13th Airborne Division Artillery explained

Unit Name:13th Airborne Division Artillery
Dates:1943-46
Country: United States of America
Type:Field artillery
Role:Division artillery
Size:Brigade
Equipment:M1 75mm pack howitzer, M3 105mm howitzer
Commander1:Brigadier General Eric S. Molitor, 1943-46
Commander1 Label:Commander

The 13th Airborne Division Artillery is an inactive field artillery unit of the United States Army, active from 1943-1946. The unit served with the 13th Airborne Division in World War II and deployed to France, but was not committed to combat, although the 460th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion saw action with the 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team before its assignment to the division.

History

13th Airborne Division Artillery
Date:1943-1945
Parent:13th Airborne Division
Subordinate:Hq & Hqs Btry
458th Parachute FA Bn
-Hqs & Svc Btry
-Btry A
-Btry B
-Btry C
-Btry D
676th Glider FA Bn
-Hqs & Svc Btry
-Btry A
-Btry B
677th Glider FA Bn
-Hqs & Svc Btry
-Btry A
-Btry B
460th Parachute FA Bn, assigned 1 March 1945
-Hqs & Svc Btry
-Btry A
-Btry B
-Btry C
-Btry D[1]

Lineage and honors

Lineage

Unofficial; estimated from the lineage of the 13th Airborne Division, posted by the Airborne and Special Operations Museum at https://web.archive.org/web/20130722185259/http://www.asomf.org/rollcall/unithistories/ABNDivisions/13th_ABNDiv.htm.

Decorations

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. United States Army, "13th Airborne Division" (1946). World War Regimental Histories. Book 180. .