65th Air Defense Artillery Regiment


The 65th Air Defense Artillery was a training regiment in the United States Army.
During World War I the unit was a tractor drawn unit equipped with British BL 9.2 inch Howitzers. When it was reactivated in Panama in 1924 it became an anti aircraft unit equipped with the 3-inch Gun M1918.

Lineage

Constituted 26 December 1917 in the Regular Army as the 1st Battalion 65th Artillery and organized 1 January 1918 at Fort Rosecrans, California. Demobilized 28 February 1919 at Camp Lewis, Washington. reconstituted 1 July 1924 in the regular army as 1st Battalion, 65th Coast Artillery and activated at Fort Amador, Canal Zone; Inactivated 15 April 1932 at Fort Amador. Activated 1 June 1938 at Fort Winfield Scott, California. reorganized at Fort Ord, California and redesignated 10 May 1943 as the 65th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion.. Inactivated. Activated 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.
The regiment's insignia was redesignated effective 1 September 1971, for the 65th Air Defense Artillery Regiment.

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World War I
World War II