12th Field Artillery Regiment ( United States ) The 12th Field Artillery Regiment is a unit of the United States Army . Distinctive insignia . Description and symbolism . The unit ' s insignia is a gold color metal and enamel device 1 inch ( 2 . 54 cm ) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned : Gules , a Fleur - de - lis Argent crowned Or ; on a canton of the like an Aztec banner Vert garnished of the second . The single fleur - de - lis of silver is taken from the arms of Soissons , where the regiment performed such distinguished service that it was cited by the French in Orders of the Army , shown by the pendant Croix - de - Guerre . The regiment had its baptism of fire near Verdun , the arms of which have one fleur - de - lis crowned all gold . The crown on these arms is for Verdun . The canton carried the Aztec banner from the crest of the parent organization , the 3rd Field Artillery Regiment . The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 12th Field Artillery Regiment on 17 April 1923 . It was re - designated for the 12th Field Artillery Battalion on 14 February 1941 . It was re - designated for the 12th Artillery Regiment on 10 February 1958 . The insignia was re - designated effective 1 September 1971 , for the 12th Field Artillery Regiment . Coat of arms . Blazon . The shield is a Gules , a fleur - de - lis Argent crowned Or ; on a canton of the like an Aztec banner Vert garnished of the second . The crest is on a wreath of the colors Argent and Gules , the shoulder sleeve insignia of the regiment Proper ( a horizontal oblong of Black charged with the White star and Indian head of the Second Division ) . Symbolism . The shield is the single fleur - de - lis of silver is taken from the arms of Soissons , where the regiment performed such distinguished service that it was cited by the French in Orders of the Army , shown by the pendant Croix - de - Guerre . The regiment had its baptism of fire near Verdun , the arms of which have one fleur - de - lis crowned all gold . The crown on these arms is for Verdun . The canton carried the Aztec banner from the crest of the parent organization , the 3rd Field Artillery . The crest of the 12th Field Artillery is self - explanatory . The coat of arms was originally approved for the 12th Field Artillery Regiment on 24 June 1921 . It was amended to include the motto on 16 August 1921 . It was re - designated for the 12th Field Artillery Battalion on 13 February 1941 . It was re - designated for the 12th Artillery Regiment on 10 February 1958 . The insignia was re - designated effective 1 September 1971 , for the 12th Field Artillery Regiment . 1st Battalion . The 1st Battalion , 12th Field Artillery was constituted on 3 June 1916 as an element of the 2nd Division . The 12th Regiment arrived in France and fought bravely in four offenses in World War I . Following the armistice , the 12th joined the U . S . Army of Occupation , stationed in the Colenz area , then later returned to Fort Sam Houston , Texas , and inactivated . On 1 May 1939 , the regiment was reactivated as a 155mm howitzer battalion . The 12th joined the armies staging in England for the invasion of France . On D - Day plus three , the 12th landed on Omaha Beach in Normandy and participated in the breakout from the beachhead . Later , the 12th was in the thick of the fighting of the Battle of the Bulge and it joined in the race across Germany and on VE Day was in Pilson , Czechoslovakia . The 12th returned to Fort Lewis , Washington where it remained until it was inactivated . When the Korean War broke out , the 12th was reactivated and in July 1950 , departed for Korea where it participated in the fighting on the Pusan Perimeter . Later it face the Red Chinese at the Chong - chon river . The unit became Battery A , 12th field Artillery Battalion , an element of the 2nd Infantry Division . A year later , the battalion endured some of the bloodiest fighting of the Korean War at T - bone Mountain , the Battle of Old Baldy , White Horse Mountain , and the Battle of Pork Chop Hill . In 1954 , following the Korean Armistice Agreement , the battalion returned to Fort Lewis , Washington and then moved to Fort Benning , Georgia . In 1965 , with its Honest John Rockets and 8 inch howitzers , the 1 - 12th returned to Korea . On 20 February 1971 , the unit inactivated at Fort Lewis , Washington , and immediately reactivated at Fort Sill , Oklahoma on 1 April 1971 . The 1st Battalion , 12th Field Artillery became the world ' s first Lance Missile Battalion with a wartime mission to provide nuclear and non - nuclear fires . The 1 - 12th began converting to the Multiple Launch Rocket System in August 1992 . During the year 2000 , the Raider 1 - 12 FA ( MLRS ) conducted many battalion and battery - level FTXs and EXEVALs at Fort Sill . 1 - 12 FA also deployed its 0 & 1 to Fort Stewart , Georgia , and the NTC for a successful rotation with the 3d BCT , 3d IN Division , in April . Campaigns . World War I . Aisne , Aisne - Marne , St . Mihiel , Meuse - Argonne , Lorraine 1918 , Ile de France 1918 World War II . Normandy , Northern France , Rhineland , Ardennes - Alsace , Central Europe Korean War . UN Defensive , UN Offensive , CCF Intervention , First UN Counteroffensive , CCF Spring Offensive , UN Summer - Fall Offensive , Second Korean Winter , Korea : Summer - Fall 1952 , Third Korean Winter , Korea : Summer 1953 Iraq War . National Resolution 2nd Battalion . The 2nd Battalion , 12th Field Artillery has a long lineage . First constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as Battery B , 12th Field Artillery . It was later organized 7 June 1917 at Fort Myer , Virginia , as an element of the 2d Division ( later redesignated as the 2d Infantry Division ) . From here the unit was reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1940 as Battery B , 12th Field Artillery Battalion . On 15 October 1948 the unit was inactivated at Fort Lewis , Washington . On 10 November 1951 Battery B consolidated with Battery B , 503d Field Artillery Battalion ( active ) , and consolidated unit designated as Battery B , 12th Field Artillery Battalion . The unit inactivated on 20 June 1957 at Fort Lewis , Washington , and relieved from assignment to the 2d Infantry Division ; concurrently , redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery , 2d Battalion , 12th Artillery . Later it redesignated on 1 May 1960 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery , 2d Howitzer Battalion , 12th Artillery , assigned to the 8th Infantry Division , and activated in Germany ( organic elements concurrently constituted and activated ) . The battalion inactivated 1 April 1963 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 8th Infantry Division . 13 September 1969 the battalion redesignated as the 2d Battalion , 12th Artillery , and activated in Vietnam . The battalion inactivated 29 August 1971 at Fort Lewis , Washington . Three days later ( 1 September 1971 ) it redesignated as the 2d Battalion , 12th Field Artillery . Activated once again on 1 April 1976 at Fort Sill , Oklahoma . The unit inactivated on 15 September 1984 at Fort Sill , Oklahoma . The unit moved overseas and activated on 16 July 1987 in Herzogenaurach , Germany as a LANCE missile Battalion but was later inactivated on 15 April 1992 . The battalion once again redesignated on 1 October 2005 as the 2d Battalion , 12th Field Artillery Regiment . The battalion was assigned on 1 June 2006 to the newly formed 4th Brigade Combat Team , 2D Infantry Division , and activated at Fort Lewis , Washington . Campaigns . World War I . Aisne , Aisne - Marne , St . Mihiel , Meuse - Argonne , Lorraine 1918 , Ile de France 1918 World War II . Normandy , Northern France , Rhineland , Ardennes - Alsace , Central Europe Korean War . UN Defensive , UN Offensive , CCF Intervention , First UN Counteroffensive , CCF Spring Offensive , UN Summer - Fall Offensive , Second Korean Winter , Korea : Summer - Fall 1952 , Third Korean Winter , Korea : Summer 1953 Vietnam . Summer - Fall 1969 , Winter - Spring 1970 , Sanctuary Counteroffensive , Counteroffensive : Phase VII , Consolidation I Iraq War . The Surge Campaign , Iraqi Sovereignty Campaign , Operation New Dawn