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The 251st Coast Artillery was a coast artillery regiment in the California National Guard. ==Lineage== Constituted 1 November 1924 in the California National Guard as the 251st Coast Artillery (HD)(Coast Artillery Corps) as follows- * HHB from ? * 1st Battalion HHB from new * A Battery from E Battery 250th Coast Artillery * B Battery from F Battery 250th Coast Artillery * C Battery from H Battery 250th Coast Artillery * D Battery from new * 2nd Battalion from new Redesignated 251st Coast Artillery (AA) 1 January 1930. * inducted into Federal service 16 September 1940 at home stations * 3rd battalion constituted 27 May 1942 at Nadi, Fiji Islands Arrival of the regiment in Fiji was reported on 1 June 1942, 'more than doubling the anti-aircraft defences of Fiji.'〔 Regiment broken up 1 March 1944 as follows- * HHB as HHB 251st Antiaircraft Artillery Group * 1st Battalion as 746th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion * 2nd battalion as 951st Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion * 3rd Battalion as 140th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion The individual battalions were also broken up and redesignated. 746th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion inactivated 15 January 1946 at Camp Stoneman, California. Later the regiment became an air defense regiment, and was equipped with the Nike-Hercules missile. Elements which were to become part of the 251st Air Defense Artillery were under control of the Regular Army's 47th Artillery Brigade (Air Defense), part of Army Air Defense Command. The brigade's command post was at the Fort MacArthur Direction Center. In May 1959, the 720th ADA Battalion was redesigned as the 4th Missile Battalion (Nike-Hercules) 251st Artillery, California Army National Guard. The lineage of the regiments headquarters company continues on in the form of the headquarters company of the 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「251st Air Defense Artillery Regiment」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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