23rd Field Artillery Regiment
| 23rd Field Artillery Battalion | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1921 |
| Country |
 United States
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| Branch | Army |
| Type | Field artillery |
| Motto(s) | none |
| U.S. Field Artillery Regiments | |
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The 23rd Field Artillery Battalion was a field artillery battalion of the regular Army
Constituted 16 August 1921 in the Regular Army as the 1st Battalion, 23d Field Artillery.
Battery A activated 1 March 1936 in the Philippine Islands; remainder of battalion 14 March 1941. By July 1941 the regiment still fielded only a single battalion of artillery with 10 officers and 391 enlisted men and was armed with the obsolete 2.95-inch mountain guns (pack).
Reorganized and redesignated 23d Field Artillery Battalion (Philippine Scouts) and assigned to the 12th Infantry Division 6 April 1946
Disbanded 25 March 1952.
World War II
unit broken up
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This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Army Institute of Heraldry website http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Heraldry/ArmyDUISSICOA/ArmyHeraldryUnit.aspx?u=220.
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