Constituted 29 June 1918 in the Regular Army as the 1st Battalion, 42d Artillery Organized 7 August 1918 in France Inactivated 17 August 1921 at Camp Eustis, Virginia Redesignated 1 July 1924 as the 1st Battalion, 42d Coast Artillery Disbanded 14 June 1944 Reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with the 42d Field Artillery Battalion and consolidated unit designated as the 42d Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 4th Infantry Division Relieved 1 April 1957 from assignment to the 4th Infantry Division; concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 42d Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 42d Field Artillery Withdrawn 15 January 1996 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System ANNEX Constituted 5 July 1918 in the National Army as the 42d Field Artillery and assigned to the 14th Division Organized 10 August 1918 at Camp Custer, Michigan Demobilized 7 February 1919 at Camp Custer, Michigan Reconstituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as the 42d Field Artillery Redesignated 1 October 1940 as the 42d Field Artillery Battalion, assigned to the 4th Division, and activated at Fort Benning, Georgia Inactivated 16 February 1946 at Camp Butner, North Carolina Activated 15 July 1947 at Fort Ord, California
Distinctive unit insignia
Description
A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/16 inches in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Gules, two bendlets between four shells, two in chief and two in base, all Or. Attached below the shield a Gold scroll inscribed “FESTINA LENTE” in Black letters.
Symbolism
Scarlet is the color used for Artillery. The shells indicate the nature of the organization and with the bendlets produce the numerical designation of the organization.
Background
The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 42d Field Artillery Battalion on 7 May 1942. It was redesignated for the 42d Artillery Regiment on 26 November 1958. The insignia was redesignated for the 42d Field Artillery Regiment effective 1 September 1971.
Coat of arms
Blazon
*Shield: Gules, two bendlets between four shells, two in chief and two in base, all Or.
*Crest: On a wreath of the colors Or and Gules a dexter hand grasping four spears pointing in four directions of the compass Or.
*Shield:,Scarlet is the color used for Artillery. The shells indicate the nature of the organization and with the bendlets produce the numerical designation of the organization.
*Crest:,The hand grasping the spears indicates firepower in any direction.
Background:,The coat of arms was originally approved for the 42d Field Artillery Battalion on 7 May 1942. It was redesignated for the 42d Artillery Regiment on 26 November 1958. The insignia was redesignated for the 42d Field Artillery Regiment effective 1 September 1971.
