User:CORNELIUSSEON/MILITARY IN PROGRESS

Blazon

 * Shield: Per bend Or and Gules a fleur-de-lis in bend counterchanged.


 * Crest:
 * 1) That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve: On a wreath of the colors Or and Gules the Lexington Minute Man Proper. The statue of the Minute Man, Captain John Parker (H.H. Kitson, sculptor) stands on the Common in Lexington, Massachusetts.


 * Motto:NUNC UT OLIM (Now As Before).

Symbolism

 * Shield:
 * 1) Scarlet is the color of Artillery.
 * 2) The fleur-de-lis represents service in France in World War I.
 * 3) The martial aspect of the organization is symbolized by the diagonal division of the shield, representing the heraldic bend, which anciently denoted the scarf of a military commander.


 * Crest: The crest is that of the U.S. Army Reserve.


 * Motto: The motto translates to “Now As Before” and is appropriate to the expectation of a continuance of the past record.


 * Background:
 * 1) The coat of arms was originally approved for 905th Field Artillery Battalion, Organized Reserve on 1943-02-26.
 * 2) It was redesignated for the 80th Regiment, Army Reserve on 1960-08-16.
 * 3) It was amended to correct the motto on 1968-06-19.

Distinctive Unit Insignia

 * Description:
 * 1) A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/16 inches (2.70 cm) in height consisting of a shield blazoned:  Per bend Or and Gules a fleur-de-lis in bend counterchanged.
 * 2) Attached below the shield a Gold scroll inscribed “NUNC UT OLIM” in Black letters.


 * Symbolism:
 * 1) Scarlet is the color of Artillery.
 * 2) The fleur-de-lis represents service in France in World War I.
 * 3) The martial aspect of the organization is symbolized by the diagonal division of the shield, representing the heraldic bend, which anciently denoted the scarf of a military commander.
 * 4) The motto translates to “Now As Before” and is appropriate to the expectation of a continuance of the past record.


 * Background:
 * 1) The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for 905th Field Artillery Battalion, Organized Reserve on 1943-02-26.
 * 2) It was redesignated for the 80th Regiment, Army Reserve on 1960-08-16. It was amended to correct the motto on 1968-06-19.

Lineage

 * Constituted 1917-08-05 in the National Army as Headquarters, 155th Field Artillery Brigade, and assigned to the 80th Division.
 * Organized September 1917 September 1917 at Camp Lee, Virginia.
 * Demobilized 1919-06-02 at Camp Lee, Virginia
 * Reconstituted 1921-06-24 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 155th Field Artillery Brigade, and assigned to the 80th Division
 * Organized in December 1922 at Washington, D.C.
 * Reorganized and redesignated 1942-02-12 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 80th Division Artillery
 * Ordered into active military service 1942-07-15 and reorganized at Camp Forrest, Tennessee.
 * Moved to the Tennessee Maneuver Area on 1943-06-23 where they participated in the Second Army #2 Tennessee Maneuvers.
 * Arrived at Camp Phillips, Kansas on 1943-09-08.
 * Moved to Desert Training Center on 1943-12-09 for #4 California Maneuvers.
 * Moved to Camp Dix, New Jersey on 1944-03-20.
 * Staged at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey on 1944-06-23 until they departed the New York Port of Embarkation on 1944-06-01
 * Arrived in England on 1944-07-07.
 * Assigned to XII Corps on 1944-08-01.
 * Deployed forward to France on 1944-08-03, and engaged in Northern France Campaign.
 * Reassigned to XX Corps on 1944-08-07.
 * Reassigned to XV Corps on 1944-08-08.
 * Reassigned to XX Corps on 1944-08-10.
 * Attached to V Corps on 1944-08-17.
 * Reassigned to Third Army on 1944-08-23.
 * Reassigned to XII Corps on 1944-08-26.
 * Northern France Campaign concluded on 1944-09-14.
 * Rhineland Campaign commenced on 1944-09-15
 * Unit disengaged from Rhineland Campaign and moved to Ardennes-Alsace Campaign on 1944-12-16.
 * Unit reassigned to III Corps on 1944-12-19
 * Unit entered Luxembourg on 1944-12-20.
 * Unit reassigned to XII Corps on 1944-12-26.
 * Ardennes-Alsace Campaign concluded on 1945-01-25. Unit returned to Rhineland Campaign]].
 * Unit entered Germany on 1945-02-18.
 * Reassigned to XX Corps 1945-03-10.
 * Rhineland Campaign concluded on 1945-03-21.
 * Central Europe Campaign commenced on 1945-03-22.
 * Unit entered Austria on 1945-05-05.
 * Central Europe Campaign concluded on 1945-05-11.
 * Unit was at Pichlwany, Austria on 1945-08-14.
 * Unit returned to New York Port of Embarkation on 1946-01-03.
 * Inactivated 1946-01-05 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey.
 * Redesignated 1946-07-15 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 80th Airborne Division Artillery
 * Activated 1947-03-12 in the Organized Reserves at Richmond, Virginia.
 * Organized Reserves redesignated 1948-03-25 as the Organized Reserve Corps.
 * Reorganized and redesignated 1952-06-10 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 80th Division Artillery.
 * Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 1952-07-09 as the Army Reserve.
 * Reorganized and redesignated 1959-03-06 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 80th Regiment, an element of the 80th Division (Training), and location changed to Norfolk, Virginia. Organic elements concurrently organized as new units.
 * Regiment reorganized 1968-01-31 to consist of the 1st and 2nd Battalions, elements of the 80th Division (Training).
 * Reorganized 1971-04-01 to consist of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Battalions, elements of the 80th Division (Training).
 * Reorganized 1994-10-01 to consist of the 1st, 2nd, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 80th Division (Institutional Training).
 * Reorganized 1995-01-13 to consist of the 1st and 2nd Battalions, elements of the 80th Division (Institutional Training).
 * Reorganized serially between 1996-10-16 — 1996-11-16 to consist of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th Battalions, elements of the 80th Division (Institutional Training).

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

 * World War I:
 * 1)  Meuse-Argonne
 * World War II:
 * 1)  Northern France;
 * 2)  Rhineland;
 * 3)  Ardennes-Alsace,
 * 4)  Central Europe.

DECORATIONS

 * None