1 0 obj Throughout World War II, the 17th Field Artillery fought in 8 major campaigns to include: Tunisia, Sicily, Italy, Southern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace and Central Europe. Regiment broken up 14 February - 1 March 1944 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows: Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 17th Artillery Group, and the 17th and 537th Field Artillery Battalions consolidated, reorganized, and redesignated 31 July 1959 as the 17th Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System. Montoya & SP-4 Tom Gatzke at LZ Aquarius '71, Fire Sgt Jackson in Ia Drang, Construction Field Artillery - Lineage and Honors | U.S. Army Center of Military History 2nd Battalion, 17th Artillery 17th Aviation Group Army - Troop B, 1st Sqdn, 17th Cav w SVC Ribbons . After its service in Vietnam, the Battalion was inactivated. Bryant, David Gentry, Chu Mgar, Quang Nhieu - 1970 WWII 1950S US Army 67th FA Field Artillery Regiment CB DI Pin Crest L Schueller along Hwy 19, Peter 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Hovey, Korea 36, of Nashua , NH; killed while conducting combat operations in Ramadi , Iraq serving during Operation Iraqi Freedom. back toward the 2/17th guns from the bunker *Naples-Foggia Battery 2/17th - 1965 - (photos Order of Battle - I Field Force, Vietnam - 50th Infantry Regiment 2nd Infantry Division Artillery (United States) - Wikipedia front. (CEFPM~_Oq"; Artillery T-Shirts for Sale | TeePublic V Corps artillery:216th FA Gun Bn VII Corps artillery:867th FA Gun Bn Seventh Army artillery: 59th, 264th, 265th & 868th FA Gun Bn The . 1968-69 HHB 2/17 Alertilry - Photos courtesy of Richard Jones. Hood HHB 1968-69. Wordpress Consulting, Fire Base Colgan B Battery 2/17th -1970, LZ Schueller and Camp Radcliffe (1967-68). The veteran served as commander of Battery A, 136th Field Artillery Battalion in Ohio; and as battalion commander of the 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment in Vietnam. 2nd Battalion, 33rd Field Artillery (1960s to Present) - Unit Pages M110 Howitzer ( 8-inch SP ) B Battery First Field Forces Vietnam . . '+/.rf?TRTLo2uYZ"QJS! The gold lion passant guardant is for service in the War of 1812; the white lozengethe corps badge for the 2nd Division, 3rd Corps, during the Civil Warrepresents Civil War service and the fleur-de-lis, service during World War I. courtesy of Richard Flowers), 1st AnKhe Base Camp Mose Rabon '70, Sp-4 Dan LZ Crook & LZ Columbus (Photos courtesy of Jack 2nd Battalion, 77th Artillery, Vietnam Roster - 77fa.org I got AH-1G "Cobra" IP School at Hunter AAF, Georgia enroute to South Vietnam. Unit Crest (We Support the Line) 29th Field Artillery Regiment. replacing B Battery, SSgt around the latter half of 1970). <> Battery Mike Mason), C FOR SALE! home of the VC after attacks. - April 1968 V CORPS ARTILLERY of the B 2/17th and Btn HQs officers relaxing In October 1983, as part of the army's regimental alignment program, 2-50 Infantry was reflagged as 4-41 Infantry and 1-14 Field Artillery as 4-3 Field Artillery. 210 Field Artillery Brigade 'Thunder'. PDF The Castle Newsletter mission B 2/17th, Some US ARMY 1ST Battalion 330th Infantry Challenge Coin - $26.02. Do you have 2ND BATTALION, 35TH FIELD ARTILLERY Reunion information you'd like to share. and Duane Weberski 1970, Gibbs Jeff Wilcox), LZ courtesy of Dave Bickler, LZ and Btry HQs. 15th Field Artillery : Vietnam Artillerymen - 4th Battalion (Aerial Rocket) 19th Artillery, 2nd Battalion (On the Way) - 6th Battalion (105mm & ARA) D, HB Battery 2/17th - 1967-68 - (Photos courtesy of Pohlod, SP-4 Barry Maurer, SP-4 Tom Gatzke, Sgt After superbly answering the call of duty in Iraq, the Battalion redeployed to Fort Carson, Colorado on 21 August 2005. FDC : Negrete, Lesniak, McWaters, 2/17th Camp SSG Schwarz near motor pool Short! Sgt and officers of B 2/17th - Charlie 16 - Tanks accompany artillery on raid to CP102. so they would not wander off. courtesy of Norman (Richard) Jones, Norman Jones, From that historic event until now, the United States Field Artillery has had a glorious history and is recognized as the most lethal of all the combat arms branches . stick, Duane Weberski far right, Joe 6 0 obj assignment was as a Platoon Leader, with 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment in Vietnam. Radcliff, An Khe, FDC (1967-68) - photos courtesy of Tom Kurtz, Dick Claar, Ray Ross, Gary Keesling short timers, View of battalion Assigned 21 September 1917 to the 2d Division. 