California Militia and National Guard Unit Histories: Volume 4 1941-Present, State Defense Forces and Cadets


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California Militia and National Guard Unit Histories
Volume 4. 1941-Present, State Defense Forces and Cadets

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General Histories


Reports of the Adjutant General

World War II

California National Guard
- A Short History of the California National Guard in World War II
VII Corps Artillery
- Headquarters and Headquarters Battery (former Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 76th Field Artillery Brigade)
- VII Corps Artillery Battle Experiences (Field Artillery Journal, May 1946)
- Battle Experiences Conference on VII Corps Artillery Operations in Northern Europe
40th Division Special Troops Battalion
- 1941 Yearbook
40th Infantry Division
- California's Own: The History of the 40th Infantry Division
- 40th Infantry Division Order of Battle, 1940
- 40th Infantry Division Order of Battle, 1945
- The Fighting 40th
- Roster, 40th Infantry Division, 1941 (Microsoft Word)
- The 40th Infantry Division in the Phillipines
- The XIV Corps Battle for Manila, February 1945 (Contains Historical Data of 40th Infantry Division)
- 40th Infantry Division: The Years of World War II, 7 December 1941-6 April 1946
- History of the 40th Infantry Division (Mech), 1917-1997
- The 40th Infantry Division and the Battle of Storm King Mountain
- 40th Infantry Division: Fort Lewis, WA; Kahului, HI and Guadalcanal, 1942-1943 (Silent)
- Imperial Japanese Army Surrender to the California National Guard's 160th Infantry Regiment: Cabatuan Airfield, Barrio Tiring, Cabatuan, Iloilo, Panay Island, Commonwealth of the Philippines, 2 September 1945
40th Tank Company/Company C, 194th Tank Battalion
- Company C, 194th Tank Battalion in the Philippines, 1941-42
- Employing an Armor Quick Reaction Force in the Area Defense: The 194th Tank Battalion in Action During the Luzon Defensive Campaign 1941-42
- Company C, 194th Tank Battalion in the Philippines, 1941-42
- Veterans History Project Oral History Video: SSgt Harold J. Vick (2005)
- Veterans History Project Oral History Video: SSgt Leon Elliot (2004)
- Veterans History Project Oral History Video: Cpl Lawrence H. Rotharmel (2006)
76th Field Artillery Brigade
- Headquarters and Headquarters Battery
100th Missile Defense Brigade (Ground-based Midcourse Defense)
- Detachment 1
108th Infantry Regiment (New York National Guard assigned to 40th Infantry Division)
- Veterans History Project Oral History Video: PFC PFC George Kazmierczak (2004)
115th Engineer Combat Battalion (Utah National Guard assigned to 40th Infantry Division)
- Veterans History Project Oral History Video: PFC George R. Mahoney (2010)
115th Engineer Regiment (Utah National Guard assigned to 40th Infantry Division)
1941 Yearbook
115th Medical Battalion
Veterans History Project Oral History Video, Tech 4 James E. Reynolds, 1943-1945 (2010)
Veterans History Project Oral History Video, TSgt Thomas J Zwemer, 1942-1946 (2010)
- Part 1 Part 2
115th Medical Regiment
- 1941 Yearbook
115th Quartermaster Regiment
- 1941 Yearbook
143rd Field Artillery Regiment
- 1941 Yearbook
144th Field Artillery Group
- History of the 144th Field Artillery Regiment and Group (1946)
- 7th Army Historical Background Material 144th Field Artillery Group
- The European Theater of Operations with Headquarters Battery, 144th Field Artillery Group: From Utah Beach to Salzburg, Austria. (Personal Recollections of MSgt Charles Senteney, Group Communications Chief)
145th Field Artillery Regiment (Utah National Guard assigned to 40th Infantry Division)
- 1941 Yearbook
159th Infantry Regiment (Fifth California)
- Veterans History Project Oral History Audio File, Sgt Wilfred L Koontz, 1941-1945 (2007)
