Organized in the Utah National Guard as Battery D, 145th Field Artillery and Federally recognized 16 February 1922. redesignated 1 October 1930 as Battery B, 145th Field Artillery. Reorganized and redesignated 11 October 1936 as Headquarters Battery and Combat Train, lst Battalion, 145th Field Artillery. Redesignated 1 July 1940 as Headqarters Battery, lst Battalion, 145th Field Artillery. Inducted into Federal service 3 March 1941 at Salt Lake City.
Redesignated 24 March 1942 as Headquarters Battery, 213th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm How Trac-D)at Mason, California Assiged to the 40th Infantry Division. Departed the San Francisco Port of Embarkation on 23 August 1942 and arrived in the Territory of Hawaii 1 September 1942. Committed to combat in the Pacific Theater and landed on Guadalcanal: 21 January 1944; New Britian: 23 April 1944 and the Philippine Islands on 9 January 1945. The unit was at Negros, Philippine Islands at the end of World War II (15 August 1945 location). Returned to the United States via the San Francisco Port of Embarkation on 5 April 1946. Inactivated 7 April 1946 at Camp Stoneman(Fort Mason), California.
Redesignated 26 June 1946 as Company C. 1334th Engineer Combat Battalion. Reorganized and Federally recognized 30 June 1948 at Bountiful. Redesignatged 15 October 1953 as Company C, 1334th Engineer Battalion.
Redesignated 15 October 1954 as Company C, 115th Engineer Battalion (National Guard of the United States). Redesignated 2 February 1956 as Company C, 115th Engineer Battalion.
Converted and redesignated 1 July 1959 as 1071st Transportation Company (Army Aircraft Maintenance).
Converted and redesignated 1 April 1963 as 211th Aviation Company (Corps Artillery).
Converted and redesignated as Battery F, 140th Artillery (Corps Artillery) (Aviation) in 1964.
Converted and redesignated 1 December 1967 as 396th Aviation Company (Army). Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1975 as 396th Aviation Company (Attack Helicopter). Relocated to West Jordan on 1 March 1977.
Converted and redesignated 1 July 1979 as Attack Helicopter Company, 163d Armored Cavalry.
Expanded, reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1988 as the 211th Aviaiton, a parent regiment under the United States Army Regimental System to consist of lst Battalion at West Jordan.
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDITS:
(World War II, Asiatic-Pacific Theater)
Bismarck Archipelago;
Luzon (with Arrowhead);
Southern Philippines.
DECORATIONS:
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (213th FA Bn cited per DA GO 47, 1950).
NOTE: Personnel of the 213th FA Bn on duty in the PI in WW II further authorized the Philippine Liberation and Independence Medals and if wounded, the PI Wound Medal.
A coat of arms authorized for the 211th Aviation, effective 1 September 1989 follows:
BLAZON:
SHIELD: Tenne', on a pile azure a pheon argent, in base a vol of the second.
CREST: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Utah Army National Guard: On a wreath of the colors (argent and tenne') a beehive beset with seven bees all proper.
MOTTO: WINGS OF THE ROCKIES.
SYMBOLISM:
SHIELD: Ultramarine blue and golden orange are the colors traditionally associated with Army Aviation units. Blue and white are symbolic of sky and clouds, the unit's theater of operations. The pheon represents attack capabilities, swiftness and accuracy. The wings, reaching upward, allude to the mobility of an attack helicopter.
DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA:
A silver metal and enamel device consisting of a shield blazoned: Tenne', on a pile azure a pheon argent, in base a vol of th second. Attached above the shield a blue scroll inscribed "WINGS" in silver lettrers and attached below the shield a blue scroll inscribed "OF THE ROCKIES," in silver letters. (Authorized 1 September 1989).
1SG Charles W. Aresta; The Hawaiian Military Insignia Collectors and Study Group; 1813 Sereno Street; Honolulu, Hawaii 96817-2318 (e-mail: ra1sgt@aol.com) Ph or fax: 808-537-2753
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