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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Withdrawn 1 October 1933 from the Organized Reserves and allotted to the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
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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
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By Order of the Secretary of the Army: ae
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Cc. LAMBERT 3
jor General, USA
The Adjutant General