Headquarters and Headquarters Battery
1st Armored Division Artillery
(Bombards)
Lineage and Honors Information as of 6 September 1996
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery
1st Armored Division Artillery Lineage
Constituted 15 July 1940 in the Regular Army as the Artillery Section, Headquarters, 1st Armored Division, and activated at Fort Knox, Kentucky
Redesignated 15 November 1940 as the Artillery Section, Division Headquarters, 1st Armored Division
Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1942 as Headquarters, Division Artillery Command, Headquarters, 1st Armored Division
Consolidated 20 July 1944 with the Service Company, 1st Armored Division (less Military Police Platoon) (constituted 1 January 1942 in the Regular Army and activated 8 January 1942 at Fort Knox, Kentucky), and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Division Artillery, 1st Armored Division
Inactivated 18 April 1946 at New York Port of Embarkation, New York
Activated 7 March 1951 at Fort Hood, Texas
Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1955 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Armored Division Artillery
Inactivated 23 December 1957 at Fort Polk, Louisiana
Activated 3 February 1962 at Fort Hood, Texas
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery
1st Armored Division Artillery Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Tunisia; Naples-Foggia; Rome-Arno; Anzio; North Apennines; Po Valley
Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA