144th Field Artillery Battalion (United States)

The 144th Field Artillery Battalion is a field artillery battalion of the Army National Guard. It was formed from the 1st Battalion of the 157th Field Artillery Regiment in 1955.

History
Technically, the battalion was only the 144th Artillery from 1955 to 1959 (in the post-Korean-war era), finally being standardized into the 157th Field artillery.

Lineage
Constituted 8 February 1879 in the Colorado National Guard as the 1st Infantry Battalion.
Organized 29 December 1881 With Headquarters in Denver
Expanded and redesignated 22 March 1883 as the 1st Regiment Infantry
Reduced and redesignated 2 April 1889 as the 1st Infantry Battalion
Expanded and redesignated 15 April 1893 as the 1st Infantry Regiment.  (NOTE; not to be confused with the regular army 1st Infantry Regiment (United States))
Consolidated with the 2nd Infantry Regiment (organized 27 May 1887) and mustered into Federal service 1–8 May 1898 at Denver as the 1st Colorado Volunteer Infantry
Mustered out of Federal Service 8 September 1899 at San Francisco, CA. and reverted to state status as the 1st Infantry Regiment.
Expanded in 1900 as the 1st and 2nd Infantry.
1st and 2nd Infantry consolidated 15 June 1916 and designated as the 1st Infantry.
Two battalions mustered into federal service 26 June to 29 July 1916 for service on the Mexican border as the 1st and 2nd separate battalions Colorado Infantry.
Entire Regiment drafted into federal service 5 August 1917
Reorganized and redesignated 24 September 1917 as the 157th Infantry, an element of the 40th Division.
Consolidated 13 October 1917 with the 1st Colorado Cavalry (organized in 1880) and consolidated unit designated as the 157th Infantry.
Demobilized 29 April 1919 at Fort D.A. Russell (Wyoming)
Former Infantry elements reorganized and redesignated 28 February 1921 in the Colorado National Guard as the 177th Infantry; 1st Battalion organized and federally recognized 26 October 1921 with headquarters at Lamar.
Redesignated 16 November 1921 as the 157th Infantry and assigned to the 45th Infantry Division.
Inducted into Federal service 16 September 1940; 1st battalion at Lamar.
Inactivated 3 December 1945 at Camp Bowie, Texas
1st Battalion reorganized and federally recognized 1 March 1947 with headquarters at Grand Junction.
Reorganized and redesignated 1 August 1955 as the 144th Field Artillery Battalion consolidated with 157th Field Artillery, 1 February 1959

Campaign streamers
War with Spain
 Manila
Philippine Insurrection
 Manila
 Luzon 1899
World War I
Streamer without inscription
World War II
 Sicily (with Arrowhead)
 Naples-Foggia (with Arrowhead)
 Anzio
 Rome Arno
 Southern France (with Arrowhead)
 Rhineland
 Ardennes-alsace
 Central Europe

Decorations
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, streamer embroidered Italy

Current units
unit changed to 157th field artillery

Coat of arms
same as the 157th Field artillery.

See also
 Division insignia of the United States Army
 United States Army branch insignia
 List of armored and cavalry regiments of the United States Army
 Field Artillery Branch (United States)
 U.S. Army Regimental System

References

 Historical register and dictionary of the United States Army, from ..., Volume 1 By Francis Bernard Heitman 
 Encyclopedia of United States Army insignia and uniforms By William K. Emerson (page 51).
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External links
 http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/av/default.htm

Category:Field artillery battalions of the United States Army
Category:Military units and formations established in 1879