7th Field Artillery Regiment (United States)

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7th Field Artillery

7th Field Artillery Coat of Arms
Active July 1, 1916 –
Country United States
Branch Regular Army
Type Field Artillery
Nickname Steel
Motto Never Broken
Colors Red
Battles/wars World War I
World War II
Vietnam War
Operation Enduring Freedom
Operation Iraqi Freedom

The United States 7th Field Artillery Regiment is a United States Army field artillery regiment, whose lineage traces back to the early 20th century.

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[edit] World War I

The regiment was constituted on July 1, 1916 in the Regular Army as the 7th Field Artillery. It was organized on July 15, 1916 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. On June 8, 1917 it was assigned to the First Expeditionary Division, which was later designated as the 1st Division as part of the Allied Expeditionary Force in World War I.


[edit] World War II

7th Field Artillery Regiment participated in the amphibious assault landing in Algeria as part of Operation Torch. After fighting across North Africa, the regiment participated in 1st Infantry Division's assault of Omaha Beach.

[edit] Vietnam

As of June 1968, the 1st Battalion, 7th Artillery, part of the 1st Infantry Division Artillery was task organized as part of II Field Force Artillery.

[edit] Afghanistan

[edit] Operation Iraqi Freedom

[edit] Current status

[edit] Honors

[edit] Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War I:
  1. Montdidier-Noyon;
  2. Aisne-Marne;
  3. St. Mihiel;
  4. Meuse-Argonne;
  5. Lorraine 1917;
  6. Lorraine 1918;
  7. Picardy 1918
  • World War II:
  1. Algeria-French Morocco (with arrowhead);
  2. Tunisia;
  3. Sicily (with arrowhead);
  4. Normandy (with arrowhead);
  5. Northern France
  6. Rhineland
  7. Ardennes-Alsace
  8. Central Europe
  • Vietnam:
  1. Defense;
  2. Counteroffensive;
  3. Counteroffensive, Phase II;
  4. Counteroffensive, Phase III;
  5. Tet Counteroffensive;
  6. Counteroffensive, Phase IV;
  7. Counteroffensive, Phase V;
  8. Counteroffensive, Phase VI;
  9. Tet 69/Counteroffensive;
  10. Summer-Fall 1969;
  11. Winter-Spring 1970;

[edit] Decorations

  1. Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1966-1967
  2. Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1967-1968
  3. French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I for LORRAINE-PICARDY
  4. French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I for AISNE-MARNE and MEUSE-ARGONNE
  5. French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for KASSERINE
  6. French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for NORMANDY
  7. French Médaille militaire, Fourragère
  8. Belgian Fourragère 1940: Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at MONS and for action at EUPEN-MALMEDY



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