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style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:44_ADA_COA.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/44_ADA_COA.jpg/150px-44_ADA_COA.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="292" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/44_ADA_COA.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="157" data-file-height="306" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Coat of arms</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Active</th><td class="infobox-data">1918</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">USA</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Branch</th><td class="infobox-data">Army</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Air_Defense_Artillery_Branch_(United_States_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Defense Artillery Branch (United States Army)">Air defense artillery</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Size</th><td class="infobox-data">5 battery’s</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Home station</th><td class="infobox-data">Fort Campbell, KY</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Motto(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">PER ARDUA (Through Difficulties and beyond)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Branch color</th><td class="infobox-data">Scarlet</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">March</th><td class="infobox-data">"Per Ardua (44th Air Defense Artillery March)", music by Arthur Breur, lyrics by Douglass Hemphill</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Mascot(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Oozlefinch" title="Oozlefinch">Oozlefinch</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Engagements</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bougainville_counterattack" title="Bougainville counterattack">Bougainville counterattack</a>, March 1944</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Insignia</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Distinctive unit insignia</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:44ADARegtDUI.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/44ADARegtDUI.jpg/150px-44ADARegtDUI.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/44ADARegtDUI.jpg/225px-44ADARegtDUI.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/44ADARegtDUI.jpg 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="283" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>The <b>44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment</b> is an <a href="/wiki/Air_Defense_Artillery" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Defense Artillery">Air Defense Artillery</a> regiment of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a>, first constituted in 1918 in the <a href="/wiki/Regular_Army_(United_States)" title="Regular Army (United States)">Regular Army</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>. During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> the unit served as the <b>54th Coast Artillery Regiment</b> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lineage">Lineage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=44th_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Lineage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_I">World War I</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=44th_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: World War I"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="44th_Coast_Artillery">44th Coast Artillery</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=44th_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 44th Coast Artillery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Organized 26 March 1918 in the Regular Army from existing units in France as the Howitzer Regiment, 30th Brigade, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Army_Coast_Artillery_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps">Coast Artillery Corps</a>, initially without weapons. The regiment was one of several US Coast Artillery regiments created to operate heavy <a href="/wiki/Field_artillery" title="Field artillery">field artillery</a> and railway artillery on the <a href="/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_I)" title="Western Front (World War I)">Western Front</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Rin161_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rin161-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Redesignated 7 August 1918 as the 44th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps) with an authorized strength of 24 British-made <a href="/wiki/BL_8-inch_howitzer_Mk_VI_%E2%80%93_VIII" title="BL 8-inch howitzer Mk VI – VIII">8-inch howitzers</a>; served with the 32nd Brigade and 39th Brigade, including support of the <a href="/wiki/IV_Corps_(United_States)" title="IV Corps (United States)">IV Army Corps</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Rin161_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rin161-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Returned to the US February 1919 and moved to <a href="/wiki/Fort_Totten_(Queens)" title="Fort Totten (Queens)">Fort Totten</a>, New York.<sup id="cite_ref-Rin161_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rin161-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Inactivated 31 August 1921 at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Jackson_(South_Carolina)" title="Fort Jackson (South Carolina)">Camp Jackson</a>, South Carolina. </p><p>Redesignated 1 July 1924 as the 44th Coast Artillery (Tractor Drawn), a mobile <a href="/wiki/Coastal_defence_and_fortification" title="Coastal defence and fortification">coast defense</a> unit.