52nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment (United States)
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The 52nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment is an air defense artillery
regiment of the United States Army
first organized in 1917.
, Rhode Island, as the 7th Provisional Regiment, Coast Artillery Corps
Redesignated 5 February 1918 as the 52d Artillery (U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps
)
(3d Battalion inactivated 16 May 1921 at Fort Eustis, Virginia; activated 18 August 1921 at Fort Eustis, Virginia; 1st Battalion inactivated 1 August 1922 at Fort Eustis, Virginia)
Redesignated 1 July 1924 as the 52d Coast Artillery
(Battery D inactivated 1 November 1938 at Fort Monroe
, Virginia; Battery F inactivated 1 February 1940 at Fort Monroe, Virginia; Batteries D and F activated 8 January 1941 at Fort Hancock
, New Jersey; 1st Battalion activated 1 June 1941 at Fort Hancock, New Jersey)
Regiment broken up 1 May 1943 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
After 1 May 1943 the above units underwent changes as follows:
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 52d Artillery Group, and the 538th, 539th, and 52d Field Artillery Battalions consolidated, reorganized, and redesignated 30 June 1971 as the 52d Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 52d Air Defense Artillery
Withdrawn 16 April 1988 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
Redesignated 26 August 1941 as the 52d Field Artillery Battalion and assigned to the 24th Infantry Division
Activated 1 October 1941 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Gules, a bend potenté Or. Attached below the shield a Gold scroll inscribed “SEMPER PARATUS” in Red letters.
The shield is red for Artillery. The gold potenté bend is an adaptation of the cottised bend on the arms of Champagne.
The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 538th Field Artillery Battalion on 29 December 1951. It was redesignated for the 52d Artillery Regiment on 19 December 1958. It was redesignated for the 52d Air Defense Artillery Regiment effective 1 September 1971.
Gules, a bend potenté Or.
On a wreath of the colors Or and Gules, a locomotive affronté Gules, charged with the numeral “52” Or.
Motto SEMPER PARATUS (Always Prepared).
The shield is red for Artillery. The gold potenté bend is an adaptation of the cottised bend on the arms of Champagne.
The crest alludes to World War I service in France.
The coat of arms was originally approved for the 52d Artillery, Coast Artillery Corps on 9 April 1921. It was redesignated for the 286th Coast Artillery Battalion and amended to delete the crest on 3 August 1944. It was redesignated for the 538th Field Artillery Battalion on 20 November 1944. The insignia was redesignated for the 52d Artillery Regiment and amended to add a crest on 19 December 1958. Effective 1 September 1971, the insignia was redesignated for the 52d Air Defense Artillery Regiment.
World War II: Central Europe; Central Pacific; New Guinea (with arrowhead); Leyte; Luzon; Southern Philippines (with arrowhead)
Korean War: UN Defensive; UN Offensive; CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter; Korea, Summer 1953
Vietnam: Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII
Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
Valorous Unit Award for DAK TO – BEN HET
Valorous Unit Award for SAUDI ARABIA AND BAHRAIN
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for FLORIDA 1962–1963
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1966–1969
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 organized in 1917.
Lineage
Organized 22 July 1917 in the Regular Army at Fort AdamsFort Adams
Fort Adams in Newport, Rhode Island, was established on July 4, 1799 as a First System coastal fortification. Its first commander was Captain John Henry who was later instrumental in starting the War of 1812.-History:...
, Rhode Island, as the 7th Provisional Regiment, Coast Artillery Corps
Redesignated 5 February 1918 as the 52d Artillery (U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps
U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps
The 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:...
)
(3d Battalion inactivated 16 May 1921 at Fort Eustis, Virginia; activated 18 August 1921 at Fort Eustis, Virginia; 1st Battalion inactivated 1 August 1922 at Fort Eustis, Virginia)
Redesignated 1 July 1924 as the 52d Coast Artillery
(Battery D inactivated 1 November 1938 at Fort Monroe
Fort Monroe
Fort Monroe was a military installation in Hampton, Virginia—at Old Point Comfort, the southern tip of the Virginia Peninsula...
, Virginia; Battery F inactivated 1 February 1940 at Fort Monroe, Virginia; Batteries D and F activated 8 January 1941 at Fort Hancock
Fort Hancock
Fort Hancock may refer to:* Fort Hancock, Texas, a census-designated place in Hudspeth County, Texas* Fort Hancock, New Jersey, a fort on the Sandy Hook beach of New Jersey* Fort Hancock, U.S. Life Saving Station, located in Highlands, New Jersey...
, New Jersey; 1st Battalion activated 1 June 1941 at Fort Hancock, New Jersey)
Regiment broken up 1 May 1943 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
- Headquarters and Headquarters Battery disbanded at Fort Hancock, New Jersey
- 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions as the 286th, 287th, and 288th Coast Artillery Battalions, respectively (Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 288th Coast Artillery Battalion, concurrently inactivated at Fort Hancock, New Jersey)
After 1 May 1943 the above units underwent changes as follows:
- Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 52d Coast Artillery, reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 52d Field Artillery Group
- Activated 18 January 1952 at Fort SillFort SillFort Sill is a United States Army post near Lawton, Oklahoma, about 85 miles southwest of Oklahoma City.Today, Fort Sill remains the only active Army installation of all the forts on the South Plains built during the Indian Wars...