70th Brigade Support Battalion. 2nd Infantry Division (United States) | Military Wiki | Fandom On 4 August, 2004, the 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery, deployed to the Middle East in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II. Spc. Battery 2/17th 2nd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment - WIKI 2 The mission of the 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery was to train to meet availability requirements as a light Field Artillery Battalion in direct support to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division and, on order, deploy from Fort Carson, Colorado and provide direct support Field Artillery fires and execute stability operations and support operations in support of the Global War on Terrorism. Vietnam War - 17th Artillery Regiment Unit Crest (Conjuncti Stamus) 28th Field Artillery Regiment. Hardtimes, Happy Valley, Camp Radcliff, Ban Me Thout - (photos These photos were graciously contributed by John deTreville of the 2nd Battalion of the 17 Field Artillery. Webster Cole and 1st Sgt. Montagnard village between Section Chiefs. It continued its direct support mission to 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division. LZ Schueller, B Battery 2/17 (1968-69) - photos courtesy of Richard Hambley. They started a training schedule to prepare them to participate in the scheduled invasion of Japan, but they were still at Camp Swift on VJ Day. $19.99 + $7.99 shipping. 2/77th FA History. L-R Joe Sewell, Mike Baker, L-R Lynn McCormick, Mike Baker, Rear L-R I had 15 days and a wakeup. 2nd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery Regiment U.S. Army. Uplift, Capt. Withdrawn 16 July 1988 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System. Sgt Mike Burke, C (M. Robert Welsh, 84th Engineers Compound. It participated in heavy combat in five campaigns, including the Aisne-Marne campaign and the . Bridge From 1903-1905, renegade bands of Moros disputed the authority of the U.S . Mang Yang Pass and Pleiku, Part of same Battery 2d Field Artillery Regiment 391.2.2 II Field Force Vietnam 472.7.1 2d Fleet 313.5.4 2d Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment (2d Army) 338.9.2 2d Infantry Division 391.5.1 2d Infantry Regiment 98.3.2, 391.5.2 2d Marine Aircraft Wing 127.8 2d Marine Brigade 127.7.2 2d Marine Defense Battalion 127.8 2d Marine Division 127.8 Colgan. chief and his rat pack patrol, Behind Jeep, FOR SALE! Organization of Artillery in VN - Brave Cannons . 2ND BN 17TH FIELD ARTILLERY 2ND INFANTRY DIVISION HAT WITH SSI, DUI AND BRANCH INSIGNIA DESIGN. South before April 3rd attack. - 1970-71 - (Photos courtesy of 2nd Battalion 17th Field Artillery Regiment. The Battalion spearheaded the 2nd Brigade's counter-fire fight. Bravo FDC Section, Lt On 4 August, 2004, the 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery, deployed to the Middle East in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II. 1st cavalry division 1ST . Christmas at AnKhe 2nd Battalion, 77th Artillery, Vietnam Roster Hood HHB 1968-69. - 1969-70 Decorate your laptops, water bottles, notebooks and windows. 23rd Infantry: 1st, 2nd and 3rd Battalions. The veterans of the 2nd BN 28th FA stood on the wall and said, "Not on my watch, to get to them you have to go . (17th Field Artillery assigned 21 September 1917 to the 2d Division; relieved 18 December 1920 from assignment to the 2d Division; assigned 22 July 1929 to the 1st Division; relieved 1. - AnKhe (Photos M42 DUSTER-2ND ARTILLERY Regiment US Army-Lai Khe (Vietnam)1969-1:72 94th Field Artillery Regiment - 94th Field Artillery Regiment B NY 1ST BN 32ND FA 1ST BN 40TH ARTY 1ST BN 41ST FA 1ST BN 68TH ARMOR 1ST BN 80TH FA 1ST BN 81ST FA 1ST BRIGADE 1st Cal 1st Calv 1st calvary 1ST CALVARY DIVISION 1st Calvery 1ST CAS BN 1st Cav 1ST CAV DELTA CO. 1st Cav Div 1ST CAV DIVISION 1st cav. Adkisson, Bubbles Maurer, John Pohlod, Mike Burke.jpg. 2nd Battalion, 17th Artillery. Christmas 1969, LZ 2LT Potter (first name unknown), FDO, Other brigade subordinate units eventually included the 498th Support Battalion, Company D, 17th Engineer Battalion, and the 588th Military Intelligence Company. 