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Comment: Only 3 sources; they are repeatedly referred to. They don’t appear to be focused on the subject, and list many other brigades. As of now doesn’t pass WP:GNG. UserMemer (chat) Tribs 13:52, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
The 92nd Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the United States Army, part of the Minnesota National Guard. Active from 1927 to 1940, it was composed of the 205th and 206th Infantry Regiments. In 1940, the 205th and 206th Infantry and the brigade headquarters were converted and reorganized as part of the 101st Coast Artillery Brigade, consisting of a headquarters and headquarters battery and the 215th, 216th, and 217th Coast Artillery Regiments (Antiaircraft).
| 92nd Infantry Brigade | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1927-1940 |
| Disbanded | 1940 |
| Country |  United States |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Branch | National Guard |
| Type | Infantry |
| Size | Brigade |
Infantry
editBrigade Headquarters and Headquarters Company
editThe 92nd Infantry Brigade was constituted in the National Guard in April 1926 and allotted to Minnesota. The brigade headquarters was organized and federally recognized on 22 April 1927 at Saint Paul, Minnesota, while the headquarters company was organized on 1 March 1930 at White Bear Lake, Minnesota, by reorganization of the Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 206th Infantry. The brigade conducted annual summer training at various locations to include the Minnesota National Guard camp near Lake City, Minnesota; Fort Snelling, Minnesota; Camp Dodge, Iowa; and Camp Ripley, Minnesota. The entire brigade was called up while at summer training at Camp Ripley for riot control and enforcement of martial law during a commercial transit workers’ strike in Minneapolis in May 1934 and again from 17 July to 23 August 1934. For at least three years (1938–40), the brigade’s subordinate units also trained some 97 company-grade infantry officers of the 88th Division at Camp Ripley. The brigade headquarters and headquarters company was reorganized and redesignated Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 101st Coast Artillery Brigade, on 1 June 1940.[1]
Commanders
edit- Brigadier General Lucius C. Bennett (Regular Army) - 22 April 1927–18 February 1929
- Brigadier General Frank E. Reed (Minnesota) - 19 February 1929-1 June 1940
205th Infantry Regiment
editThe 205th Infantry was first organized on 17 January 1919 as the 5th Infantry, Minnesota National Guard, with the regimental headquarters concurrently federally recognized at Mankato, Minnesota. The regiment was redesignated the 205th Infantry Regiment on 1 December 1923 and assigned to the 92nd Infantry Brigade on 22 April 1927. The regiment, or elements thereof, was called up to perform the following state duties: entire regiment for riot control during a workers’ strike at the Swift and Armour meat packing plants in Saint Paul, 6 December 1921–11 February 1922; entire regiment for riot control during a commercial transit workers’ strike in Minneapolis, in May 1934 and from 17 July–23 August 1934. Conducted annual summer training at Lake City, Minnesota; Fort Snelling, Minnesota; and Camp Ripley, Minnesota. For at least two years, in 1938 and 1940, the regiment also trained some 48 company-grade infantry officers of the 88th Division at Camp Ripley. The regiment was converted, reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1940 as elements of the 215th, 216th, and 217th Coast Artillery Regiments (Antiaircraft), and assigned to the 101st Coast Artillery Brigade.[2]
| 205th Infantry unit | Coast Artillery unit |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Headquarters, 215th Coast Artillery |
| Headquarters Company | Headquarters Battery, 215th Coast Artillery |
| Service Company | Headquarters Battery, 2nd Battalion, 215th Coast Artillery |
| Band | Band, 215th Coast Artillery |
| Medical Detachment | Medical Detachment, 217th Coast Artillery |
| Headquarters, 1st Battalion | Headquarters, 3rd Battalion, 216th Coast Artillery |
| Headquarters Detachment, 1st Battalion | Battery H, 216th Coast Artillery |
| Company A | Battery C, 215th Coast Artillery |
| Company B | Battery F, 216th Coast Artillery |
| Company C | Battery G, 216th Coast Artillery |
| Company D | Battery B, 215th Coast Artillery |
| Headquarters, 2nd Battalion | Headquarters, 2nd Battalion, 215th Coast Artillery |
| Headquarters Detachment, 2nd Battalion | Disbanded |
| Company E | Battery H, 215th Coast Artillery |
| Company F | Battery F, 215th Coast Artillery |
| Company G | Battery G, 215th Coast Artillery |
| Company H | Battery E, 215th Coast Artillery |
