13th Field Artillery Regiment
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| Active | 1916 |
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 United States
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| Branch | Army |
| Type | Field artillery |
| Motto(s) | Without Fear, Favor or the Hope of Reward |
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The 13th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army first formed in 1916.
The 13th Field Artillery was constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army at Camp Stewart, Texas.
Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army the 13th Field Artillery
Organized 1 June 1917 at Camp Stewart, Texas
Assigned 10 December 1917 to the 4th Division
Relieved 4 October 1920 from assignment to the 4th Division
Assigned 1 March 1921 to the Hawaiian Division (later redesignated as the 24th Infantry Division)
Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1941 as the 13th Field Artillery Battalion
Relieved 31 March 1958 from assignment to the 24th Infantry Division; concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 13th Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 13th Field Artillery
Withdrawn 16 March 1987 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
A Silver color metal and enamel device 1 1/16 inches (2.70 cm) in height consisting of an oval Argent within a diminished bordure Gules the crest of the regiment (on a wreath of the colors Or and Gules a dragon rampant of the last).
The dragon commemorates a march from Esnes to Malincourt during the night of September 26–27, 1918, over very difficult terrain and against resistance. The dragon, a mythical animal, typifies the inferno prevailing that night.
The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 13th Field Artillery Regiment on 15 January 1923. It was amended to revise the description on 14 February 1927. The insignia was redesignated for the 13th Field Artillery Battalion on 7 May 1942. It was redesignated for the 13th Artillery Regiment on 16 October 1958. The insignia was redesignated for the 13th Field Artillery Regiment on 1 September 1971.
Per bend Gules and Tenné a band Or, on a sinister canton Argent a mullet of the like fimbriated of the first within a fishhook fesswise ring to dexter, barb to base of the first (for the 5th Field Artillery), a broken howitzer Proper.
On a wreath of the colors Or and Gules, a dragon rampant of the last.
Scarlet and yellow are the colors used for Field Artillery. The canton with mullet and fishhook refers to the 5th Field Artillery from which the 13th Field Artillery was organized in June 1917. The bend is taken from the arms of Lorraine, where the heaviest fighting of the regiment occurred. The broken howitzer alludes to the Vesle River, where heavy losses were sustained and the two pieces put out of action by direct hits.
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