F/333d Field Artillery

Brief History

• Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Battery F, 333d Field Artillery
• (333d Field Artillery assigned 25 August 1917 to the 86th Division)
• Organized in September 1917 at Camp Grant, Illinois
• Demobilized 23 January 1919 at Camp Grant, Illinois
• Reconstituted 13 September 1929 in the Organized Reserves as Battery F, 333d Field Artillery, an element of the 86th Division
• (333d Field Artillery relieved 5 October 1929 from assignment to the 86th Division)
• Organized in 1930 at Chicago, Illinois
• Disbanded 22 August 1942 in Chicago, Illinois
• Reconstituted 13 October 1942 in the Regular Army; concurrently, consolidated with Battery F, 333d Field Artillery (constituted 5 May 1942 in the Regular Army and activated 5 August 1942 at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma), and consolidated unit designated as Battery F, 333d Field Artillery
• Reorganized and redesignated 12 February 1943 as Battery C, 969th Field Artillery Battalion.
• Inactivated 15 April 1946 at New York Port of Embarkation, New York
• Activated 17 June 1946 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
• Inactivated 15 June 1949 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
• Activated 18 March 1955 in Korea
• Redesignated 1 July 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters battery, 6th Battalion, 333d Artillery
• Redesignated 11 November 1966 as Battery F, 333d Artillery
• Activated 5 March 1967 at Fort Carson, Colorado
• Redesignated 1 September 1971 as Battery F, 333d Field Artillery
• Assigned 21 September 1978 to the 3d Armored Division and activated in Germany using personnel and equipment from Battery A, 1st Battalion, 26th Field Artillery
• Inactivated 1991 in Germany