3rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment (United States)
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The 3rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment is an air defense artillery
regiment of the United States Army
first formed in 1821 as the 3rd Regiment of Artillery.
, Maryland
Regiment broken up 13 February 1901 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as separate numbered companies and batteries of Artillery Corps
Reconstituted 1 July 1924 in the Regular Army as the 3d Coast Artillery and organized (less Batteries C, F, and G) with Headquarters at Fort MacArthur
, California
(Batteries A and B inactivated 1 March 1930 at San Pedro and Fort MacArthur, California, respectively; Batteries A and F activated 1 July 1939 at Fort MacArthur, California, and Fort Stevens
, Oregon, respectively; Batteries D and F inactivated 1 February 1940 at Fort Rosecrans, California, and Fort Stevens, Oregon, respectively; Battery B activated 1 July 1940 at Fort MacArthur, California; Batteries C, D, and F activated 2 December 1940 at Fort Rosecrans and Fort MacArthur, California; Battery G activated 1 June 1941 at Los Angeles, California; Battery G inactivated 29 August 1941 at Los Angeles, California; Battery G activated 14 February 1942 at Fort MacArthur, California)
Regiment broken up 18 October 1944 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery as Battery B, 521st Coast Artillery Battalion
1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions as the 520th, 521st, and 522nd Coast Artillery Battalions, respectively
After 18 October 1944 the above units underwent changes as follows:
Battery B, 521st Coast Artillery Battalion, disbanded 15 September 1945 at Fort MacArthur, California
Reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Antiaircraft Artillery Group Activated 11 June 1951 at Camp Stewart, Georgia
Redesignated 20 March 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Artillery Group Inactivated 15 December 1961 at Norfolk, Virginia
520th Coast Artillery Battalion redesignated 1 December 1944 as the 3d Coast Artillery Battalion Disbanded 15 September 1945 at Fort MacArthur, California Reconstituted 20 January 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with the 3d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion (active) (see ANNEX 1) and consolidated unit designated as the 3d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, an element of the 3d Infantry Division Redesignated 15 April 1953 as the 3d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion Inactivated 1 July 1957 at Fort Benning, Georgia, and relieved from assignment to the 3d Infantry Division
521st Coast Artillery Battalion disbanded 15 September 1945 at Fort MacArthur, California Reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army and redesignated as the 18th Antiaircraft Artillery
Battalion Redesignated 13 March 1952 as the 18th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion Activated 2 May 1952 at Fort Custer, Michigan Redesignated 24 July 1953 as the 18th Antiaircraft Artillery
Battalion Redesignated 15 June 1957 as the 18th Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion Inactivated 1 September 1958 at Detroit, Michigan
522d Coast Artillery Battalion disbanded 15 September 1945 at Huntington Beach, California Reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with the 43d Antiaircraft
Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion (active) (see ANNEX 2) and consolidated unit designated as the 43d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, an element of the 10th Infantry Division
Redesignated 15 June 1954 as the 43d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion Relieved 16 May 1957 from assignment to the 10th Infantry Division Inactivated 14 November 1957 in Germany
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Artillery Group; 18th Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion; 3d and 43d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalions; and the 3d Armored Field Artillery Battalion (organized in 1907) consolidated, reorganized, and redesignated 15 December 1961 as the 3d Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
3d Artillery (less former 3d Armored Field Artillery Battalion) reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 3d Air Defense Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System (former 3d Armored Field Artillery Battalion concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 3d Field Artillery – hereafter separate lineage)
Withdrawn 16 July 1989 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
ANNEX 1
Constituted 6 July 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 534th Coast Artillery Battalion
Activated 15 July 1942 at Fort Bliss, Texas
Redesignated 12 December 1943 as the 534th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion
Inactivated 19 October 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia
Redesignated 9 December 1948 as the 3d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 15 January 1949 at Fort Bliss, Texas