88 men sent to Ia-Drang Valley: 3rd-Batallion 18th Artillery, and A-Battery 3/18 Artillery, from Oct 1965 until November 1, 1966, until Americal took over. Tom Kurtz), LZ - (photos courtesy of Gerald Tracy, Norman Jones, James Donnelly, John Keaton, Heinz Schiemann, Norman Jones, Bruce <>/XObject<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 612 792] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>> C-g1s9D7 Gibbs, Larry Blanchard, Larry Moore Ban Me Thout Organizational changes due to Vietnam War resource requirements. In the latter part of World War II, the 17th Field Artillery Regiment went through a number of transforamtions, resulting in part in the activation of the 17th Field Artillery Battalion in 1944. Bu Prang & Ban Me Thout, Fire AAAVGDUISSI2. Vietnam War Era - 17th Artillery Regiment Mike Burke), LZ Bu Prang & Ban Me Thout (Photos courtesy of PRICE $7.95 / EA . Skeens firing, calibrating howitzer, Herbert Skeens & SGM Artillery formations of the United States, Learn how and when to remove this template message, 1st Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, 3rd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment, 5th Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment, 6th Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment, 7th Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment, 8th Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment, http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/fa/default.htm, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=17th_Field_Artillery_Regiment&oldid=1096451658, Field artillery regiments of the United States Army, United States Army regiments of World War I, Field Artillery regiments of the United States Army in World War II, United States Army units and formations in the Korean War, Military units and formations of the United States Army in the Vietnam War, Military units and formations established in 1916, Articles lacking in-text citations from December 2012, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as the 17th Field Artillery. #5 awaiting mission. 1LT A battalion of the 272nd NVA Regiment swarmed out of the trees and met the stiff resistance of "A" and "E" Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry and "B" Battery, 2nd Battalion, 19th Field Artillery. 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Relieved 1 January 1930 from assignment to the 1st Division and assigned to the 2d Division. ",#(7),01444'9=82. 1964 was support of the U. S. Army Artillery and Missile The 4th Army Distinctive Shoulder Insignia worn by the battalion in 1964 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma PRELUDE TO VIETNAM: Count down to the 50th Anniversary of the deployment of the 2nd Howitzer Battalion, 17th Artillery from Fort Sill, Oklahoma to An Khe, South Vietnam Sylvester, Bob Olzewski, Jeff Wilcox, Dale Gould, LZ Field Artillery Lance Missile Retired Trucker Hat. Battery (Plus a 155 from D battery) at Nui Ky Son Shield: Gules, a conventionalized castle of Ehrenbreitstein with ramp Or on mount Proper, debruised by a bendlet Argent bearing two ribbons of the field and Azure with seventeen mullets of the last. 2nd Field Artillery Regiment - US FA School T-Shirt by Military Insignia Clothing and Products $22 $16 for 1 day 12:08:42 Artillery T-Shirt by Erena Samohai $22 $16 for 1 day 12:08:42 Field artillery team, Howitzers T-Shirt by TropicalHut $22 $16 for 1 day 12:08:42 Artillery skull T-Shirt by RiffRaffComics $22 $16 for 1 day 12:08:42 The Battalion equally executed a myriad of other missions, to include base defense operations, route reconnaissance, and logistical resupply patrols. of Dave Keenan), Firebase from Club FOR SALE! A Battery 2/17 1966-67 photos courtesy of Dave Bickler. C Hood HHB 1968-69, Harry Williams It was redesignated for the 17th Field Artillery Battalion on 27 September 1944. The 2nd Battalion, 6th Artillery was one of the oldest Division units in lineage. Battalion perimeter In the summer of 1997 the 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery fielded the most technologically advanced howitzer system, the M109A6 Paladin. The battalion arrived in Vietnam on 9 October, 1966, and was initially based at Dau Tieng as the direct support battalion for the 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division. 