157th Field Artillery Battalion (United States)

157th field Artillery Battalion
157th field Artillery Battalion
Active	1937
Country	United States
Allegiance	New Jersey
Branch	New Jersey Army National Guard
Type	Combat arms
Patron	Saint Barbara
Motto(s)	In Via (On the way)
Branch color	Scarlet

The 157th Field Artillery Battalion was a Field Artillery battalion of the Army National Guard.

Designation

There were two unrelated units issued this number; the new Jersey unit predates the Colorado unit.

Lineage

Organized in the New Jersey National Guard as the 3rd Battalion, 157th Field Artillery and Federally recognized 16 June 1937 at Vineland.

Inducted into Federal service 16 September 1940 at Vineland as an element of the 44th Infantry Division.

Redesignated 7 January 1941 as the 2nd Battalion, 157th Field artillery.

Reorginazed and redesignated as the 157th Field Artillery Battalion and assigned to the 44th Infantry Division. 17 February 1942.

Relieved from the 44th Infantry Division and inactivated at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas, 12 November 1945.

Redesignated 9 July 1946 as the 114th Tank Battalion.

Current units

See 102nd Cavalry Regiment (United States)

Coat of arms

Shield

Gules a Gatling gun or, in base a giant cactus and shoulder sleeve insignia of the 29th Infantry Division proper, on a canton argent a saltire azure.

Crest

That for the New Jersey National Guard.

Background

The Shield is red for artillery. The Gatling gun refers to association with the 157th and 112th Field artillery regiments of New Jersey. Service of elements of the battalion is represented by the giant cactus for the Mexican border, the shoulder sleeve insignia of the 29th Division for service in France during World War I, and the canton for Civil War service.

157_FA_Regiment_DUI.jpg

Campaign credits

World War II

Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe

Decorations

None

References

This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Army Institute of Heraldry

Historical register and dictionary of the United States Army, from ..., Volume 1 By Francis Bernard Heitman [1]
Encyclopedia of United States Army insignia and uniforms By William K. Emerson (page 51).[2]
[3] Archived 2011-05-22 at the Wayback Machine lineage

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