11th Airborne Division Artillery

August 2025 January 2014 August 2024 11th Airborne Division Artillery 1943–58, 1963–65 USA United States of America USA Field artillery Division artillery Brigade M1 75mm pack howitzer; M3 105mm howitzer World War II The 11th Airborne Division Artillery is an inactive field artillery unit of the United States Army. The unit served with the 11th Airborne Division in the Pacific Theater during World War II, in Germany and the United States during the early Cold War before inactivating in 1958. Reactivated from 1963 to 1965, the unit tested the air mobility concepts at Fort Benning, Georgia, before inactivating again. History 11th Airborne Division Artillery 1943-1945 11th Airborne Division Hq & Hqs Btry457th Parachute FA Bn-Hqs & Svc Btry-Btry A-Btry B-Btry C-Btry D674th Glider FA Bn-Hqs & Svc Btry-Btry A-Btry B675th Glider FA Bn-Hqs & Svc Btry-Btry A-Btry BUnited States Army, "11th Airborne Division" (1944). World War Regimental Histories. Book 114. Web. Accessed 15 November 2015. <http://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his/114> Lineage and honors Lineage Constituted 27 November 1942 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 11th Airborne Division Artillery Activated 25 February 1943 at Camp Mackall, North Carolina Allotted 15 November 1948 to the Regular Army Inactivated 1 July 1958 in Germany Redesignated 17 July 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 11th Air Assault Division Artillery. Activated 18 July 1963 at Fort Benning, Georgia Inactivated 1 July 1965 at Fort Benning, Georgia Redesignated 24 January 1972 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 11th Airborne Division ArtilleryMcKenney, Janice E. (2010). "Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 11th Airborne Division Artillery". Field Artillery Part 1. Army Lineage Series, CMH Pub 60-11-1. United States Army Center of Military History. pp. 67. Web. Accessed 12 November 2015. <http://www.history.army.mil/html/books/060/60-11_pt1/CMH_Pub_60-11_pt1.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20150920173939/http://www.history.army.mil/html/books/060/60-11_pt1/CMH_Pub_60-11_pt1.pdf 20 September 2015 >. Campaign participation credit World War II: New Guinea; Leyte; Luzon (with arrowhead) Decorations Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Stream embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (11th Airborne Division cited; DA GO 47, 1950) References 30em External links 11th Airborne Community (Facebook Page) Pacific Paratrooper Blog 011 Category:Military units and formations established in 1943 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1965