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101st Field Artillery
101st Field Artillery Coat of arms
Active
1636–present (387 years)
Country
Massachusetts Bay Colony (1636–1686, 1689-1692) Dominion of New England (1686-1689) Province of Massachusetts Bay (1692-1775) United Colonies (1775-1776) United States (1776–present)
Branch
Massachusetts Army National Guard
Garrison/HQ
Brockton, Massachusetts
Nickname(s)
Boston Light Artillery (special designation)[1]
Motto(s)
Vincere est Vivere (To Conquer is to Live)
Equipment
M777A2 155mm Howitzer (Charlie)
M119A3 105mm Howitzer (Alpha, Bravo)
Q36 / Q37 Target Acquisition Radar
Engagements
Colonial Wars
Pequot War
King Philip's War
King William's War
Queen Anne's War
King George's War
French and Indian War American Wars
American Revolutionary War
Monmouth
War of 1812
American Civil War
First Bull Run
Yorktown
Peninsula Campaign
Second Bull Run
Antietam
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Wilderness
Spotsylvania
Cold Harbor
Second Battle of Petersburg
Appomattox
War with Spain
Puerto Rican Campaign
World War I
Champagne-Marne
Aisne-Marne
Saint-Mihiel
Meuse-Argonne
World War II
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
Korean War Afghanistan Campaign
Iraq Campaign
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (OEF Afghanistan) Superior Unit Award (IFOR Service)
Commanders
Notable commanders
John Winthrop Myles Standish (Plymouth Company Commander)
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia
86th IBCT shoulder sleeve insignia, worn by 1-101st FA
Military unit
U.S. Field Artillery Regiments
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The 101st Field Artillery ("Boston Light Artillery"[1]) regiment is the oldest field artillery regiment in the United States Army with a lineage dating to 13 December 1636 when it was organized as the South Regiment. It is one of several National Guard units with colonial roots and campaign credit for the War of 1812. For the first 250 years of the unit's existence it served in infantry formations.[2][3][4]
^ ab"Special Designation Listing". United States Army Center of Military History. 21 April 2010. Archived from the original on 9 June 2010. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
^Kondratiuk (Col Ret), Leonid (May 2007). History of the 101st Field Artillery Regiment (Report).
^McKenney, Janice E. (2010). US Army Center of Military History (CMH) Publication 60-11, Army Lineage Series, Field Artillery, Part 2. Washington, DC: US Army Center of Military History. pp. 1019–1032.
^101st Field Artillery Lineage & Honors Certificate at history.army.mil
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
Dominion of New England
Province of Massachusetts Bay
United Colonies
United States
