DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

LINEAGE AND HONORS

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 4^th 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, 4^th Infantry Regiment (Company B –Hereafter separate lineage)

Company K, 4^th 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, 144^th Infantry, an element of the 36^th Division

Demobilized 21 June 1919 at Camp Bowie, Texas

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

Inducted into Federal service 25 November 1940 at home stations

Inactivated 22 November 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia

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

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

Redesignated 1 October 1953 as the 136^th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion

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

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

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

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

Redesignated 1 May 1972 as the 133d Field Artillery

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

Withdrawn 4 March 1987 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System

133d FIELD ARTILLERY

(FIRST TEXAS ARTILLERY)

ANNEX 1

Constituted 5 May 1917 in the Texas National Guard as the 1^st 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 1^st Battalion, 131^st Field Artillery, an element of the 36^th Division

Demobilized 2 April 1919 at Camp Travis, Texas

Reorganized in 1922 in the Texas National Guard as the 1^st Battalion, 131^st  Field Artillery, an element of the 36^th 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 131^st Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 36^th Infantry Division

Inactivated 26 December 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia

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

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

133d FIELD ARTILLERY

(FIRST TEXAS ARTILLERY)

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 36^th 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 155^th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 36^th 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

133d FIELD ARTILLERY

(FIRST TEXAS ARTILLERY)

ANNEX 3

Constituted 5 May 1917 in the Texas National Guard as the 1^st 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 36^th 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 36^th 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

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

(Headquarters Battery consolidated with the Pioneer Company, 626^th 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 155^th Field Artillery Battalion

Inactivated 18 December 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia

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

155^th 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 155^th Field Artillery Battalion with Headquarters at New Braunfels

133d FIELD ARTILLERY

(FIRST TEXAS ARTILLERY)

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

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

·        World War I

St. Mihiel

·        World War II – AP

Silver band without inscription

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

·        World War II – AP

Leyte (with arrowhead)

Ryukyus (with arrowhead)

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

·        World War II – AP

India-Burma

Central Burma

133d FIELD ARTILLERY

(FIRST TEXAS ARTILLERY)

DECORATIONS

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

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

·        Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ALSACE

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

·        Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BRIEYERES

Battery C (Lufkin), 1^st 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), 4^th Battalion, additionally entitled to:

·        Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered RIVIERA

·        Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER

Battery C (Corpus Christi), 4^th 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:

JOHN S. BROWN

Brigadier General, United States Army

Chief of Military History

More Sites:

More Lineage information at: http://www.kwanah.com/txmilmus/36division/archives/133/133lin.htm

A historical Review at:  http://www.kwanah.com/txmilmus/1940/133.htm

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