27th Field Artillery Regiment
The 27th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army, first Constituted in 1918 in the National Army (USA). History The 27th Artillery was constituted on 2 August 1918, and assigned to the 9th Division at Camp McClellan, Alabama Lineage Constituted 5 July 1918 in the National Army as Battery C, 27th Field Artillery, an element of the 9th Division Organized 2 August 1918 at Camp McClellan, Alabama Demobilized 8 February 1919 at Camp McClellan, Alabama Reconstituted 24 March 1923 in the Regular Army as Battery C, 27th Field Artillery, an element of the 9th Division (27th Field Artillery relieved 1 October 1933 from assignment to the 9th Division) Redesignated 15 July 1940 as Battery C, 27th Field Artillery Battalion, and activated at Fort Knox, Kentucky, as an element of the 1st Armored Division Redesignated 1 January 1942 as Battery C, 27th Armored Field Artillery Battalion Converted and redesignated 1 May 1946 as Troop C, 27th Constabulary Squadron, and relieved from assignment to the 1st Armored Division Inactivated 20 December 1948 in Germany; concurrently, converted and redesignated as Battery C, 27th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 1st Armored Division Activated 7 March 1951 at Fort Hood, Texas Inactivated 15 February 1958 at Fort Polk, Louisiana, and relieved from assignment to the 1st Armored Division; concurrently, redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Battalion, 27th Artillery Redesignated 17 March 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Howitzer Battalion, 27th Artillery; concurrently, withdrawn from the Regular Army, allotted to the Army Reserve, and assigned to the 79th Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently constituted) Battalion activated 6 April 1959 with headquarters at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Inactivated 28 February 1963 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and relieved from assignment to the 79th Infantry Division Redesignated 10 May 1967 as the 3d Battalion, 27th Artillery; concurrently, withdrawn from the Army Reserve, allotted to the Regular Army, assigned to the 198th Infantry Brigade, and activated at Fort Hood, Texas Inactivated 12 May 1967 at Fort Hood, Texas, and relieved from assignment to the 198th Infantry Brigade Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 3d Battalion, 27th Field Artillery Activated 1 March 1988 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina Campaign participation credit World War II Algeria-French Morocco (with arrowhead) Tunisia Naples-Foggia Anzio Rome-Arno North Apennines Po Valley Southwest Asia Defense of Saudi Arabia Liberation and Defense of Kuwait War on Terrorism Operation Iraqi Freedom Operation Enduring Freedom Operation Freedom's Sentinel Decorations Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered TUNISIA Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003 Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ (3d Battalion, 27th Field Artillery, cited; DA GO 14, 1993) Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2006-2011 French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered CENTRAL ITALY Distinctive unit insignia Description A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 inch (2.54 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned Gules, a bend fracted Or, and attached below the shield a Gold scroll inscribed “CONJUNCTI STAMUS” in black