Constituted July 1, 1916, in the Regular Army as Battery C, 16th Field Artillery, the unit was organized May 21, 1917, at Camp Robinson, Wisconsin. On 19 November 1917, the 16th Field Artillery was assigned to the 4th Division. The unit was inactivated 21 September 1921, at Camp Lewis, Washington. The 16th Field Artillery was relieved 24 March 1923, from assignment to the 4th Division and assigned to the 8th Division.On 13 January 1941, the battalion was reorganized and redesignated as Battery C, 16th Field Artillery Battalion. In June, 1942, the battalion was again reorganized and redesignated as Battery C, 16th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 9th Armored Division. |
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The Distinctive Unit Insignia was originally approved for the 16th Field Artillary Battalion on February 11, 1921. The dancette fess is for the hills and mountains with which the regiment's history is connected (King's Mountain, North Carolins; Hill 304 near Verdun; Hill 295 north of Septsarges, France; the Landskrone, Rhineland; and Mt. Rainer, Washington). The black is for the battle losses. The three stars are for three major operations of World War One in which the regiment took part. The horse's head indicates a mounted regiment, and the Ivy leaf is taken from the shoulder sleeve insignia of the 4th Infantry Division to which the regiment was assigned in 1917. Attached around the shield is a scroll inscribed their motto
"Macte Nova Virtute".
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