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="54th_Coast_Artillery">54th Coast Artillery</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=44th_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 54th Coast Artillery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nine <a href="/wiki/Maine_Army_National_Guard" title="Maine Army National Guard">Maine National Guard</a> and four <a href="/wiki/Regular_Army_(United_States)" title="Regular Army (United States)">Regular Army</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Coast_Artillery_Corps" title="United States Army Coast Artillery Corps">Coast Artillery Corps</a> companies of the <a href="/wiki/Coast_Defenses_of_Portland" class="mw-redirect" title="Coast Defenses of Portland">Coast Defenses of Portland</a>, Maine were used to form the <b>54th Artillery</b> (Coast Artillery Corps), a regiment that was sent to France and slated to be armed with 24 <a href="/wiki/6-inch_gun_M1903" class="mw-redirect" title="6-inch gun M1903">6-inch guns</a> as heavy <a href="/wiki/Field_artillery" title="Field artillery">field artillery</a>. The regiment was organized in January 1918 in Maine and moved to France in March 1918, stationed at an artillery base, Operations and Training Center No. 6 at <a href="/wiki/Mailly-le-Camp" title="Mailly-le-Camp">Mailly-le-Camp</a> and <a href="/wiki/Haussimont" title="Haussimont">Haussimont</a>. However, on 2 May 1918 the regiment became a replacement training unit, redesignated as the 54th Artillery Replacement Training Regiment. On 20 September 1918 the regiment was reorganized, with its battalions sent to different locations. The 1st Battalion was posted at <a href="/wiki/Angers" title="Angers">Angers</a> (Marne-et-Loire) as a training battalion for replacement men. The 2nd Battalion was stationed at <a href="/wiki/Doulevant-le-Ch%C3%A2teau" title="Doulevant-le-Château">Doulevant-le-Château</a> (Haute Marne) and functioned as a replacement battalion for the tractor-drawn artillery regiments. The 3rd Battalion remained at Haussimont and Angers, France and functioned as the training battalion for the railway artillery regiments. In December 1918, after the <a href="/wiki/Armistice_of_11_November_1918" title="Armistice of 11 November 1918">Armistice</a> that ended the fighting, the regiment was re-formed. In March 1919 the regiment returned to the United States and was inactivated at <a href="/wiki/Camp_Devens" class="mw-redirect" title="Camp Devens">Camp Devens</a>, Massachusetts.<sup id="cite_ref-Rin162_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rin162-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=44th_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Redesignated 13 January 1941 as the <b>54th Coast Artillery Regiment</b> (155 mm gun) (Mobile) (Colored), a mobile <a href="/wiki/Coastal_defence_and_fortification" title="Coastal defence and fortification">coast defense</a> unit. References indicate this was the only African American coast artillery regiment in World War II that was not an antiaircraft unit.<sup id="cite_ref-Stan1_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stan1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Activated 10 February 1941 at <a href="/wiki/Camp_Wallace" title="Camp Wallace">Camp Wallace</a>, Texas with cadre from 76th and 77th Coast Artillery regiments (Antiaircraft) (Colored); moved to <a href="/wiki/Camp_Davis" class="mw-redirect" title="Camp Davis">Camp Davis</a>, North Carolina 22 May 1941, garrisoned <a href="/wiki/Harbor_Defense_Command" title="Harbor Defense Command">Temporary Harbor Defenses</a> of Wilmington. 1st Battalion moved to <a href="/wiki/Fort_Cronkhite" title="Fort Cronkhite">Fort Cronkhite</a>, California 28 February 1942. 2nd Battalion garrisoned <a href="/wiki/Fort_Macon" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Macon">Fort Macon</a>, NC in the Temporary Harbor Defenses of <a href="/wiki/Beaufort,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Beaufort, NC">Beaufort</a>, NC 31 July 1942 until relieved by 3rd Battalion, <a href="/wiki/2nd_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment" title="2nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment">2nd Coast Artillery</a> 3 September 1942.<sup id="cite_ref-Stan1_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stan1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Gaines54_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gaines54-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The unit was probably initially armed with 24 <a href="/wiki/155_mm_gun_M1918" class="mw-redirect" title="155 mm gun M1918">155 mm GPF-type guns</a> (eight per battalion), and may have later received the <a href="/wiki/155_mm_Gun_M1" class="mw-redirect" title="155 mm Gun M1">155 mm gun M1</a>. </p><p>1st and 3rd Battalions assigned to the <a href="/wiki/Western_Defense_Command" title="Western Defense Command">Western Defense Command</a> (WDC) at Fort Cronkhite and <a href="/wiki/Fort_Ord" title="Fort Ord">Fort Ord</a>, California 22 April 1942.<sup id="cite_ref-Gaines54_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gaines54-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2nd Battalion deployed to <a href="/wiki/Espiritu_Santo" title="Espiritu Santo">Espiritu Santo</a> 26 October 1942 and <a href="/wiki/Bougainville_Island" title="Bougainville Island">Bougainville</a> 7 February 1944 where it saw combat in a <a href="/wiki/Field_artillery" title="Field artillery">field artillery</a> role during the <a href="/wiki/Bougainville_counterattack" title="Bougainville counterattack">Bougainville counterattack</a> in March. The remainder of regiment remained in California until broken up into battalions as part of an Army-wide reorganization.<sup id="cite_ref-Stan1_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stan1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Regiment relieved from WDC and broken up 28 February – 5 June 1944 with its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows (units at Fort Ord, CA except 2nd Battalion at Bougainville):<sup id="cite_ref-Stan1_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stan1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Headquarters and Headquarters Battery on 5 June 1944 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 152nd Coast Artillery Group (155 mm gun) (Colored). 1st Battalion on 5 June 1944 as the 606th Coast Artillery Battalion (Colored). 2d Battalion on 28 February 1944 as the 49th Coast Artillery Battalion (Colored) (deployed to New Guinea 18 March 1945, Philippines 27 August 1945).<sup id="cite_ref-Stan1_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stan1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 3d Battalion on 5 June 1944 as the 607th Coast Artillery Battalion (Colored). