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133d FIELD ARTILLERY
(FIRST TEXAS ARTILLERY)

 

Organized 20 September 1899 in the Texas Volunteer Guard at El Paso as the Border Rifles and assigned to the 4th Infantry Regiment as Company B

(Texas Volunteer Guard redesignated 1 July 1903 as the Texas National Guard)

Expanded 18 July 1905 to form Companies B and K, 4th Infantry Regiment (Company B—hereafter separate lineage)

Company K, 4th Infantry Regiment, mustered into Federal service 18 May 1916; mustered out of Federal service 24 March 1917

Mustered into Federal service 11 April 1917; drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917

Reorganized and redesignated 15 October 1917 as Company G, 144th Infantry, an element of the 36th Division

Demobilized 21 June 1919 at Camp Bowie, Texas

Expanded, reorganized, and Federally recognized 11 May 1922 in the Texas National Guard as the 2d Battalion, 141st Infantry, an element of the 36th Division (later redesignated as the 36th Infantry Division), with Headquarters at El Paso

Inducted into Federal service 25 November 1940 at home stations

Inactivated 22 December 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia

Converted (less Companies F and G), reorganized, and Federally recognized 2 December 1946 as the 696th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, with Headquarters at El Paso; concurrently relieved from assignment to the 36th Infantry Division (Companies F and G, 141st Infantry-hereafter separate lineages)

Redesignated 1 May 1949 as the 136th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion and assigned to the 36th Infantry Division

Redesignated 1 October 1953 as the 136th Antiaricraft Artillery Battalion

Consolidated 16 March 1959 with the 132d (see ANNEX 1), 133d (see ANNEX 2),  and 155th (see ANNEX 3) Field Artillery Battalions to form the 133d Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System, to consist of the 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, and 5th Howitzer Battalions, elements of the 36th Infantry Division

Reorganized 1 March 1963 to consist of the 2d, 3d, 4th, and 5th Howitzer Battalions, elements of the 36th Infantry Division

Reorganized 1 November 1965 to consist of the 2d, 3d, and 5th Battalions, elements of the 36th Infantry Division, and the 4th Battalion, an element of the 36th Infantry Brigade

Reorganized 15 January 1968 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 71st Airborne Brigade, the 3d Battalion, and the 4th Battalion, an element of the 36th Infantry Brigade

Redesignated 1 May 1972 as the 133d Field Artillery

Reorganized 1 November 1973 to consist of the 1st , 3d, and 4th Battalions, elements of the 49th Armored Division

Reorganized 1 September 1979 to consist of the 1st, 3d, and 4th Battalions and Battery E, elements of the 49th Armored Division

Withdrawn 4 March 1987 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System

Reorganized 1 September 1999 to consist of the 1st, 3d, and 4th Battalions, elements of the 49th Armored Division


 

ANNEX 1

 

Constituted 5 May 1917 in the Texas National Guard as the 1st Battalion, 2d Field Artillery

Organized June-July 1917 in north central Texas

Drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917

Reorganized and redesignated 15 October 1917 as the 1st Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, an element of the 36th Division

Demobilized 2 April 1919 at Camp Travis, Texas

Reorganized in 1922 in the Texas National Guard as the 1st Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, an element of the 36th Division; Headquarters Federally recognized 29 October 1922 at Plainview

Inducted into Federal service 25 November 1940 at home stations

Reorganized and redesignated 9 February 1942 as the 131st Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 36th Infantry Division

Inactivated 26 December 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia

Expanded 2 July 1946 to form the 131st and 132d Field Artillery Battalions, elements of the 36th Infantry Division (131st Field Artillery Battalion-hereafter separate lineage)

132d Field Artillery Battalion reorganized and Federally recognized 10 July 1947 in western Texas with Headquarters at Lubbock



ANNEX 2

 

Organized in 1922 in the Texas National Guard from new and existing units as the 2d Battalion, 132d Field Artillery, an element of the 36th Division; Headquarters Federally recognized 28 January 1923 at Corsicana

Inducted into Federal service 25 November 1940 at home stations

Reorganized and redesignated 9 February 1942 as the 155th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 36th Infantry Division

Redesignated 5 November 1942 as the 133d Field Artillery Battalion

Inactivated 18 December 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia

Reorganized and Federally recognized 12 May 1947 with Headquarters at Corsicana




ANNEX 3

 

Constituted 5 May 1917 in the Texas National Guard as the 1st Field Artillery

Organized 4 June 1917 with Headquarters at Dallas

Drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917

Redesignated 15 October 1917 as the 133d Field Artillery and assigned to the 36th Division

Demobilized 2 April 1919 at Camp Bowie, Texas

Reorganized 1 June 1936 in the Texas National Guard as the 133d Field Artillery and assigned to the 36th Division; Headquarters Federally recognized 9 July 1936 at San Antonio

Inducted into Federal service 25 November 1940 at home stations

Regiment broken up 9 February 1942 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:

Headquarters disbanded

1st Battalion as the 133d Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the
36th Infantry Division

(Headquarters Battery consolidated with the Pioneer Company, 626th Tank Destroyer Battalion; 2d Battalion as the 2d Battalion, 202d Field Artillery—hereafter separate lineages)

133d Field Artillery Battalion redesignated 5 November 1942 as the 155th
Field Artillery Battalion

       
Inactivated 18 December 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia

Expanded 2 July 1946 to form  the 155th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 36th Infantry Division, and the 749th Armored Ordnance Battalion, an element of the 49th Armored Division (749th Armored Ordnance Battalion—hereafter separate lineages)

155th Field Artillery Battalion consolidated with Headquarters, 133d Field Artillery (reconstituted 25 August 1945 in the Texas National Guard), and consolidated unit reorganized and Federally recognized 10 February 1947 in central Texas as the 155th Field Artillery Battalion with Headquarters at New Braunfels

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

                                                           World War I
                                                           Meuse-Argonne

                                                           World War II
                                                           Naples-Foggia (with arrowhead)
                                                           Anzio
                                                           Rome-Arno
                                                           Southern France (with arrowhead)
                                                           Rhineland
                                                           Ardennes-Alsace
                                                           Central Europe

Battery B (Port Arthur), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:

                                                           World War I
                                                           St. Mihiel

                                                           World War II (Asiatic-Pacific Theater)
                                                           Silver Band without campaign inscription

Battery C (Lufkin), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:

                                                           World War II-AP
                                                           Leyte (with arrowhead)
                                                           Ryukyus (with arrowhead)

Battery B (Sequin), 4th Battalion, additionally entitled to:

                                                           World War II-AP
                                                           India-Burma
                                                           Central Burma



DECORATIONS

 

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered VOSGES

Headquarters Battery (Beaumont), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ALSACE

Battery B (Port Arthur), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BRIEYERES

Battery C (Lufkin), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945

Headquarters Battery (El Paso), 3d Battalion, additionally entitled to:

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered COLMAR POCKET

Headquarters Battery (New Braunfels), 4th Battalion, additionally entitled to:
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered RIVIERA

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER

Battery C (Corpus Christi), 4th Battalion, additionally entitled to:

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered SALERNO

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered COLMAR POCKET

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

 

 

JEFFREY J. CLARKE
Chief of Military History


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