| Headquarters, 3rd Battalion | Headquarters, 1st Battalion, 215th Coast Artillery |
| Headquarters Detachment, 3rd Battalion | Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 217th Coast Artillery |
| Company I | Battery A, 217th Coast Artillery |
| Company K | Battery B, 217th Coast Artillery |
| Company L | Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 215th Coast Artillery |
| Company M | Battery E, 217th Coast Artillery |
Commanders
edit- Colonel Walter S. Fulton (Regular Army) - 24 September 1920–31 July 1924
- Colonel Maurice D. Welty (Regular Army) - 3 August 1924–4 September 1928
- Colonel Ivan Bowen (Minnesota) - 4 September 1928–1 July 1940
206th Infantry Regiment
editThe 206th Infantry was first organized on 30 January 1919 as the 6th Infantry, Minnesota National Guard, with the regimental headquarters concurrently federally recognized at St. Paul. The 1st Battalion, 151st Field Artillery Regiment (demobilized on 10 May 1919 at Camp Dodge, Iowa) was reconstituted and consolidated with the 6th Infantry. The regiment was redesignated the 206th Infantry Regiment on 1 December 1923 and assigned to the 92nd Infantry Brigade on 22 April 1927. The entire regiment called up for riot control during a commercial transit workers’ strike in Minneapolis in May 1934 and from 17 July–23 August 1934. Conducted annual summer training at Lake City, Minnesota; Fort Snelling, Minnesota; and Camp Ripley, Minnesota. For at least two years, in 1938 and 1939, the regiment also trained some 48 company-grade infantry officers of the 88th Division at Camp Ripley. The regiment, less the 2nd and 3rd Battalions, was converted, reorganized and redesignated the 216th Coast Artillery Regiment (Antiaircraft) on 1 July 1940. Concurrently, the 2nd and 3rd Battalions were converted, reorganized, and redesignated as elements of the 215th, 216th, and 217th Coast Artillery Regiments (Antiaircraft) and assigned to the 101st Coast Artillery Brigade.[4]
| 206th Infantry unit | Coast Artillery unit |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Headquarters, 216th Coast Artillery |
| Headquarters Company | Battery A, 216th Coast Artillery |
| Service Company | Headquarters Battery, 216th Coast Artillery |
| Band | Band, 216th Coast Artillery |
| Medical Detachment | Medical Detachment, 216th Coast Artillery |
| Headquarters, 1st Battalion | Headquarters, 1st Battalion, 216th Coast Artillery |
| Headquarters Detachment, 1st Battalion | Headquarters Battery, 2nd Battalion, 216th Coast Artillery |
| Company A | Battery B, 216th Coast Artillery |
| Company B | Battery C, 216th Coast Artillery |
| Company C | Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 216th Coast Artillery |
| Company D | Battery D, 216th Coast Artillery |
| Headquarters, 2nd Battalion | Headquarters, 2nd Battalion, 217th Coast Artillery |
| Headquarters Detachment, 2nd Battalion | Disbanded |
| Company E | Battery A, 215th Coast Artillery |
| Company F | Battery F, 217th Coast Artillery |
| Company G | Battery C, 217th Coast Artillery |
| Company H | Battery E, 216th Coast Artillery |
| Headquarters, 3rd Battalion | Headquarters, 1st Battalion, 217th Coast Artillery |
| Headquarters Detachment, 3rd Battalion | Headquarters Battery, 2nd Battalion, 217th Coast Artillery |
| Company I | Battery D, 217th Coast Artillery |
| Company K | Battery H, 217th Coast Artillery |
| Company L | Battery G, 217th Coast Artillery |
| Company M | Headquarters Battery, 217th Coast Artillery |
Commanders
edit- Colonel James B. Woolnough (Regular Army) - 30 January 1919–27 January 1920
- Colonel Thomas W. Hammond (Regular Army) - 17 July 1923–5 January 1926
- Colonel Fred G. Stutz (Minnesota) - 20 March 1926–7 August 1938
- Lieutenant Colonel William P. Townsend (Minnesota) - 7 August 1938–1 August 1939
- Colonel Donald B. Robinson (Minnesota) - 1 August 1939–1 July 1940
Coast artillery legacy
edit101st Coast Artillery Brigade
editThe 101st Coast Artillery Brigade was assigned on 30 December 1940 to the Fourth United States Army. It was inducted into active federal service on 6 January 1941 and transferred on 19 January 1941 to Camp Haan, California.[6] The brigade headquarters was transferred to San Francisco, California, on 1 December 1942, where it was redesignated the 101st Antiaircraft Artillery Brigade on 1 September 1943. It returned to Camp Haan on 20 April 1944, where it was disbanded on 29 April 1944.[7]
215th Coast Artillery Regiment
