2nd Missile Battalion, 44th Artillery Regiment
| 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment | |
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Coat of arms
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| Active | 1918 |
| Country | USA |
| Branch | Army |
| Type | Air defense artillery |
| Motto(s) | PER ARDUA (Through Difficulties) |
| Branch color | Scarlet |
| Mascot(s) | Oozlefinch |
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| Distinctive unit insignia |  |
The 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment is an Air Defense Artillery regiment of the United States Army first Constituted 1918 in the Regular Army.
Organized 26 March 1918 in the Regular Army from existing units in France as the Howitzer Regiment, 30th Brigade, Coast Artillery Corps
Redesignated 7 August 1918 as the 44th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps)
Inactivated 31 August 1921 at Camp Jackson, South Carolina
Redesignated 1 July 1924 as the 44th Coast Artillery
Redesignated 13 January 1941 as the 54th Coast Artillery
Activated 10 February 1941 at Camp Wallace, Texas
Regiment broken up 28 February – 5 June 1944 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery on 5 June 1944 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 152d Coast Artillery Group 1st Battalion on 5 June 1944 as the 606th Coast Artillery Battalion 2d Battalion on 28 February 1944 as the 49th Coast Artillery Battalion 3d Battalion on 5 June 1944 as the 607th Coast Artillery Battalion
After 5 June 1944 the above units underwent changes as follows:
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 152d Coast Artillery Group, disbanded 3 August 1944 at Camp Livingston, Louisiana Reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 54th Field Artillery Group Activated 17 January 1955 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina Redesignated 21 June 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 54th Artillery Group Inactivated 7 November 1969 in Vietnam
606th Coast Artillery Battalion disbanded 3 August 1944 at Camp Livingston, Louisiana Reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with the 54th Armored Field Artillery Battalion (active) (see ANNEX 1) and consolidated unit designated as the 54th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 3d Armored Division Inactivated 1 October 1957 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 3d Armored Division
49th Coast Artillery Battalion inactivated 20 January 1946 in the Philippine Islands Consolidated 28 June 1950 with the 49th Field Artillery Battalion (active) (see ANNEX 2) and consolidated unit designated as the 49th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 7th Infantry Division Inactivated 1 July 1957 in Korea and relieved from assignment to the 7th Infantry Division
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