Active 1933 Branch Army | Country United States Type Field artillery | |
Motto(s) Iterum iterumque (Again and again) | ||
The 49th Field Artillery Battalion was a field artillery battalion of the U.S. Army.
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Constituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as the 49th Field Artillery.
Redesignated as the 49th Field Artillery Battalion, assigned to the 7th Infantry Division (United States), and activated at Fort Ord, California 1 June 1941.Inactivated 20 July 1947 at Seoul, Korea.
Activated 20 March 1949 at Jimmachi, Honshu, Japan. (49th Coast Artillery Battalion consolidated with the 49th Field Artillery Battalion 28 June 1950).Relieved from the 7th Infantry Division and inactivated in Korea 1 July 1957
Consolidated with the 44th Field Artillery, 7 November 1969.Current units
Consolidated with 44th artillery
Coat of arms
Per Chevron enhanced gules and argent, on the last a bear's head erased and incensed proper.
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The scarlet is the Field Artillery, The silver of the shield in conjunction with the scarlet is indicative of the preparedness of the battalion night and day. The firing functions are allegorically illustrated by the incensed bear's head, being representative of the state of activation, California, taken from the crest of that state.
Campaign streamers
World War I
World War II
Korean War