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-World_War_II_lineage">Post-World War II lineage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=44th_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Post-World War II lineage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After 5 June 1944 the above units underwent changes as follows: </p><p>Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 152nd Coast Artillery Group, disbanded 3 August 1944 at <a href="/wiki/Camp_Livingston" title="Camp Livingston">Camp Livingston</a>, Louisiana<sup id="cite_ref-Stan1_7-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stan1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 54th Field Artillery Group Activated 17 January 1955 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina Redesignated 21 June 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 54th Artillery Group Inactivated 7 November 1969 in Vietnam </p><p>606th Coast Artillery Battalion disbanded 3 August 1944 at Camp Livingston, Louisiana<sup id="cite_ref-Stan1_7-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stan1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with the 54th Armored Field Artillery Battalion (active) (see ANNEX 1) and consolidated unit designated as the 54th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 3d Armored Division Inactivated 1 October 1957 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 3d Armored Division </p><p>49th Coast Artillery Battalion inactivated 20 January 1946 in the Philippine Islands<sup id="cite_ref-Stan1_7-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stan1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Consolidated 28 June 1950 with the 49th Field Artillery Battalion (active) (see ANNEX 2) and consolidated unit designated as the 49th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 7th Infantry Division. Inactivated 1 July 1957 in Korea and relieved from assignment to the 7th Infantry Division </p><p>607th Coast Artillery Battalion disbanded 31 July 1944 at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Rucker" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Rucker">Camp Rucker</a>, Alabama<sup id="cite_ref-Stan1_7-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stan1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with the 44th Field Artillery Battalion (active) (see ANNEX 3) and consolidated unit designated as the 44th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 4th Infantry Division. </p><p>In 1963, the 6th Missile Battalion, 44th Artillery (HAWK), 38th Artillery Brigade was deployed to South Korea. Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 54th Artillery Group; 54th Armored Field Artillery Battalion; and the 49th and 44th Field Artillery Battalions consolidated, reorganized, and redesignated 7 November 1969 as the 44th Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System. </p><p>Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 44th Air Defense Artillery. </p><p>In the 1973 timeframe, 2nd Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery's batteries occupied positions south of Seoul, South Korea. </p><p>Withdrawn 16 March 1988 from the <a href="/wiki/Combat_Arms_Regimental_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Combat Arms Regimental System">Combat Arms Regimental System</a> and reorganized under the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Regimental_System" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Army Regimental System">United States Army Regimental System</a>. The Battalion was activated at Fort Campbell, KY on 16 March 1988. </p><p>The 2nd Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery, was for a long period the divisional air defense battalion for the <a href="/wiki/101st_Airborne_Division" title="101st Airborne Division">101st Airborne Division</a>, but now appears to have taken up the <a href="/wiki/Counter_Rocket,_Artillery,_and_Mortar" class="mw-redirect" title="Counter Rocket, Artillery, and Mortar">C-RAM</a> role. </p><p>As of 2018, at least two battalions of the regiment are active:<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>1st Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment - <a href="/wiki/69th_Air_Defense_Artillery_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade">69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade</a>, Fort Hood, Texas</li> <li>2nd Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment - <a href="/wiki/108th_Air_Defense_Artillery_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="108th Air Defense Artillery Brigade">108th Air Defense Artillery Brigade</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fort_Campbell" title="Fort Campbell">Fort Campbell</a>, Kentucky. The battalion is separated from the other units of the brigade, which are at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Bragg" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Bragg">Fort Bragg</a>, NC.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=44th_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pershing_missile">Pershing missile</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=44th_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Pershing missile"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:OR_10.596B_07.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/OR_10.596B_07.png/220px-OR_10.596B_07.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="217" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/OR_10.596B_07.png/330px-OR_10.596B_07.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/OR_10.596B_07.png 2x" data-file-width="408" data-file-height="402" /></a><figcaption>Lt. Col. Patrick W. Powers receives the 2nd/44th's colors from Dr. Finn J. Larsen during an organization ceremony at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma.</figcaption></figure> <p>The 2nd Missile Battalion, 44th Artillery Regiment was the first <a href="/wiki/Pershing_1_missile" class="mw-redirect" title="Pershing 1 missile">Pershing 1 missile</a> battalion in June 1962 under the 1st Field Artillery Missile Brigade at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Sill" title="Fort Sill">Fort Sill</a>, Oklahoma.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lt. Col. Patrick W. Powers took command on 13 October 1962, receiving the colors from Dr. Finn J. Larsen, <a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Army" title="Assistant Secretary of the Army">assistant secretary of the Army</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 1 September 1971 the 2/44th was deactivated and reformed as the <a href="/wiki/3rd_Battalion,_9th_Field_Artillery_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment">3rd Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Commanders">Commanders</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=44th_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Commanders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>September 1952: Lt. Col. Patrick William Powers</li> <li>1968-1970: LTC Hal C. Bennett, Jr.<my commander></li> <li>Col. James E. Convey</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Distinctive_unit_insignia">Distinctive unit insignia</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=44th_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Distinctive unit insignia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Description</li></ul> <p>A gold color metal and enamel device <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac">1<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">8</span></span> inches (2.9 cm) consisting shield, crest and motto of the coat of arms. </p> <ul><li>Symbolism</li></ul> <p>The shield is red for Artillery with a gold bend from the arms of Lorraine, cottised potenté counterpotenté as in the arms of Champagne. The units of this organization changed designation five times from 1917 to 1918. They were part of the 6th and 7th Provisional Regiment, C.A.C.; part of the 51st and 52nd Artillery, C.A.C.; and were organized as a unit called the Howitzer Regiment, 30th Artillery Brigade, C.A.C.; later designated the 81st Artillery, C.A.C.; and changed to the 44th Artillery, C.A.C. The variegated chameleon alludes to this fact. The double quatrefoil with the chameleon is an anagram of the figures "44" and "81"; the chameleon divides the figures into two fours and the full number of projections with the chameleon gives eight-one. </p> <ul><li>Background</li></ul> <p>The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 44th Coast Artillery Regiment on 1 February 1937. It was redesignated for the 54th Coast Artillery Regiment on 13 March 1941. The insignia was redesignated for the 54th Armored Field Artillery Battalion on 22 July 1954. It was redesignated for the 44th Artillery Regiment on 31 December 1958. Effective 1 September 1971, the insignia was redesignated for the 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coat_of_arms">Coat of arms</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=44th_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Coat of arms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Blazon">Blazon</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=44th_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Blazon"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Shield</li></ul> <p>Gules, a bend double cottised potenté counterpotenté Or. </p> <ul><li>Crest</li></ul> <p>On a wreath of the colors Or and Gules, a double quatrefoil Or charged with a chameleon displayed paleways barry of four Gules and Vert. Motto PER ARDUA (Through Adversity). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Symbolism">Symbolism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=44th_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Symbolism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Shield</li></ul> <p>The shield is red for Artillery with a gold bend from the arms of Lorraine, cottised potenté counterpotenté as in the arms of Champagne. </p> <ul><li>Crest</li></ul> <p>The units of this organization changed designation five times from 1917 to 1918. They were part of the 6th and 7th Provisional Regiment, C.A.C.; part of the 51st and 52nd Artillery, C.A.C.; and were organized as a unit called the Howitzer Regiment, 30th Artillery Brigade, C.A.C.; later designated the 81st Artillery, C.A.C.; and changed to the 44th Artillery, C.A.C. The variegated chameleon alludes to this fact. The double quatrefoil with the chameleon is an anagram of the figures "44" and "81"; the chameleon divides the figures into two fours and the full number of projections with the chameleon gives eight-one. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Background">Background</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=44th_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The coat of arms was originally approved for the 44th Coast Artillery Regiment on 2 March 1929. It was amended to correct the blazon of the shield on 23 May 1936. It was redesignated for the 54th Coast Artillery Regiment on 11 March 1941. The insignia was redesignated for the 54th Armored Field Artillery Battalion on 22 July 1954. It was redesignated for the 44th Artillery Regiment on 31 December 1958. Effective 1 September 1971, the insignia was redesignated for the 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Campaign_streamers">Campaign streamers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=44th_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Campaign streamers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>World War II </p> <ul><li>Pacific theater without inscription<sup id="cite_ref-Stan1_7-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stan1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BEACHES OF NORMANDY </p> <ul><li>Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ST. LO</li></ul> <ul><li>Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967</li></ul> <ul><li>Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered QUANG TRI-THUA THIEN</li></ul> <ul><li>Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003</li></ul> <ul><li>Air Force Outstanding Unit Award, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1978-1980</li></ul> <ul><li>Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2007-2008</li></ul> <ul><li>Belgian Fourragere 1940</li></ul> <ul><li>Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in Belgium</li></ul> <ul><li>Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes</li></ul> <ul><li>Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1971</li></ul> <p>Battery A additionally entitled to: </p><p>Meritorious Unit Commendation (Navy), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968 </p><p>Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1996-1997 <sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=44th_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Seacoast_defense_in_the_United_States" title="Seacoast defense in the United States">Seacoast defense in the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Coast_Artillery_Corps" title="United States Army Coast Artillery Corps">United States Army Coast Artillery Corps</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=44th_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Misc. formations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Early_U.S._Artillery_formations" title="Early U.S. Artillery formations">Early U.S. Artillery formations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1st_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment" title="1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment">1st (1821)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment" title="2nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment">2nd (1821)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment" title="3rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment">3rd (1821)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment" title="4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment">4th (1821)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment" title="5th Air Defense Artillery Regiment">5th (1861)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment" title="6th Air Defense Artillery Regiment">6th (1898)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment" title="7th Air