editThe 215th Coast Artillery was inducted into federal service on 6 January 1941 and transferred to Camp Haan, California, arriving there on 19 January 1941. It was transferred on 7 August 1941 to Camp Murray, Washington, and concurrently relieved from the 101st Coast Artillery Brigade. It departed the Seattle Port of Embarkation on 29 August 1941 on the troopship USS U. S. Grant and was transferred to Fort Greely, Territory of Alaska, arriving there on 3 September 1941, and was subsequently assigned to the Alaskan Defense Command.[8]
The 215th Coast Artillery remained in Alaska until 26 February 1944. It returned to the Seattle Port of Embarkation on 29 February 1944 and was transferred to Fort Bliss, Texas, on 22 March 1944. It was disbanded there on 25 March, with the 1st Battalion redesignated the 598th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion, the 2nd Battalion the 599th Antiaircraft Automatic Weapons Battalion, and the 3rd Battalion the 347th Antiaircraft Artillery Searchlight Battalion, respectively.[9]
The 598th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion never went overseas, and was assigned on 23 October 1944 to the U.S. Army Replacement and School Command at Camp Maxey, Texas, being disbanded on 29 October and its personnel being reassigned for retraining as infantry replacements. The 599th Antiaircraft Automatic Weapons Battalion went overseas on 10 December 1944, returning to the United States on 7 December 1945 via the Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation and being inactivated the same day at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia.[10] The 347th Antiaircraft Artillery Searchlight Battalion never went overseas, and was disbanded on 18 August 1944 at Camp Carson, Colorado.[11]
216th Coast Artillery Regiment
editThe 216th Coast Artillery was inducted into federal service on 6 January 1941 and transferred to Camp Haan, California, arriving there on 19 January 1941. It was temporarily transferred on 2 December 1941 to San Francisco, California.[12] On 10 September 1943, the headquarters and headquarters battery was redesignated the headquarters and headquarters battery, 216th Antiaircraft Artillery Group, the 1st Battalion the 774th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion, the 2nd Battalion the 256th Antiaircraft Automatic Weapons Battalion, and the 3rd Battalion the 246th Antiaircraft Artillery Searchlight Battalion, respectively.[13]
The 216th Antiaircraft Artillery Group never went overseas and was transferred to Camp Howze, Texas, on 18 November 1944, where it was disbanded on 23 November.[14] The 774th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion never went overseas and was disbanded on 8 June 1944 at Camp Howze, Texas.[15] The 256th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion never went overseas and was disbanded on 10 February 1944 at San Francisco, California.[16] The 246th Antiaircraft Artillery Searchlight Battalion never went overseas and was disbanded on 30 October 1944 at Camp Haan, California.[17]
217th Coast Artillery Regiment
editThe 217th Coast Artillery was inducted into federal service on 10 February 1941 and transferred to Camp Haan, California, arriving there on 24 February 1941. It was deployed to Oakland-Berkeley, California, on 4 December 1941.[18] On 10 September 1943, the headquarters and headquarters battery was redesignated the headquarters and headquarters battery, 216th Antiaircraft Artillery Group, the 1st Battalion the 775th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion, the 2nd Battalion the 257th Antiaircraft Automatic Weapons Battalion, and the 3rd Battalion the 344th Antiaircraft Artillery Searchlight Battalion, respectively.[19]
The 775th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion never went overseas and was disbanded on 6 May 1944 at Camp Phillips, Kansas.[20] The 257th Antiaircraft Automatic Weapons Battalion never went overseas and was assigned on 22 November 1944 to the U.S. Army Replacement and School Command at Camp Livingston, Louisiana, being disbanded on 1 December and its personnel being reassigned for retraining as infantry replacements.[21] The 344th Antiaircraft Artillery Searchlight Battalion never went overseas and was disbanded on 12 June 1944 at Camp Haan, California.[22]
References
edit- ^ Clay, Steven E. (2010). U.S. Army Order of Battle, 1919-1941, Volume 1. The Arms: Major Commands and Infantry Organizations, 1919-41. Fort Leavenworth, KS: Combat Studies Institute Press. p. 327.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Clay, Steven E. (2010). U.S. Army Order of Battle, 1919-1941, Volume 1. The Arms: Major Commands and Infantry Organizations, 1919-41. Fort Leavenworth, KS: Combat Studies Institute Press. p. 327. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Williams, John F. (1941). Annual Report of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, 1941. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office. p. 100.