(3d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion assigned 22 November 1949 to the 3d Infantry Division)
ANNEX 2
Constituted 5 May 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 2d Battalion, 504th Coast Artillery
Activated 1 July 1942 at Camp Hulen, Texas
Reorganized and redesignated 20 January 1943 as the 630th Coast Artillery Battalion
Redesignated 12 December 1943 as the 630th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion
Inactivated 26 September 1945 in Italy
Redesignated 18 June 1948 as the 43d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion and assigned to the 10th Infantry Division
Activated 1 July 1948 at Fort Riley, Kansas
3d Air Defense Artillery Honors
Indian Wars: Seminoles; Washington 1858
Mexican War: Palo Alto; Resaca de la Palma; Monterey; Buena Vista; Vera Cruz; Cerro Gordo; Contreras; Churubusco; Molino del Rey; Chapultepec; Puebla 1847
Civil War: Peninsula; Antietam; Fredericksburg; Chancellorsville; Gettysburg Wilderness; Spotsylvania; Petersburg; Shenandoah; Mississippi 1863; Tennessee 1863; Tennessee 1864; Virginia 1863
War with Spain: Manila
World War II: Naples-Foggia (with arrowhead); Anzio (with arrowhead); Rome-Arno Southern France (with arrowhead); North Apennines; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe; Po Valley
Korean War: CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter; Korea, Summer-Fall 1952; Third Korean Winter Korea, Summer 1953
Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire
Air Defense Artillery
The Air Defense Artillery branch descended from the Anti-Aircraft Artillery into a separate branch on 20 June 1968...
regiment of the United States Army
United States Army
The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
first formed in 1821 as the 3rd Regiment of Artillery.
History
Constituted 1 June 1821 in the Regular Army as the 3d Regiment of Artillery and organized from existing units with Headquarters at Fort WashingtonFort Washington
Fort Washington may refer to:In the United States:* In California:** Fort Washington, California, census-designated place* In Maryland:** Fort Washington, Maryland, census-designated place...
, Maryland
Regiment broken up 13 February 1901 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as separate numbered companies and batteries of Artillery Corps
Reconstituted 1 July 1924 in the Regular Army as the 3d Coast Artillery and organized (less Batteries C, F, and G) with Headquarters at Fort MacArthur
Fort MacArthur
Fort MacArthur is a former United States Army installation in San Pedro, Los Angeles, California . The fort is named in honor of Lieutenant General Arthur MacArthur...
, California
(Batteries A and B inactivated 1 March 1930 at San Pedro and Fort MacArthur, California, respectively; Batteries A and F activated 1 July 1939 at Fort MacArthur, California, and Fort Stevens
Fort Stevens
Fort Stevens may refer to one of two decommissioned American military forts:*Fort Stevens , a fort in Oregon that guarded the mouth of the Columbia River...
, Oregon, respectively; Batteries D and F inactivated 1 February 1940 at Fort Rosecrans, California, and Fort Stevens, Oregon, respectively; Battery B activated 1 July 1940 at Fort MacArthur, California; Batteries C, D, and F activated 2 December 1940 at Fort Rosecrans and Fort MacArthur, California; Battery G activated 1 June 1941 at Los Angeles, California; Battery G inactivated 29 August 1941 at Los Angeles, California; Battery G activated 14 February 1942 at Fort MacArthur, California)
Regiment broken up 18 October 1944 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery as Battery B, 521st Coast Artillery Battalion
1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions as the 520th, 521st, and 522nd Coast Artillery Battalions, respectively
After 18 October 1944 the above units underwent changes as follows:
Battery B, 521st Coast Artillery Battalion, disbanded 15 September 1945 at Fort MacArthur, California
Reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Antiaircraft Artillery Group Activated 11 June 1951 at Camp Stewart, Georgia
Redesignated 20 March 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Artillery Group Inactivated 15 December 1961 at Norfolk, Virginia
520th Coast Artillery Battalion redesignated 1 December 1944 as the 3d Coast Artillery Battalion Disbanded 15 September 1945 at Fort MacArthur, California Reconstituted 20 January 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with the 3d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion (active) (see ANNEX 1) and consolidated unit designated as the 3d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, an element of the 3d Infantry Division Redesignated 15 April 1953 as the 3d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion Inactivated 1 July 1957 at Fort Benning, Georgia, and relieved from assignment to the 3d Infantry Division
521st Coast Artillery Battalion disbanded 15 September 1945 at Fort MacArthur, California Reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army and redesignated as the 18th Antiaircraft Artillery
Battalion Redesignated 13 March 1952 as the 18th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion Activated 2 May 1952 at Fort Custer, Michigan Redesignated 24 July 1953 as the 18th Antiaircraft Artillery
Battalion Redesignated 15 June 1957 as the 18th Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion Inactivated 1 September 1958 at Detroit, Michigan
522d Coast Artillery Battalion disbanded 15 September 1945 at Huntington Beach, California Reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with the 43d Antiaircraft
Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion (active) (see ANNEX 2) and consolidated unit designated as the 43d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, an element of the 10th Infantry Division
Redesignated 15 June 1954 as the 43d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion Relieved 16 May 1957 from assignment to the 10th Infantry Division Inactivated 14 November 1957 in Germany
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Artillery Group; 18th Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion; 3d and 43d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalions; and the 3d Armored Field Artillery Battalion (organized in 1907) consolidated, reorganized, and redesignated 15 December 1961 as the 3d Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
3d Artillery (less former 3d Armored Field Artillery Battalion) reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 3d Air Defense Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System (former 3d Armored Field Artillery Battalion concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 3d Field Artillery – hereafter separate lineage)
Withdrawn 16 July 1989 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
ANNEX 1
Constituted 6 July 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 534th Coast Artillery Battalion
Activated 15 July 1942 at Fort Bliss, Texas
Redesignated 12 December 1943 as the 534th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion
Inactivated 19 October 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia
Redesignated 9 December 1948 as the 3d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 15 January 1949 at Fort Bliss, Texas
(3d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion assigned 22 November 1949 to the 3d Infantry Division)
ANNEX 2
Constituted 5 May 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 2d Battalion, 504th Coast Artillery
Activated 1 July 1942 at Camp Hulen, Texas
Reorganized and redesignated 20 January 1943 as the 630th Coast Artillery Battalion
Redesignated 12 December 1943 as the 630th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion
Inactivated 26 September 1945 in Italy
Redesignated 18 June 1948 as the 43d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion and assigned to the 10th Infantry Division
Activated 1 July 1948 at Fort Riley, Kansas
3d Air Defense Artillery Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
War of 1812: CanadaIndian Wars: Seminoles; Washington 1858
Mexican War: Palo Alto; Resaca de la Palma; Monterey; Buena Vista; Vera Cruz; Cerro Gordo; Contreras; Churubusco; Molino del Rey; Chapultepec; Puebla 1847
Civil War: Peninsula; Antietam; Fredericksburg; Chancellorsville; Gettysburg Wilderness; Spotsylvania; Petersburg; Shenandoah; Mississippi 1863; Tennessee 1863; Tennessee 1864; Virginia 1863
War with Spain: Manila
World War II: Naples-Foggia (with arrowhead); Anzio (with arrowhead); Rome-Arno Southern France (with arrowhead); North Apennines; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe; Po Valley
Korean War: CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter; Korea, Summer-Fall 1952; Third Korean Winter Korea, Summer 1953
Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire
Current configuration
- 1st Battalion 3rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/1-3ada.htm
- 2nd Battalion 3rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment
- 3rd Battalion 3rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment
- 4th Battalion 3rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/4-3ada.htm
- 5th Battalion 3rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment
See also
- Field Artillery Branch (United States)
- U.S. Army Coast Artillery CorpsU.S. Army Coast Artillery CorpsThe U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps was a Corps level organization responsible for coastal and harbor defense of the United States between 1901 and 1950.-History:...
- Coats of arms of U.S. Air Defense Artillery RegimentsCoats of arms of U.S. Air Defense Artillery RegimentsCoats of arms of US Air Defense Artillery Regiments are heraldic emblems associated with Field artillery, Air Defense Artillery, and coast artillery regiments in the US Army...
- Coats of arms of U.S. Artillery RegimentsCoats of arms of U.S. Artillery RegimentsCoats of arms of US Artillery Regiments are heraldic emblems associated with field artillery, air defense artillery, and coast artillery regiments in the US Army...
External links
- http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50B14F93E59157493C6A9178ED85F408584F9