65th Air Defense Artillery Regiment
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| 65th Air Defense Artillery | |
|---|---|
Air Defense Artillery | |
| Size | Regiment |
| Motto(s) | "Sursum" (Upwards) |
| Colors | Scarlet |
| Mascot(s) | Oozlefinch |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Colonel Carl E. Hocker |
The 65th Air Defense Artillery was a training regiment in the United States Army. During World War I the unit was a tractor drawn (TD) unit equipped with British
3-inch Gun M1918
.
Lineage
Constituted 26 December 1917 in the Regular Army as the 1st Battalion 65th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps) and organized 1 January 1918 at
Combat Arms Regimental System
.
The regiment's insignia was redesignated effective 1 September 1971, for the 65th Air Defense Artillery Regiment.
Campaign streamers
World War I
- St. Mihiel
- Meuse-Argonne
- Lorraine
World War II
- Aleutian Islands
References
This article incorporates public domain material from 65th Air Defense Artillery. United States Army Institute of Heraldry.
- Historical register and dictionary of the United States Army, from ..., Volume 1 By Francis Bernard Heitman [1]
- Encyclopedia of United States Army insignia and uniforms By William K. Emerson (page 51).[2]
- [3] Archived 1 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine lineage
- Coast Artillery Journal December 1927 page 511 [4]
External links
- http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lh.html Archived 4 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine
- http://www.missilesofkeywest.com/65thHISTORY.html
- http://freepages.military.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cacunithistories/65th%20Arty.html
- https://books.google.com/books?id=NicDAAAAMBAJ&dq=65th+Coast+Artillery+Regiment&pg=PA94