17th Airborne Division Artillery

January 2014 August 2024 17th Airborne Division Artillery 1942–461948–49 United States United States 25px Field artillery Division artillery Brigade 17th Airborne Division M1 75mm pack howitzer, M3 105mm howitzer Joseph V. Phelps, 1942–46 Commander The 17th Airborne Division Artillery is an inactive field artillery unit of the United States Army, active from 1942–1946 and from 1948–1949. The unit served with the 17th Airborne Division in World War II, and saw action in Belgium and Germany, including participating in Operation Varsity. The unit was reactivated again from 1948–1949, but was not deployed. History 17th Airborne Division Artillery 1942-1945 17th Airborne Division Hq & Hqs Btry466th Parachute FA Bn -Hqs & Svc Btry -Btry A -Btry B -Btry C -Btry D680th Glider FA Bn -Hqs & Svc Btry -Btry A -Btry B681st Glider FA Bn -Hqs & Svc Btry -Btry A -Btry B464th Parachute FA Bn, assigned 1 March 1945 -Hqs & Svc Btry -Btry A -Btry B -Btry C -Btry DUnited States Army, "17th Airborne Division" (1944). World War Regimental Histories. Book 103. <http://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his/103>. Lineage and honors Lineage Constituted 16 December 1942 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 17th Airborne Division Artillery. Activated 15 April 1943 at Camp Mackall, North Carolina. Inactivated 14 September 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts. Allotted 25 June 1948 to the Regular Army. Activated 6 July 1948 at Camp Pickett, Virginia. Inactivated 10 June 1949 at Camp Pickett, Virginia. Unofficialestimated from http://www.asomf.org/rollcall/unithistories/ABNDivisions/17th_ABNDiv.htm Airborne and Special Operations Museum dead Airborne & Special Operations Museum - Unit Histories 23 November 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084501/http://www.asomf.org/rollcall/unithistories/ABNDivisions/17th_ABNDiv.htm 4 March 2016 Campaign participation credit World War II: Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe (with arrowhead) Unofficial References External links Facebook Page: 17th Airborne Scions Descendants Scions of the 17th Airborne - website for veterans of the division and their descendants 017 17 Category:Military units and formations established in 1942 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1949