52nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment | |
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Coat of arms |
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Active | 1917 |
Country | USA |
Allegiance | USA |
Branch | Air Defense Artillery |
Motto | SEMPER PARATUS (Always Prepared) |
Colors | Scarlet |
Mascot | Oozlefinch |
Insignia | |
Distinctive unit insignia |
The 52nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment is an air defense artillery regiment of the United States Army first organized in 1917.
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Organized 22 July 1917 in the Regular Army at Fort Adams, 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Withdrawn 16 April 1988 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
Constituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as the 52d Field Artillery
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 I: Champagne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Champagne 1918; Lorraine 1918
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
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for DEFENSE OF KOREA
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