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23rd Field Artillery Regiment (United States)

Inactive US army unit

Summary

Inactive US army unit

Field	Value
unit_name	23rd Field Artillery Battalion
caption	Coat of arms
dates	1921
country
branch	Army
type	Field artillery
garrison_label	Home station
battle_honours
notable_commanders

The 23rd Field Artillery Battalion was a field artillery battalion of the regular Army that was constituted as a US-manned unit in 1921, but redesignated as a Philippine Scouts unit in 1930.

Lineage

The battalion was formed on 16 August, 1921 in the United States Regular Army under the name of the 1st Battalion, 23d Field Artillery. It was redesignated on 1 January, 1930 as the 1st Battalion 23d Field Artillery (Philippine Scouts). On 6 May 1942, the battalion surrendered to the Japanese forces in the Philippines Islands. The battalion was later disbanded on 25 March, 1952.

Decorations

Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered BATAAN
Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered LUZON 1941-1942
Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered DEFENSE OF THE PHILIPPINES
Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 7 DECEMBER 1941 TO 10 MAY 1942

Coat of arms

The 7th Field Artillery Observation Battalion's coat of arms was reassigned to the 23rd in 1955.

References

http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/fa/default.htm lineage

References

Morton, Louis "The Fall of the Philippines" pp.24-27.

Wikipedia Source

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