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.
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] |
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.