65th Air Defense Artillery Regiment (United States)
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History
During World War I the unit was a tractor drawn (TD) unit equiped with British BL 9.2 inch HowitzerBL 9.2 inch Howitzer
The Ordnance BL 9.2 inch howitzer was the principal counter-battery equipment of British forces in France in World War I. It equipped a substantial number of siege batteries of the Royal Garrison Artillery...
s. When it was reactivated in Panama in 1924 it became an (AA) anti aircraft unit equiped with the 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 Fort Rosecrans, California. Demoblized 28 February 1919 at Camp LewisCamp Lewis
Camp Lewis may refer to:* Joint Base Lewis-McChord* Camp Lewis, part of the Northern New Jersey Council of the Boy Scouts of America* Camp Lewis , a former U.S. Army camp in Montana...
, Washington. reconstituted 1 July 1924 in the regular army as 1st Battalion, 65th Coast Artillery (Antiaircraft) and activated at Fort Amador
Fort Amador
Fort Amador and Fort Grant were former United States Army bases protecting the Pacific end of the Panama Canal at the Panama Bay. Amador was the primary on-land site, lying below the Bridge of the Americas. Grant consisted of a series of islands lying just offshore, some connected to Amador via a...
, Canal Zone; Inactivated 15 April 1932 at Fort Amador. Activated 1 June 1938 at Fort Winfield Scott, California. reorganized at Fort Ord
Fort Ord
Fort Ord was a U.S. Army post on Monterey Bay in California. It was established in 1917 as a maneuver area and field artillery target range and was closed in September 1994. Fort Ord was one of the most attractive locations of any U.S. Army post, because of its proximity to the beach and California...
, California and redesignated 10 May 1943 as the 65th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion (Semimobile). (Departed San Francisco Port of embarkation 12 July 1943 for overseas service and arrived in Alaska 22 July 1943. Returned from overseas service and arrived at the Seattle Port of embarkation on 16 December 1944). Inactivated (less Batteries B, C, and D,) 26 January 1945 at Camp Hood, Texas; Concurently, Batteries B, C, and D, redesignated 427th, 428th, and 429th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battaries, respectivly). Activated (with new Batteries B, C, and D,) 1 May 1949 on Okinawa. Redesignated 23 february 1955 as the 65th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 1 September 1959 in Japan. Consolidated 31 July 1959 with the 65th Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System.
Distinctive Unit Insignia
- Description
A gold black-spotted ocelot rampant. The insignia is 1 3/16 inches (3.02 cm) in height.
- Symbolism
The ocelot is a native of Panama and roams as far south as Patagonia and signifies the character of the unit as this animal usually climbs trees and fights upwards for its prey.
- Background
The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 65th Coast Artillery Regiment on 15 July 1925. It was amended to specify the insignia would be manufactured in pairs on 21 September 1925. It was redesignated for the 65th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion on 23 September 1949. The insignia was redesignated for the 65th Artillery Regiment on 8 January 1959. It was redesignated effective 1 September 1971, for the 65th Air Defense Artillery Regiment.
Blazon
- Shield
Gules, six piles Or, from chief terminating at the nombril point, overall a strangler fig tree (Ficus Specia) standing on a plot of ground, all Proper.
- Crest
From a wreath of the colors Or and Gules, an ocelot rampant Or, spotted Sable.
Motto SURSUM (Upwards).
- Symbolism
- Shield
The shield is red for Artillery; the yellow rays signify the direction of Anti-aircraft fire, the six rays yellow and the five spaces red between also signify the 65th Regiment. The strangler fig tree is peculiar to tropical America and indicates the birthplace of the Regiment as the Canal Zone.
- Crest
The ocelot is a native of Panama and roams as far south as Patagonia and signifies the character of the unit as this animal usually climbs trees and fights upwards for its prey.
- Background
The coat of arms was originally approved for the 65th Coast Artillery Regiment on 15 July 1925. It was redesignated for the 65th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion on 23 September 1949. It was redesignated for the 65th Artillery Regiment on 8 January 1959. The 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
See also
- United States Army Air Defense Artillery School
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External links
- http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lh.html
- http://www.missilesofkeywest.com/65thHISTORY.html
- http://freepages.military.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cacunithistories/65th%20Arty.html
- http://books.google.com/books?id=NicDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA94&lpg=PA94&dq=65th+Coast+Artillery+Regiment&source=bl&ots=Oo00yICuG0&sig=oKaMS9p0CFqHzqS-_2UGr8DCgZA&hl=en&ei=0g9dTsPIE4-cgQe-ytGaAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CFEQ6AEwCTgU#v=onepage&q=65th%20Coast%20Artillery%20Regiment&f=false