Defense Artillery Regiment">7th (1898)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artillery_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Artillery Corps">Artillery Corps</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Air_Defense_Artillery_Branch" title="Air Defense Artillery Branch">Air Defense Artillery</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment" title="1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment" title="2nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment" title="3rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment" title="4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment" title="5th Air Defense Artillery Regiment">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment" title="6th Air Defense Artillery Regiment">6th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment" title="7th Air Defense Artillery Regiment">7th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/43rd_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment" title="43rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment">43rd</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">44th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/51st_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="51st Air Defense Artillery Regiment">51st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/52nd_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment" title="52nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment">52nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/55th_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment" title="55th Air Defense Artillery Regiment">55th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/56th_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment" title="56th Air Defense Artillery Regiment">56th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/59th_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment" title="59th Air Defense Artillery Regiment">59th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/60th_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment" title="60th Air Defense Artillery Regiment">60th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/61st_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment" title="61st Air Defense Artillery Regiment">61st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/62nd_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment" title="62nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment">62nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/65th_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment" title="65th Air Defense Artillery Regiment">65th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/71st_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment" title="71st Air Defense Artillery Regiment">71st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/200th_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="200th Air Defense Artillery Regiment (United States)">200th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/202nd_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment" title="202nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment">202nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/213th_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment" title="213th Air Defense Artillery Regiment">213th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/244th_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment" title="244th Air Defense Artillery Regiment">244th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/251st_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment" title="251st Air Defense Artillery Regiment">251st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/263rd_Army_Air_and_Missile_Defense_Command" title="263rd Army Air and Missile Defense Command">263rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/265th_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment" title="265th Air Defense Artillery Regiment">265th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/562nd_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment" title="562nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment">562nd</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Coast_Artillery_Corps" title="United States Army Coast Artillery Corps">Coast Artillery</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Air_Defense_Artillery_Branch#Coast_Artillery_role" title="Air Defense Artillery Branch">Anti-aircraft</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/60th_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="60th Coast Artillery (United States)">60th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/61st_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="61st Coast Artillery (United States)">61st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/62nd_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="62nd Coast Artillery (United States)">62nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/63rd_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" title="63rd Coast Artillery (United States)">63rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/64th_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" title="64th Coast Artillery (United States)">64th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/65th_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="65th Coast Artillery (United States)">65th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/71st_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment" title="71st Air Defense Artillery Regiment">71st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/94th_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="94th Coast Artillery (United States)">94th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/95th_Coast_Artillery" class="mw-redirect" title="95th Coast Artillery">95th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/197th_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="197th Coast Artillery (United States)">197th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/198th_Coast_Artillery" class="mw-redirect" title="198th Coast Artillery">198th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/200th_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="200th Air Defense Artillery Regiment (United States)">200th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/202nd_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment" title="202nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment">202nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/203rd_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="203rd Coast Artillery (United