43rd Field Artillery Battalion (United States)

The 43rd Field Artillery Battalion was a field artillery battalion of the Regular Army

Lineage

Constituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as the 43rd Field Artillery
Assigned to the 8th Infantry Division (United States) and activated at Fort Jackson, South Carolina 1 June 1941
Relieved from the 8th Infantry Division and inactivated in Germany 1 August 1957

Campaign streamers

World War I
World War II

Normandy
Northern France
Rhineland
Central Europe

Decorations

Luxembourg Croix de Guerre, Streamer embroidered LUXEMBOURG

Current units

not active

Coat of arms

Shield

Gules, a 105mm shell or surmounted by a compass rose argent and sable

Crest

none

Background

in the predominating scarlet and gold of the field artillery arm the functions of the organization are symbolized by the 105mm shell. The compass represents the far reaching effect of the fire of the organization and represents willingness to carry on to all points of the compass.