Lineages
and Honors of the California National Guard
144th Field Artillery Regiment
Organized 3 August 1917 in the California National Guard at Santa
Barbara as Battery C, 2d Field Artillery Regiment
Drafted into Federal service 5 August
1917
Reorganized and redesignated 24 September
1917 as Battery C, 144th Field Artillery, an element of the 40th
Division
Demobilized 29 January 1919 at San Francisco
Reorganized and Federally recognized 27
May 1930 in the California National Guard at Santa Barbara as
Battery E, 143d Field Artillery
Redesignated 14 April 1936 as Battery
C, 196th Field Artillery
Expanded, reorganized, and redesignated
1 July 1936 as the 2d Battalion, 144th Field Artillery
Expanded, reorganized, and redesignated
21 August 1940 as the 144th Field Artillery, with Headquarters
at Santa Barbara
Inducted into Federal service 3 February
1941 at Santa Barbara
Regiment broken up 8 February 1943 and
its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery
as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 144th Field Artillery
Group Inactivated 23 April 1946 in Europe
2d Battalion as the 981st Field Artillery
Battalion Inactivated 28 November 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
(1st Battalion as the 980th Field Artillery
Battalion - hereafter separate lineage)
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery,
144th Field Artillery Group, and the 981st Field Artillery Battalion
consolidated 25 June 1946; consolidated unit designated as the
981st Field Artillery Battalion and assigned to the 40th Infantry
Division
Reorganized and Federally recognized 17
December 1946 with Headquarters at Santa Barbara
Ordered into active Federal service 1
September 1950 home stations
(981st Field Artillery Battalion [NGUS]
organized and Federally recognized 2 September 1952 with Headquarters
at Santa Barbara)
Released 30 June 1954 from active Federal
service and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently
withdrawn from the 981st Field Artillery Battalion (NGUS)
Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1954
as the 225th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, an element of
the 40th Armored Division
Consolidated 1 July 1959 with the 143d
(see ANNEX 1), 214th (see ANNEX 2), and 215th (see ANNEX 3) Armored
Field Artillery Battalions and consolidated unit reorganized
and redesignated as the 144th Artillery, a parent regiment under
the Combat Arms Regimental System, to consist of the 1st Rocket
Howitzer Battalion and the 2d, 3d, and 4th Howitzer Battalions,
elements of the 40th Armored Division
Reorganized 1 March 1963 to consist of
the 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, and 5th Battalions, elements of the 40th
Armored Division
Reorganized 29 January 1968 to consist
of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 40th Armored Brigade;
the 2d Battalion; and the 3d Battalion, an element of the 40th
Infantry Brigade
Redesignated 1 May 1972 as the 144th Field
Artillery
Reorganized 13 January 1974 to consist
of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 40th Infantry
Division
Reorganized 1 December 1976 to consist
of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions and Battery F, elements of
the 40th Infantry Division
Withdrawn 19 January 1988 from the Combat
Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States
Army Regimental System
(1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions ordered into
active Federal service 1 May 1992 at home stations; released
9 May 1992 from active Federal service and reverted to state
control)
Reorganized 1 December 1993 to consist
of the 1st, 2d and 3d Battalions and Batteries D and F, elements
of the 40th Infantry Division
Annex 1
Constituted 5 August 1946 in the California National Guard as
the 143d Field Artillery Battalion and assigned to the 40th Infantry
Division
Organized and Federally recognized 22
May 1947 with Headquarters at Santa Monica
Ordered into active Federal service 1
September 1950 at home stations
(143d Field Artillery Battalion [NGUS]
organized and Federally recognized 2 September 1952 with Headquarters
at Culver City; location of Headquarters changed 6 October 1953
to Santa Monica)
Released 30 June 1954 from active Federal
service and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently
withdrawn from the 143d Field Artillery Battalion (NGUS)
Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1954
as the 143d Armored Field Artillery Battalion, an element of
the 40th Armored Division
Annex 2
Constituted 5 August 1946 in the California National Guard as
the 625th Field Artillery Battalion and assigned to the 40th
Infantry Division
Organized and Federally recognized 18
June 1947 with Headquarters at Burbank
(Location of Headquarters changed 1 June
1950 to Van Nuys)
Ordered into active Federal service 1
September 1950 at home stations
(625th Field Artillery Battalion [NGUS]
organized and Federally recognized 2 September 1952 with Headquarters
at Van Nuys)
Released 30 June 1954 from active Federal
service and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently
withdrawn from the 625th Field Artillery Battalion (NGUS)
Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1954
as the 214th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, an element of
the 40th Armored Division
Annex 3
Constituted 5 August 1946 in the California National Guard as
the 980th Field Artillery Battalion and assigned to the 40th
Infantry Division
Organized and Federally recognized 22
April 1947 with Headquarters at Arcadia
Ordered into active Federal service 1
September 1950 at home stations
(980th Field Artillery Battalion [NGUS]
organized and Federally recognized 2 September 1952 with Headquarters
at Arcadia)
Released 30 June 1954 from active Federal
service and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently
withdrawn from the 980th Field Artillery Battalion (NGUS)
Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1954
as the 215th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, an element of
the 40th Armored Division
Campaign
Participation Credit
World War I
Streamer without inscription
World War II
Normandy
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
Korean War
Second Korean Winter
Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
Third Korean Winter
Korea, Summer 1953
Battery C (Sylmar), 3d Battalion, additionally entitled to:
World War II
Bismarck Archipelago
Luzon (with arrowhead)
Southern Philippines
Decorations
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation,
Streamer embroidered KOREA
2d Battalion (Headquarters at Burbank)
additionally entitled to:
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation,
Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953
Battery C (Sylmar), 3d Battalion, additionally
entitled to:
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation,
Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
Service Battery (Van Nuys), 3d Battalion,
additionally entitled to:
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation,
Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
JOHN W. MOUNTCASTLE
Brigadier General, United States Army
Chief of Military History
12 September 1996
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