States)">203rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/206th_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="206th Coast Artillery (United States)">206th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/207th_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="207th Coast Artillery (United States)">207th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/211th_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="211th Coast Artillery (United States)">211th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/212th_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" title="212th Coast Artillery (United States)">212th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/213th_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment" title="213th Air Defense Artillery Regiment">213th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/214th_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="214th Coast Artillery (United States)">214th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/215th_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="215th Coast Artillery (United States)">215th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/251st_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment" title="251st Air Defense Artillery Regiment">251st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/515th_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" title="515th Coast Artillery (United States)">515th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/562nd_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment" title="562nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment">562nd</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Harbor_Defense_Command" title="Harbor Defense Command">Harbor defense</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Coast_Artillery" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Coast Artillery">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Coast_Artillery" class="mw-redirect" title="2nd Coast Artillery">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Coast_Artillery" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Coast Artillery">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Coast_Artillery" class="mw-redirect" title="4th Coast Artillery">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Coast_Artillery" class="mw-redirect" title="5th Coast Artillery">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Coast_Artillery" class="mw-redirect" title="6th Coast Artillery">6th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Coast_Artillery" class="mw-redirect" title="7th Coast Artillery">7th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" title="8th Coast Artillery (United States)">8th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" title="9th Coast Artillery (United States)">9th </a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10th_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" title="10th Coast Artillery (United States)">10th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_Coast_Artillery" class="mw-redirect" title="11th Coast Artillery">11th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" title="12th Coast Artillery (United States)">12th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/13th_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" title="13th Coast Artillery (United States)">13th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/14th_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" title="14th Coast Artillery (United States)">14th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/15th_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" title="15th Coast Artillery (United States)">15th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/16th_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" title="16th Coast Artillery (United States)">16th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/18th_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" title="18th Coast Artillery (United States)">18th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/19th_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" title="19th Coast Artillery (United States)">19th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/20th_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" title="20th Coast Artillery (United States)">20th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/21st_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" title="21st Coast Artillery (United States)">21st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22nd_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" title="22nd Coast Artillery (United States)">22nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/23rd_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" title="23rd Coast Artillery (United States)">23rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/24th_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" title="24th Coast Artillery (United States)">24th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/27th_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" title="27th Coast Artillery (United States)">27th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/59th_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment" title="59th Air Defense Artillery Regiment">59th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/240th_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" title="240th Coast Artillery (United States)">240th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/241st_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" title="241st Coast Artillery (United States)">241st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/242nd_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" title="242nd Coast Artillery (United States)">242nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/243rd_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" title="243rd Coast Artillery (United States)">243rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/245th_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" title="245th Coast Artillery (United States)">245th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/246th_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="246th Coast Artillery (United States)">246th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/248th_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" title="248th Coast Artillery (United States)">248th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/249th_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" title="249th Coast Artillery (United States)">249th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/251st_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment" title="251st Air Defense Artillery