United States Army Field Artillery Branch

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/United_States_Army_Field_Artillery_Branch

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:anniversary	17 November
gptkbp:approvedBy	gptkb:Second_Continental_Congress
gptkbp:armament	gptkb:aircraft artillery missile artillery
gptkbp:authorized_in_DOC	gptkb:Continental_Army
gptkbp:branchColor	scarlet
gptkbp:color	scarlet
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:emblem	crossed cannons
gptkbp:established	17 November 1775
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:Fort_Sill,_Oklahoma
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	United States Army Field Artillery Branch
gptkbp:insignia	crossed field guns
gptkbp:mergedInto	Coast Artillery Corps (until 1907)
gptkbp:motto	gptkb:King_of_Battle
gptkbp:nickname	gptkb:Redlegs FA Branch
gptkbp:notableCommander	gptkb:Henry_Knox gptkb:John_J._Pershing gptkb:Charles_P._Summerall gptkb:Edward_F._McGlachlin_Jr. gptkb:Lesley_J._McNair gptkb:Joseph_T._McNarney gptkb:John_E._Dahlquist gptkb:William_J._Snow Robert M. Danford
gptkbp:notableEngagement	gptkb:American_Civil_War gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War gptkb:Gulf_War gptkb:Iraq_War gptkb:Korean_War gptkb:Vietnam_War gptkb:War_in_Afghanistan gptkb:World_War_I gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:patronSaint	gptkb:Saint_Barbara
gptkbp:primaryMission	provide indirect fire support
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Defense_Artillery_Branch
gptkbp:role	field artillery
gptkbp:separates	Coast Artillery Corps (1907)
gptkbp:shoulderSleeveInsignia	red cannon on gold background
gptkbp:song	The Field Artillery Song
gptkbp:symbol	artillery
gptkbp:trainer	gptkb:Fort_Sill,_Oklahoma
gptkbp:training_center	gptkb:United_States_Army_Field_Artillery_School
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Major_General_William_J._Snow
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7