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Constituted as the 7th Field Artillery Regiment and activated in July 1916 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.  Assigned to 1st Division on 8 June 1917. Arrived in France with the 1st Division in 1917. The 7th Field Artillery participated in seven campaigns of WW I receiving two awards of the French Croix de Guerre with Palm. The 7th FA remained in Germany after the armistice on occupation duty returning to the U.S. in September 1919 to Camp Zachery Taylor, Ky. The 7th Field Artillery Regiment then moved to Fort Ethan Allen VT as a 75mm gun truck-towed regiment. On 1 October 1940 it was reorganized and redesignated as the 7th Field Artillery Battalion on 1 October 1940 and re-equipped with 105mm howitzers. The 7th FA participated in the amphibious assault landing in Algeria with the 1st Infantry Division on 8 November 1942. The 1st Division went on to see heavy action in Tunisia, Sicily, the landing at Omaha Beach on D-Day, the drive across France and campaigns in the Rhineland, the Ardennes and Germany. In WW II the 7th FA received two additional awards of the French Croix de Guerre with Palm and the French and Belgian Fourrageres. After Germany's surrender the 7th Field Artillery Battalion remained on duty in Germany with the 1st Infantry Division until 1955 when it was reassigned to Fort Riley KS. On 15 February 1957 the 7th Field Artillery Battalion was inactivated. Battery C, 7th Field Artillery was consolidated with Battery C, 7th Antiaircraft Artillery (AAA) Battalion on 1 September 1958 and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery (HHB) 3rd Gun (later Missile) Battalion, 7th Artillery Regiment and activated in Germany. The 3rd Battalion (less former Battery C of the 7th AAA) was redesignated as the 3rd Battalion, 7th Field Artillery and inactivated in Germany on 1 September 1971. The 3rd Battalion was assigned to the 25th Division on 16 July 1986 equipped with 105mm howitzers and activated at Schofield Barracks. Battery F, 7th Field Artillery was reconstituted on 15 February 1957. Consolidated 7 April 1959 with Battery B, 26th AAA Battalion and redesignated as HHB 6th Battalion, 7th Artillery Regiment. Allotted to Army Reserves, assigned to the 77th Infantry Division and activated at White Plains NY 1 May 1959. 6th Battalion inactivated on 30 December 1965. On 1 September 1971 it was redesignated (less former Battery B 26th AAA) as HHB 6th Battalion, 7th Field Artillery. On 16 October 1987, HHB, 6th Battalion reallocated to Regular Army redesignated as Battery F, 7th Field Artillery assigned to the 25th Division as the general support 155mm howitzer battery and activated at Schofield Barracks.