Draft:151st Field Artillery Regiment

The 151st Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army, part of the Minnesota Army National Guard. The regiment maintains a long-standing affiliation with the 34th Infantry Division. The regiment has seen combat service during the American Civil War, World War I, World War II, and the Global War on Terror, and was mobilized during the Korean War

American Civil War and late 19th century
The regiment was originally organized from 14 August-25 November 1864 in the Minnesota Volunteers as the 1st Battalion of Heavy Artillery and mustered into federal service. It was expanded, reorganized, and redesignated as the 1st Regiment of Heavy Artillery, Minnesota Volunteers, on 25 February 1865. It was mustered out of federal service on 27 September 1865 at Chattanooga, Tennessee.

On 1 March 1871, the Minnesota Enrolled Militia was redesignated the Minnesota National Guard. Separate sections of artillery were reorganized from 1872-1881 in the Minnesota National Guard, and they were consolidated in 1887 with the St. Paul Cavalry Troop (organized 2 June 1885 at St. Paul, Minnesota), and the consolidated unit designated as the Squadron of Mounted Troops. The squadron was expanded, reorganized, and redesignated in April 1889 as the 2nd (Bennet’s) Battery of Light Artillery, and was redesignated in April 1889 as the 1st Battalion of Mounted Troops.

Early 20th century and World War I
The battalion was reorganized and redesignated on 2 May 1893 as the 1st Battalion of Artillery, and expanded, reorganized, and redesignated on 10 March 1913 as the 1st Field Artillery Regiment, to consist of the 1st Battalion at St. Paul and the 2nd Battalion at Minneapolis. The regiment was mustered into federal service from 1-21 July 1916 at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, for the Pancho Villa Expedition, and mustered out of federal service on 28 February 1917 at Fort Snelling. It was called into federal service for World War I on 23 June 1917, and drafted into federal service on 5 August 1917. The 1st Field Artillery was reorganized and redesignated on 18 August 1917 as the 151st Field Artillery Regiment and assigned to the 42nd Division. After serving overseas on the Western Front in France, the 151st Field Artillery arrived at the port of New York on 28 April 1919 on the USS Huntington and was demobilized 10 May 1919 at Camp Dodge, Iowa.

Interwar period
A regiment of field artillery was organized in the Minnesota National Guard after World War I, being federally recognized 18 November 1919 as the 1st Field Artillery, with headquarters at Minneapolis. The 151st Field Artillery was reconstituted in the National Guard on 14 January 1921 and allotted to Minnesota. The 1st Field Artillery was redesignated 21 November 1921 as the 151st Field Artillery, keeping its World War I designation in line with the provisions of the National Defense Act of 1920, and assigned to the 34th Division.

The regiment converted from horse-drawn to tractor-drawn guns on 1 September 1930, and further reorganized as a truck-drawn regiment on 15 August 1933. The 2nd Battalion performed strike duty at the Swift and Armour Meat Packing Plants at St. Paul from 6 December 1921–11 February 1922. In May 1934 and from 17 July-23 August 1934, the entire regiment performed riot control duty during the Minneapolis general strike.

The 151st Field Artillery conducted annual training at numerous locations to include Fort Snelling, Camp Douglas, Wisconsin, and Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, but trained most years at Camp Ripley, Minnesota. For at least three years (1938–40), the regiment also trained 21 company-grade field artillery officers of the 88th Division at Camp Ripley. The regiment was inducted into federal service on 10 February 1941 at Minneapolis, and moved to Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, where it arrived on 5 March 1941.

World War II
When the 34th Infantry Division was converted from a "square" to a "triangular" division, the regiment was broken up 1 February 1942 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:


 * Headquarters disbanded


 * Headquarters Battery reorganized and redesignated as the Pioneer Company, 634th Tank Destroyer Battalion, and relieved from assignment to the 34th Division. Reorganized and redesignated 31 May 1942 as the Reconnaissance Company, 634th Tank Destroyer Battalion. Inactivated 29 November 1945 at the New York Port of Embarkation.


 * 1st Battalion as the 151st Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 34th Infantry Division. Inactivated 3 November 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia.


 * 2nd Battalion as the 175th Field Artillery Battalion (see Annex 1)

Cold War
The 151st Field Artillery Battalion, Reconnaissance Company, 634th Tank Destroyer Battalion, and Headquarters, 151st Field Artillery (reconstituted 25 August 1945 in the Minnesota National Guard) were consolidated, reorganized, and federally recognized on 14 October 1946 as the 151st Field Artillery Battalion, with headquarters at Minneapolis, and concurrently assigned to the 47th Infantry Division. During the Korean War, the regiment was ordered into federal service on 16 January 1951 at Minneapolis, with the 151st Field Artillery Battalion (NGUS) organized and federally recognized in its stead on 16 January 1953 at Minneapolis. The 151st Field Artillery was released from active federal service on 2 December 1954 and reverted to state control, with federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from the 151st Field Artillery Battalion (NGUS).

