** Activated 6 October 1939 at Fort Knox, Kentucky.
** Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1940 as the 21st Field Artillery Battalion.
** Inactivated (less Batteries B and C) 20 September 1946 at Ladd Field, Alaska. (B and C Batteries inactivated at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
CAMPAIGNS
World War I: St. Mihiel, Lorraine, 1918
World War II: Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes, Alsace and Central Europe
Vietnam War
Persian Gulf War
--GreGen
My Cooter's History Blog has become about 80% World War II anyway, so I figured to start a blog specific to it, especially since we're commemorating its 70th anniversary and we are quickly losing this "Greatest Generation." The quote is taken from Pearl Harbor survivor Frank Curre, who was on the USS Tennessee that day. He died Dec. 7, 2011, seventy years to the day. His photo is below at right.
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