rs . DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY Lineage and Bonors HEADQUARTERS "AND HEADQUARTERS BATTERY 56th ARTILLERY GROUP Parent unit constituted 29 July 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 506th Coast Artillery (Antiaircraft) Organized August 1922 with Headquarters in Wisconsin Withdrawn 1 October 1933 from the Organized Reserves and allotted to the Regular Army as an inactive unit ' Redesignated 13 January 1941 as the 56th Coast Artillery Bann? Activated 2 June 1941 in the Harbor Defenses of San Francisco, California Regiment broken up as follows: ‘ Ast (less Battery A), 24, and 8 Battalions reorganized and redesignatec 22 January 1944 as With, 45th, and 48th Coast artillery Battalions, respectively; Battery A, redesignated 722d Coast Artillery Battery, (separate lineages). “Headquarters and Headquarters Battery disbanded 11 February 194 Headquarters and Headquarters Battery reconstituted and redesignated 28 June 1950 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 56th Field Artillery Group Activated 19 January 1952 at Camp Carson, Colorado Redesignated 21 June 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 56th Artillery Group CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT None DECORATIONS « t None 3 i eu By Order of the Secretary of the Army: ae QQ ore Cc. LAMBERT 3 jor General, USA The Adjutant General