit Award for 1994
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for COLMAR
French Croix de Guerre, World War II, Fourragere
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