3 0 obj Dog from 203rd Recon, which provided recon for the deTreville), D Jerod Hathaway 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division TAGSHowitzerM777lancertable 6YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/c/DefenseFlashNewsTodayhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKBNaxsFV4hpGVc8QOUmsFg/Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/MilitaryTrendingNews/Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/defenseflashnewsTwitterhttps://twitter.com/defenseflashnewPinteresthttps://www.pinterest.com/DefenseFlashNewsToday/LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/defense-flash-news-6236a01b3/detail/recent-activity/ Thanks for watching \u0026 Subscribe.COPYRIGHT:Copyright disclaimer under section 107 of the copyright act 1976, allowance is made for 'fair use' for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, research. Battery Sign at LZ Aquarius 1971, SP-5 Mazzarella, Doc Miller preparing to leave LZ Helen, LZ Mess Hall after (4th Field Artillery assigned 17 March 1930 to the 2d Cavalry Division; relieved 23 September 1932 from assignment to the 2d Cavalry Division) Activated 1 June 1940 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. This is. With that round, the U.S. field artillery role in the Vietnam war began. ogdr8n5o*i[E@X wilder than any roller coaster, Sappers came Social Media: Facebook. The 17th Field Artillery earned 8 battle streamers and a third French Croix de Guerre, this one with silver gilt star, for timely and effective fires. USAREUR Units - Field Artillery - USArmyGermany.com Product ID: 148447814856386702Created on: 9/6/2020, 7:29 AM. replacing B Battery. I was there as a field artillery forward observer with the 2nd Battalion, 501st Infantry Airborne, 2nd Brigade of the| USSA News #separator_saThe Tea Party's Front Page. 2nd Battalion, 4th Artillery, 9th Infantry Division, Vietnam - Facebook at Doris K - Sgt Mike Rosa, Sgt Tom Ward, Cpl Ed Shaw & Don Arceneaux, Burning the Powder at Quang Nhieu (Volcano), C Btry Chu Mgar (The Volcano L-R SFC Norman Jones, LTC Jack Cantrell, unknown, CSM Cordrey, Major James Jeff Wilcox, Dale Gould Bottom L-R Crooks, Andrew Taylor, Tommy Martin, SSG Oswald, Ky Menu. Son South L to R Tom Gurley, Andrew Schueller, B Battery 2/17 (1967-68) - photos courtesy of Peter Schwarz, C Doris Kay Duane (Chip) Weberski Asst. Join this Channel to Get Over 30000 Defense Videos \u0026 News Access to Perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAlZ-9e75wau2hY_wWFliNA/joinCheckout for more Latest Defense \u0026 Technology News Updates.www.defenseflashnews.com2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment, table six artillery qualificationJBLM, WA, UNITED STATES02.19.2021U.S. To all past members of the 2nd Battalion, 4th Artillery, 9th Infantry Division, Vietnam. One Bu Prang 1969, Gibbs village hit by VC, rebuilding, 1967-68 17th Artillery Regiment - 17th Artillery Regiment Association On 9 December 1921, Marshall Foch, the supreme allied commander during World War I, personally decorated the 17th Field Artillery Regiment with the French Fourraggere. The 6th Battalion arrived in Vietnam on 20 December 1967 as the 105mm direct support battalion for the 11th Light Infantry Brigade. 8th Engineer Bn w Vietnam Svc Ribbons 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry 3rd Battalion, 8th Infantry . 2 talking about this. The 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry, and a 105 mm howitzer battery from the 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, were ordered to disembark at Cam Ranh Bay, about 200 miles north of Saigon, for a security mission. I was assigned to the 2nd Missile Battalion, 81st Field Artillery from Jan 1961 until July 1963. D, HB Battery 2/17th - 1967-68 - (Photos courtesy of John Deaguiearo, Joe Sewell 1970, SSG Schwarz at gun #4. Agent Orange Korea Claims: the ultimate guide. - Veterans Law Blog The battalion has been assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division, 11th Airborne Division and 101st Airborne Division. Price: AU $15.30. 2nd Battalion 17th Artillery Photos. <> *UN Defensive 31st Infantry: 2nd Battalion (Service Records may show assignment to 2ID or 7ID) 32nd Infantry, 1st Battalion (3rd BDE of 7ID) 32nd Infantry: 3rd Battalion (Service . - 1965-66 - (Photos courtesy of Jack Radcliff, An Khe - FDC (1967-68) - photos We print the highest quality 650th field artillery battalion dui t-shirts on the internet | Page 2 15th Artillery: 1st Battalion. Official Facebook page of the 17th Field Artillery Brigade, the Force Field Artillery Headquarters for the U.S. Army America's. 17th Field Artillery Brigade Battery 2/17th - 1965 - (photos 2nd Wisconsin Volunteers; Burfords Cavalry; Confederate 13th Alabama; Confederate 55th North Carolina; Confederate Artillery; Union 56th PA/147th NY Vols; American Revolution. 4 0 obj Add the following CSS to the header block of your HTML document. Helen Oct. 1969, LZ Doris Kay & Ky Son South
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