[1] First activated on 16 August 1942 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, as the 377th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (377th PFAB).

The 377th PFAB, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Weisberg, participated in the development of doctrine for the employment of Parachute Artillery.

Based at Benham Valence, Berkshire, England, the battalion conducted additional training in preparation for Operation Overlord.

[2][3] On 6 June 1944, the 377th PFAB participated in Operation Overlord, the Normandy Invasion, parachuting onto Drop Zone A east of St.

Other artillerymen from the battery served with other artillery units, manning salvaged US pieces and even two captured German howitzers.

The battalion was inactivated on 15 April 1949 at Camp Breckinridge then reactivated on site on 25 August 1950, two months after the beginning of the Korean War.

The unit was reactivated again in a training role in the 101st on 15 May 1954 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and redesignated on 1 July 1956 the 377th Airborne Field Artillery Battalion.

On the third trip, they operated in the Basra area, providing security force assistance under the 17th Fires Brigade.

The battery continued its missions in support of Task for Geronimo (1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment), and earned Afghanistan campaign participation credit before returning to Alaska.

2-377 FAR is the field artillery battalion currently assigned to the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 11th Airborne Division.