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English: 157th FA Regiment Distinctive Unit Crest, NJARNG 29th & 44th Infantry Divisions

157th FA Lineage

Organized in the New Jersey National Guard as the 3rd Battalion, 157th Field Artillery and Federally recognized 16 June 1937 at Vineland. Inducted into Federal service 16 September 1940 at Vineland, NJ as an element of the 44th Infantry Division.

Redisgnated 7 January 1941 as the 2nd Battalion, 157th Field artillery.

Reorginazed and redesignated as the 157th Field Artillery Battalion and assigned to the 44th Infantry Division. 17 February 1942.

Relieved from the 44th Infantry Division and inactivated at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas, 12 November 1945.

Redesignated 9 July 1946 as the 114th Tank Battalion.

Coat of arms: ▪ Shield Gules a Gatling gun or, in base a giant cactus and shoulder sleeve insignia of the 29th Infantry Division proper, on a canton argent a saltire azure. ▪ Crest "Lions Head" That for the New Jersey National Guard. ▪ Background The Shield is red for artillery. The Gatling gun refers to association with the 157th and 112th Field artillery regiments of New Jersey. Service of elements of the Battalion is represented by the giant cactus for the Mexican Border, the shoulder sleeve insignia of the 29th Division for service in France during world war I, and the canton for Civil War service.

Campaign credits World War II ▪ Northern France ▪ Rhineland ▪ Ardennes-Alsace

▪ Central Europe