, Oklahoma - Redesignated 25 June 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 52d Artillery Group
- Inactivated 30 June 1971 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
- 286th Coast Artillery Battalion converted and redesignated 30 August 1944 as the 538th Field Artillery Battalion
- Inactivated 14 December 1945 at Camp Myles StandishCamp Myles StandishCamp Myles Standish was a U.S. Army camp located in Taunton, Massachusetts. It functioned as a prisoner-of-war camp, a departure area for about a million U.S...
, Massachusetts - Activated 31 December 1946 in the Philippine Islands
- Inactivated 30 May 1947 in the Philippine Islands
- Activated 22 March 1951 at Camp Carson, Colorado
- Inactivated 1 June 1958 in Germany
- 287th Coast Artillery Battalion converted and redesignated 30 August 1944 as the 539th Field Artillery Battalion
- Inactivated 28 December 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts
- Activated 31 December 1946 in the Philippine Islands
- Inactivated 30 May 1947 in the Philippine Islands
- Activated 18 March 1955 in Japan|
- Inactivated 25 March 1956 in Japan
- 286th Coast Artillery Battalion inactivated 18 April 1944 at Camp ShelbyCamp ShelbyCamp Shelby is a military post whose North Gate begins at the southern boundary of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on United States Highway 49. It is the largest state owned training site in the nation. During wartime, the camp's mission is to serve as a major, independent mobilization station of the...
, Mississippi - Disbanded 14 June 1944
- Reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with the 52d Field Artillery Battalion (active) (see ANNEX) and consolidated unit designated as the 52d Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 24th Infantry Division
- Inactivated 5 June 1958 and relieved from assignment to the 24th Infantry Division
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 52d Artillery Group, and the 538th, 539th, and 52d Field Artillery Battalions consolidated, reorganized, and redesignated 30 June 1971 as the 52d Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 52d Air Defense Artillery
Withdrawn 16 April 1988 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
ANNEX
Constituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as the 52d Field ArtilleryRedesignated 26 August 1941 as the 52d Field Artillery Battalion and assigned to the 24th Infantry Division
Activated 1 October 1941 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
Distinctive Unit Insignia
- Description
A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Gules, a bend potenté Or. Attached below the shield a Gold scroll inscribed “SEMPER PARATUS” in Red letters.
- Symbolism
The shield is red for Artillery. The gold potenté bend is an adaptation of the cottised bend on the arms of Champagne.
- Background
The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 538th Field Artillery Battalion on 29 December 1951. It was redesignated for the 52d Artillery Regiment on 19 December 1958. It was redesignated for the 52d Air Defense Artillery Regiment effective 1 September 1971.
Blazon
- Shield
Gules, a bend potenté Or.
- Crest
On a wreath of the colors Or and Gules, a locomotive affronté Gules, charged with the numeral “52” Or.
Motto SEMPER PARATUS (Always Prepared).
- Symbolism
- Shield
The shield is red for Artillery. The gold potenté bend is an adaptation of the cottised bend on the arms of Champagne.
- Crest
The crest alludes to World War I service in France.
- Background
The coat of arms was originally approved for the 52d Artillery, Coast Artillery Corps on 9 April 1921. It was redesignated for the 286th Coast Artillery Battalion and amended to delete the crest on 3 August 1944. It was redesignated for the 538th Field Artillery Battalion on 20 November 1944. The insignia was redesignated for the 52d Artillery Regiment and amended to add a crest on 19 December 1958. Effective 1 September 1971, the insignia was redesignated for the 52d Air Defense Artillery Regiment.
Campaign participation credit
World War I: Champagne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Champagne 1918; Lorraine 1918World War II: Central Europe; Central Pacific; New Guinea (with arrowhead); Leyte; Luzon; Southern Philippines (with arrowhead)
Korean War: UN Defensive; UN Offensive; CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter; Korea, Summer 1953
Vietnam: Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII
Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for DEFENSE OF KOREAValorous Unit Award for DAK TO – BEN HET
Valorous Unit Award for SAUDI ARABIA AND BAHRAIN
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for FLORIDA 1962–1963
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1966–1969
Current configuration
- 1st Battalion 52d Air Defense Artillery (United States)
- 2nd Battalion 52d Air Defense Artillery (United States)
- 3rd Battalion 52d Air Defense Artillery (United States)
- 4th Battalion 52d Air Defense Artillery (United States)
- 5th Battalion 52d Air Defense Artillery (United States)
- 6th Battalion 52d Air Defense Artillery (United States) http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/ada/0052ada06bn.htm
Reference
- http://www.fortmiles.org/units/52nd.html
- http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Heraldry/ArmyDUISSICOA/ArmyHeraldryUnit.aspx?u=2858
External links
- http://www.trainweb.org/bedt/milrr/fthancock.html#52nd