Regiment">251st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/261st_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="261st Coast Artillery (United States)">261st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/263rd_Army_Air_and_Missile_Defense_Command" title="263rd Army Air and Missile Defense Command">263rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/265th_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment" title="265th Air Defense Artillery Regiment">265th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Scouts" title="Philippine Scouts">Philippine Scouts</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/91st_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" title="91st Coast Artillery (United States)">91st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/92nd_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" title="92nd Coast Artillery (United States)">92nd</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Railway_gun" title="Railway gun">Railway gun</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/41st_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="41st Coast Artillery (United States)">41st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/42nd_Coast_Artillery_Regiment_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="42nd Coast Artillery Regiment (United States)">42nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/52nd_Coast_Artillery" class="mw-redirect" title="52nd Coast Artillery">52nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/53rd_Coast_Artillery_Regiment" title="53rd Coast Artillery Regiment">53rd</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Artillery_tractor" title="Artillery tractor">Tractor drawn</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/50th_Coast_Artillery_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="50th Coast Artillery Regiment">50th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/51st_Coast_Artillery_Regiment_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="51st Coast Artillery Regiment (United States)">51st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/53rd_Coast_Artillery_Regiment" title="53rd Coast Artillery Regiment">53rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/54th_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="54th Coast Artillery (United States)">54th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/55th_Coast_Artillery_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="55th Coast Artillery Regiment">55th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/59th_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment" title="59th Air Defense Artillery Regiment">59th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/244th_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment" title="244th Air Defense Artillery Regiment">244th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/250th_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" title="250th Coast Artillery (United States)">250th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Coast_Artillery_Corps#World_War_I" title="United States Army Coast Artillery Corps">WWI heavy artillery</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/41st_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="41st Coast Artillery (United States)">41st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/42nd_Coast_Artillery_Regiment_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="42nd Coast Artillery Regiment (United States)">42nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/43rd_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment" title="43rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment">43rd</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">44th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/49th_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" title="49th Coast Artillery (United States)">49th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/50th_Coast_Artillery_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="50th Coast Artillery Regiment">50th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/51st_Coast_Artillery_Regiment_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="51st Coast Artillery Regiment (United States)">51st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/52nd_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment" title="52nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment">52nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/53rd_Coast_Artillery_Regiment" title="53rd Coast Artillery Regiment">53rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/54th_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="54th Coast Artillery (United States)">54th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/55th_Coast_Artillery_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="55th Coast Artillery Regiment">55th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/56th_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment" title="56th Air Defense Artillery Regiment">56th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/59th_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment" title="59th Air Defense Artillery Regiment">59th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/60th_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment" title="60th Air Defense Artillery Regiment">60th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/61st_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment" title="61st Air Defense Artillery Regiment">61st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/62nd_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment" title="62nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment">62nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/63rd_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" title="63rd Coast Artillery (United States)">63rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/64th_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)" title="64th Coast Artillery (United States)">64th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/65th_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment" title="65th Air Defense Artillery Regiment">65th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/71st_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment" title="71st Air Defense Artillery Regiment">71st</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Field_Artillery_Branch_(United_States)" title="Field Artillery Branch (United States)">Field Artillery</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Field_Artillery_Regiment_(United_States)" title="1st Field Artillery Regiment (United 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