The 151st Field Artillery was consolidated on 22 February 1959 with the 256th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion (see Annex 2) to form the 151st Artillery, a parent regiment under the U.S. Army Combat Arms Regimental System consisting of the 1st and 2nd Howitzer Battalions and the 3rd Rocket Howitzer Battalion, elements of the 47th Infantry Division. The regiment was reorganized on 1 April 1963 to consist of the 1st and 3rd Battalions, elements of the 47th Infantry Division, and reorganized on 1 February 1968 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 47th Infantry Division. The 151st Artillery was redesignated 1 May 1972 as the 151st Field Artillery, and reorganized on 1 April 1977 to consist of the 1st Battalion and Battery E, elements of the 47th Infantry Division. It was withdrawn on 30 November 1988 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System.

Annex 1
The 175th Field Artillery Battalion was organized on 1 February 1942 in the Army of the United States from the 2nd Battalion, 151st Field Artillery, as an element of the 34th Infantry Division, and inactivated on 3 November 1945 at Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation, Virginia. It was relieved on 10 June 1946 from assignment to the 34th Infantry Division and assigned to the 47th Infantry Division. It was reorganized and federally recognized on 19 February 1947 in the Minnesota National Guard as the 175th Field Artillery Battalion, with headquarters at Olivia, Minnesota. It was ordered into active federal service on 16 January 1951 at home stations, with the 175th Field Artillery Battalion (NGUS) organized and federally recognized in its stead on 16 January 1953 with Headquarters at Olivia, The battalion was released from active federal service on 2 December 1954 and reverted to state control, with federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from the 175th Field Artillery Battalion (NGUS). It was reorganized on 22 February 1959 as the 175th Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System, to consist of the 1st Howitzer Battalion, and reorganized 1 April 1963 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 47th Infantry Division. It was redesignated on 1 May 1972 as the 175th Field Artillery, and withdrawn on 30 November 1988 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System. On 10 February 1991, it was reorganized to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 34th Infantry Division.

Annex 2
The 6th Infantry was organized and federally recognized in the Minnesota National Guard on 30 January 1919 from existing units, with regimental headquarters at St. Paul, and reorganized and redesignated on 1 December 1923 as the 206th Infantry. It was converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 July 1940 as the 216th Coast Artillery, and inducted into Federal service 6 January 1941 at home stations. On 10 September 1943, the 1st Battalion was reorganized and redesignated as the 774th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion, with the remainder of the regiment hereafter having a separate lineage. The battalion was inactivated on 8 June 1944 at Camp Howze, Texas, and disbanded on 26 June 1944. It was reconstituted in the Minnesota National Guard on 25 August 1945 and reorganized and federally recognized on 24 October 1946 at St. Paul as the 256th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, an element of the 47th Infantry Division. The battalion was ordered into active federal service on 16 January 1951 at St. Paul, with the 256th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion (NGUS) organized and federally recognized in its stead on 16 January 1953 with headquarters at St. Paul. It was reorganized and redesignated on 20 May 1953 as the 256th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion, and released from active federal service on 2 December 1954, reverting to state control. Federal recognition was concurrently withdrawn from the 256th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion (NGUS).

21st century
It was reorganized on 10 February 1991 to consist of the 1st Battalion and Battery E, elements of the 34th Infantry Division. Consolidated 1 September 1992 with the 175th Field Artillery (see Annex 1) and the consolidated unit was designated as the 151st Field Artillery, to consist of the 1st Battalion and Battery E, elements of the 34th Infantry Division. Reorganized 1 September 1997 to consist of the 1st Battalion and Batteries E and F, elements of the 34th Infantry Division.

Battery E was ordered into active federal service on 2 December 1999 at Anoka, Minnesota, and released from active federal service 27 August 2000, reverting to state control. Battery F was ordered into active federal service on 10 August 2003 at Cambridge, Minnesota, and released from active Federal service 8 August 2004, reverting to state control. Battery E was ordered into active federal service 13 December 2003 at Anoka, and released from active Federal service 3 June 2005, reverting to state control. The 1st Battalion was ordered into active federal service from 17 September-30 November 2004 at home stations, and was released from active federal service from 15 March-25 May 2006, reverting to state control. The regiment was redesignated on 1 October 2005 as the 151st Field Artillery Regiment, and reorganized on 1 September 2006 to consist of the 1st Battalion and Battery E. In 2017, Battery E was inactivated.

Campaign participation credit
Civil War
 * Tennessee 1864
 * Tennessee 1865

World War I
 * Champagne-Marne
 * Aisne-Marne
 * St. Mihiel
 * Meuse-Argonne
 * Champagne 1918
 * Lorraine 1918

World War II
 * Algeria-French Morocco (with arrowhead device)
 * Tunisia
 * Naples-Foggia (with arrowhead device)
 * Anzio
 * Rome-Arno
 * North Apennines
 * Po Valley

War on Terrorism
 * Campaigns to be determined

One of the predecessor units of Battery E, in Anoka, Minnesota, was Battery F, 2nd Battalion, 125th Field Artillery Regiment, 34th Infantry Division. When the 34th Infantry Division was converted from a "square" to a "triangular" division, the 2nd Battalion was relieved from the division and became the 2nd Battalion, 194th Field Artillery Regiment. On 8 February 1943, the regiment was broken up and the 2nd Battalion became the 995th Field Artillery Battalion, equipped with the 8 inch howitzer. The unit is additionally entitled to:

World War II


 * Normandy
 * Northern France
 * Southern France
 * Rhineland
 * Ardennes-Alsace
 * Central Europe

War on Terrorism
 * Campaigns to be determined