- ^ Clay, Steven E. (2010). U.S. Army Order of Battle, 1919-1941, Volume 1. The Arms: Major Commands and Infantry Organizations, 1919-41. Fort Leavenworth, KS: Combat Studies Institute Press. p. 449. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Williams, John F. (1941). Annual Report of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, 1941. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office. p. 100.
- ^ Clay, Steven E. (2010). U.S. Army Order of Battle, 1919-1941, Volume 2. The Arms: Cavalry, Field Artillery, and Coast Artillery, 1919-41. Fort Leavenworth, KS: Combat Studies Institute Press. pp. 1, 045. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Stanton, Shelby L. (1984). Order of Battle, U.S. Army, World War II. Novato, CA: Presidio Press. p. 432.
- ^ Clay, Steven E. (2010). U.S. Army Order of Battle, 1919-1941, Volume 2. The Arms: Cavalry, Field Artillery, and Coast Artillery, 1919-41. Fort Leavenworth, KS: Combat Studies Institute Press. pp. 1, 109. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Stanton, Shelby L. (1984). Order of Battle, U.S. Army, World War II. Novato, CA: Presidio Press. p. 469.
- ^ Stanton, Shelby L. (1984). Order of Battle, U.S. Army, World War II. Novato, CA: Presidio Press. p. 505.
- ^ Stanton, Shelby L. (1984). Order of Battle, U.S. Army, World War II. Novato, CA: Presidio Press. p. 495.
- ^ Clay, Steven E. (2010). U.S. Army Order of Battle, 1919-1941, Volume 2. The Arms: Cavalry, Field Artillery, and Coast Artillery, 1919-41. Fort Leavenworth, KS: Combat Studies Institute Press. pp. 1, 109. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Stanton, Shelby L. (1984). Order of Battle, U.S. Army, World War II. Novato, CA: Presidio Press. p. 469.
- ^ Stanton, Shelby L. (1984). Order of Battle, U.S. Army, World War II. Novato, CA: Presidio Press. p. 452.
- ^ Stanton, Shelby L. (1984). Order of Battle, U.S. Army, World War II. Novato, CA: Presidio Press. p. 507.
- ^ Stanton, Shelby L. (1984). Order of Battle, U.S. Army, World War II. Novato, CA: Presidio Press. p. 492.
- ^ Stanton, Shelby L. (1984). Order of Battle, U.S. Army, World War II. Novato, CA: Presidio Press. p. 492.
- ^ Clay, Steven E. (2010). U.S. Army Order of Battle, 1919-1941, Volume 2. The Arms: Cavalry, Field Artillery, and Coast Artillery, 1919-41. Fort Leavenworth, KS: Combat Studies Institute Press. pp. 1, 109. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Stanton, Shelby L. (1984). Order of Battle, U.S. Army, World War II. Novato, CA: Presidio Press. p. 469.
- ^ Stanton, Shelby L. (1984). Order of Battle, U.S. Army, World War II. Novato, CA: Presidio Press. p. 507.
- ^ Stanton, Shelby L. (1984). Order of Battle, U.S. Army, World War II. Novato, CA: Presidio Press. p. 492.
- ^ Stanton, Shelby L. (1984). Order of Battle, U.S. Army, World War II. Novato, CA: Presidio Press. p. 495.
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