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2nd Battalion

40th FIELD ARTILLERY

Constituted 5 July 1918 in the National Army as the 40th Field Artillery and assigned to the 14th Division

Organized 10 August 1918 at Camp Custer, Michigan

Demobilized 6 February 1919 at Camp Custer, Michigan

Reconstituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army the 40th Field Artillery

Activated 4 June 1941 at Camp Roberts, California

Regiment broken up 1 March 1943 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:

• Headquarters and Headquarters Battery as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 40th Field Artillery Battalion Group
  1st and 2d Battalions as the 974th and 975th Field Artillery Battalions, respectively

  After 1 March 1943, the above units underwent changes as follows:

  Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 40th Field Artillery Group, inactivated 15 March 1946 in Germany
  Activated 26 April 1951 at Camp Carson, Colorado
  Redesignated 9 September 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 40th Field Artillery Missile Group
  Redesignated 20 July 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 40th Artillery Group
  Inactivated 16 September 1962 in Germany

  974th Field Artillery Battalion inactivated 10 January 1946 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia
  Redesignated 5 February 1947 as the 509th Field Artillery Battalion
  Redesignated 25 June 1948 as the 509th Armored Field Artillery Battalion and assigned to the 3d Armored Division
  Activated 30 July 1948 at Fort Knox, Kentucky
  Inactivated 1 October 1957 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 3d Armored Division

  975th Field Artillery Battalion inactivated 13 February 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
  Redesignated 5 February 1947 as the 510th Field Artillery Battalion
  Activated 1 February 1949 in Austria
  Redesignated 20 August 1956 as the 510th Field Artillery Rocket Battalion
  Inactivated 1 June 1958 in Italy

Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 40th Artillery Group; 509th Armored Field Artillery Battalion; and the 510th Field Artillery Rocket Battalion consolidated, reorganized, and redesignated 16 September 1962 as the 40th Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System

Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 40th Field Artillery

Withdrawn 16 September 1987 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System with Headquarters in Germany

Transferred 15 January 1996 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II
Normandy
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe

Vietnam
Counteroffensive, Phase II
Counteroffensive, Phase III
Tet Counteroffensive
Counteroffensive, Phase IV
Counteroffensive, Phase V
Counteroffensive, Phase VI
Tet 69/Counteroffensive
Summer-Fall 1969
Winter-Spring 1970
Sanctuary Counteroffensive
Counteroffensive, Phase VII

Southwest Asia
Defense of Saudi Arabia
Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
Cease-Fire

DECORATIONS

Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered SAIGON-LONG BINH

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA

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