41st Field Artillery Regiment ( United States ) The 41st Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army . Lineage . Constituted 26 August 1918 in the Regular Army as the 41st Artillery ( Coast Artillery Corps ) Demobilized 22 December 1918 at Fort Monroe , Virginia Organized 22 December 1921 at Fort Kamehameha , Hawaii Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1924 as the 41st Coast Artillery Activated ( less 1st Battalion ) 21 April 1942 at Fort Hase , Hawaii Relieved 6 April 1951 from assignment to the 3rd Infantry Division ( United States ) Assigned 2 December 1954 to the 3d Infantry Division Inactivated 1 July 1957 at Fort Benning , Georgia , and relieved from assignment to the 3d Infantry Division Reorganized and redesignated 31 July 1959 as the 41st Artillery , a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 41st Field Artillery Withdrawn 16 August 1988 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System Constituted 5 July 1918 in the National Army as the 41st Field Artillery and assigned to the 14th Division Organized 10 August 1918 at Camp Custer , Michigan Demobilized 6 February 1919 at Camp Custer , Michigan Reconstituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as the 41st Field Artillery Redesignated 1 October 1940 as the 41st Field Artillery Battalion , assigned to the 3d Division ( later redesignated as the 3d Infantry Division ) , and activated at Fort Lewis , Washington A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 1 / 8 inches ( 2 . 86 cm ) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned : Gules , a bend barry of eight Argent , of the field and Azure repeated , overall a broad arrow Or . Attached below and to the sides of the shield a Gold scroll inscribed “ MISSION ACCOMPLISHED ” in Black letters . The bend , from the coat of arms approved for the former 41st Coast Artillery Regiment and the broad arrow from that of the 41st Field Artillery Battalion , symbolize the consolidation of these two units . The bend carries the eight bars of the old Hawaiian flag and arms indicating the origin of the 41st Coast Artillery Regiment as companies of the Coast Defenses of Honolulu . The broad arrow was used in the coat of arms of the 41st Field Artillery Battalion to symbolize celerity of movement and shock of impact . The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 41st Field Artillery Battalion on 11 January 1952 . It was redesignated for the 41st Artillery Regiment on 15 April 1958 . It was amended to change the description by addition of symbolism for charges taken from the original coat of arms on 26 July 1963 . Effective 1 September 1971 , the insignia was redesignated for the 41st Field Artillery Regiment . Gules , a bend barry of eight Argent , of the field and Azure repeated , overall a broad arrow Or . On a wreath of the colors Argent and Gules a four - headed wyvern without wings of the first scaled Azure and langued Or grasping a mace Silver with seven spikes Gold charged with a roundel parti per pale Gules and Vert . Coat of arms . Motto MISSION ACCOMPLISHED . The bend , from the coat of arms approved for the former 41st Coast Artillery Regiment and the broad arrow from that of the 41st Field Artillery Battalion , symbolize the consolidation of these two units . The bend carries the eight bars of the old Hawaiian flag and arms indicating the origin of the 41st Coast Artillery Regiment as companies of the Coast Defenses of Honolulu . The broad arrow was used in the coat of arms of the 41st Field Artillery Battalion to symbolize celerity of movement and shock of impact . The four heads of the wyvern refer to the unit ’ s four spearhead attacks in World War II . Blue and white are the colors of the shoulder sleeve insignia of the 3d Division to which the organization is assigned . The mace and the red and green colors , from the arms of Colmar , France , refer to the unit ’ s distinguished action during the capture of that city for which it was awarded three unit decorations . Red , green and white , the colors of the national flag of Italy , allude to the organization ’ s action at Anzio . The coat of arms was originally approved for the 41st Field Artillery Battalion on 11 January 1952 . It was redesignated for the 41st Artillery Regiment on 15 April 1958 . It was amended to change the description by addition of symbolism for charges taken from the original coat of arms on 26 July 1963 . The coat of arms was amended to add a crest on 21 April 1966 . Effective 1 September 1971 , the insignia was redesignated for the 41st Field Artillery Regiment .