11th Airborne Division Artillery

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11th Airborne Division Artillery
Active194358, 196365
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States of America
BranchFlag of the United States Army.svg  United States Army
Type Field artillery
RoleDivision artillery
Size Brigade
Equipment M1 75mm pack howitzer  ; M3 105mm howitzer
Engagements World War II

The 11th Airborne Division Artillery is an inactive field artillery unit of the United States Army. The unit served with the 11th Airborne Division in the Pacific Theater during World War II, in Germany and the United States during the early Cold War before inactivating in 1958. Reactivated from 1963 to 1965, the unit tested the air mobility concepts at Fort Benning, Georgia, before inactivating again.

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  1. United States Army, "11th Airborne Division" (1944). World War Regimental Histories. Book 114. Web. Accessed 15 November 2015. <http://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his/114>
  2. 1 2 3 McKenney, Janice E. (2010). "Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 11th Airborne Division Artillery". Field Artillery Part 1. Army Lineage Series, CMH Pub 60-11-1. United States Army Center of Military History. pp.67. Web. Accessed 12 November 2015. <http://www.history.army.mil/html/books/060/60-11_pt1/CMH_Pub_60-11_pt1.pdf Archived 20 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine >.