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For your consideration is this M1942 Spec P.Q.D. #197 EM Wool Service Coat.MEDIC with STERLING SILVER COMBAT MEDIC BADGEFor the 14th Field Artillery (MECZ), 2nd Armored Division
The U.S. 14th Field Artillery Regiment was constituted on July 1, 1916, and played a key role in the U.S. Army\'s interwar evolution and mobile armored artillery operations during World War II.
Pre-WWII History & Lineage• Constitutive Roots: Constituted in the Regular Army on July 1, 1916, and organized on June 1, 1917, at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.• Post-WWI Inactivation: Inactivated on September 1, 1921, at Fort Sill as the post-World War I military scaled down.Interwar Assignments:• Assigned to the 6th Division on December 15, 1922 (1st Battalion activated at Fort Sheridan, Illinois).• Reassigned to the 7th Division on September 7, 1927.• A newly constituted 1st Battalion was activated on December 1, 1934, at Fort Riley, Kansas, and later inactivated on July 1, 1936.Transition to Armor: Relieved from the 7th Division on October 16, 1939. Assigned to the newly forming 2nd Armored Division on July 15, 1940, and activated at Fort Benning, Georgia, laying the groundwork for mechanized and self-propelled field artillery doctrines.World War II Service• Reorganization: Reorganized and redesignated in 1942 as the 14th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, operating in close coordination with armored divisions and mobile strike forces.European Theater Campaigns: The unit saw extensive combat across Western and Southern Europe, participating in six official WWII campaign phases:• Sicily
• Normandy (earning a Presidential Unit Citation)
• Northern France
• Rhineland
• Ardennes-Alsace (receiving Belgian unit citations)
• Central Europe
