Lineage
from US Army Center of Military History has been included with event
history from the 1st Cavalary Division: Constituted in the Army of the
United States 25 February 1943 as the 271st Field Artillery Battalion
and assigned to the 1st Calvary Division. The battalion was activated
11 October 1943 at Camp Strathpine, Australia. Assets from the 82nd,
61st and 99th Field Artillery battalions were used. The 271st was
assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division in support of the 5th, 7th, 8th
and 12th Cavalry Battalions. The commanding officer of the 271st was
Colonel Wendorff. The 271st had a Headquarters Battery, Batteries A, B
and C, and a Service Battery. On 06 March 1944, the 12th Cavalry, along
with the 271st Field Artillery Battalion landed on Los Negros Island.
On 09 November 1944, the 12th Cavalary Regiment launched its attack in
Leyte Valley with the support of the 271st Field Artillery. This action
began a long and bitter struggle which lasted nearly two months. The
campaign for Leyte proved the first and most decisive operation in the
American reconquest of the Philippines. The 271st participated in the
Occupation of Japan in 1945-48.
On 25 March 1949, they were redesignated as the 77th Field
Artillery Battalion and allotted to the Regular Army, serving with the
First Cavalry Division in Korea and Japan. 22 September 1950 -Task
Force Lynch formed (named after Lt. Colonel Lynch, Commander of 3rd
Battalion)—TF Lynch would later be the lead element in a larger group
Task Force “777” (so named because it included the 77th Field Artillery
Battalion and the 7th Cavalry Regiment). 26 April 1951 – Another
trouble spot flares up and this disturbance brought about the
commitment of additional Divisional units to the front. The 7th Cavalry
Regiment, and the 77th and 82nd Field Artillery Battalions were sent
forward in support of the 3rd Infantry Division. 16 December 1951 - The
8th Cavalry was relieved on the line and moved into reserve. This left
to field Artillery Battalions, the 61st and 77th, as the only Cavalry
units still in a tactical situation 30 December 1951 - The 77th Field
Artillery fires last 1st Cavalry Division round in Korean War. The 77th
Field Artillery left Korea and arrived at the port of Muroran on 16
January closing out the move of the 1st Cavalry Division from Korea to
Hokkaido Japan just 18 months after the July 1950 landing at Pusan. The
battalion was inactivated 15 October 1957 in Japan.
Campaign Participation Credit - 77th Field Artillery Battalion
Korean War | |
UN Defensive | 8 July-15 September 1950 |
UN Offensive | 16 September-2 November 1950 |
CCF Intervention | 3 November 1950-24 January 1951 |
First UN Counteroffensive | 25 January-21 April 1951 |
CCF Spring Offensive | 22 April-8 July 1951 |
UN Summer-Fall Offensive | 9 July-27 November 1951 |
Second Korean Winter | 28 November 1951-11 January 195 |
Third Korean Winter | 15 December 1952-16 February 1953 |
Korea, Summer 1953 | 1 May-27 July 1953 |
DECORATIONS
Army Presidential Unit
Citation:
21-27 September 1950 (Btry C); DA GO 35-52
Army Presidential Unit Citation:
3-12 October 1951 (Btry C) ; DA GO 74-52
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit
Citation: UIJONGBU CORRIDOR
16 August - 26 September 1950, DA GO 35-51
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit
Citation: WAEGWAN-TAEGU
18 April-11 May 1951, DA GO 20-53
Chryssoun Aristion Andrias (Bravery
Gold Medal of Greece):
During period of war, Korea, DA GO 2-56
Special thanks to "Old Sarge" for the information on this page while researching his book "The Guns of Korea; U. S Army Field Artillery Battalions in the Korean War"
Last Update - January 29, 2022