13th Airborne Division Artillery

13th Airborne Division Artillery
Active	1943-1946
Country	United States of America
Branch	Army
Type	Field artillery
Role	Division Artillery
Size	Brigade
Equipment	M1 75mm Pack Howitzer, M3 105mm Howitzer
Commanders
Commander	Brigadier General Eric S. Molitor, 1943-1946

The 13th Airborne Division Artillery is an inactive field artillery unit of the United States Army, active from 1943-1946. The unit served with the 13th Airborne Division in World War II and deployed to France, but was not committed to combat, although the 460th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion saw action with the 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team before its assignment to the division.

History

13th Airborne Division Artillery (1943-1945)

Parent unit	13th Airborne Division

Components	Hq & Hqs Btry 458th Parachute FA Bn -Hqs & Svc Btry -Btry A -Btry B -Btry C -Btry D 676th Glider FA Bn -Hqs & Svc Btry -Btry A -Btry B 677th Glider FA Bn -Hqs & Svc Btry -Btry A -Btry B 460th Parachute FA Bn, assigned 1 March 1945 -Hqs & Svc Btry -Btry A -Btry B -Btry C -Btry D^[1]

Constituted 26 December 1942 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 13th Airborne Division Artillery
Activated 13 August 1943 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Inactivated 25 February 1946 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Unofficial; estimated from the lineage of the 13th Airborne Division, posted by the Airborne and Special Operations Museum at .

↑ United States Army, "13th Airborne Division" (1946). World War Regimental Histories. Book 180. <http://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his/180>.

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