- 1941 Yearbook
160th Infantry Regiment (Seventh California) (Los Angeles' Own)
- Roster of Decorations, 160th Infantry Regiment (Microsoft Excel)
- Habeant!: History of Southern California's 160th Infantry Regiment (Seventh California)
- Sunburst Saga: A Story of the 160th Infantry
- The 160th Infantry Regiment and the Liberation of Bamban, Luzon, 21 January 1945
- The 40th Infantry Division and the Battle of Storm King Mountain
- Imperial Japanese Army Surrender to the California National Guard's 160th Infantry Regiment: Cabatuan Airfield, Barrio Tiring, Cabatuan, Iloilo, Panay Island, Commonwealth of the Philippines, 2 September 1945
- 1941 Yearbook
164th Field Artillery Battalion
- Veterans History Project Oral History Video: Cpl Dominik Tringali (2004)
- Veterans History Project Oral History Video: Sgt Fred Wachs (2009)
- Veterans History Project Oral History Videos: 1st Lt George C. Bodine (2003):
  - Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
184th Infantry Regiment (Second California)
- Let's Go!: Northern California's 184th Infantry Regiment (Second California) during World War II
- Leyte Diary: The Diary of Lt. Col. Roy Green, Executive Officer, 184th Infantry Regiment, 20 October 1944-1 April 1945
- The Patrick R. Burke Memorial Bell
- The Operations of the First Battalion (Reinforced) 184th Infantry, 7th Infantry Division in the Capture of Kwajalein Atoll
- The Operations of Company K, And the 3rd Battalion, 184th Infantry (7th Infantry Division) On Okinawa, 1 April -22 June 1945
- Chico's Company G, 184th Infantry Regiment in World War II
- I Am Not Alone: From the Letters of Combat Infantryman John J Hogan, Killed in Okinawa
- 1941 Yearbook
185th Infantry Regiment (Sixth California)
- History of the 185th Infantry Regiment
- History of the 185th Infantry Regiment (1946)
- The Story of Hanford's Company B, 185th Infantry Regiment
- The Story of Company L: Santa Ana's Own
- The 185th Infantry Regiment and the Raising of the U.S. Flag on Hill 1700, Bamban, Luzon
- 1941 Yearbook
204th Field Artillery Group
- Headquarters and Headquarters Battery (former Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 143rd Field Artillery Regiment)
  - History of XX Corps Artillery, 21 October 1943-9 May 1945 (Contains Historical Data on 204th Field Artillery Group)
204th Field Artillery Regiment
- Headquarters and Headquarters Battery (former Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 143rd Field Artillery Regiment)
213th Field Artillery Battalion (Utah National Guard assigned to the 40th Infantry Division)
- Veterans History Project Oral History Audio File: Cpl Herbert Harper, 1945-1946 (2005)
222nd Field Artillery Regiment (Utah National Guard assigned to the 40th Infantry Division)
- 1941 Yearbook
222nd Field Artillery Battalion (Utah National Guard assigned to the 40th Infantry Division)
- Veterans History Project Oral History Video: Tech 4 William E. Hamm, 1941-1945 (2010)
250th Coast Artillery Regiment (First California)
- Roster, 250th Coast Artillery Regiment, 1941 (Microsoft Word)
- 250th Coast Artillery Regiment Walter A. Dangel
250th Field Artillery Group
- Headquarters and Headquarters Battery (former Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 250th Coast Artillery Regiment)
251st Antiaircraft Artillery Group
- Headquarters and Headquarters Battery (former Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 251st Coast Artillery Regiment)
- Batteries F and H, 251st Coast Artillery Regiment (Anti-Aircraft) and 251st Antiaircraft Artillery Group, 1940-1945, CPT Richard H. Bordon Collection
251st Coast Artillery Regiment (Anti-Aircraft)
- Batteries F and H, 251st Coast Artillery Regiment (Anti-Aircraft) and 251st Antiaircraft Artillery Group, 1940-1945, CPT Richard H. Bordon Collection
- 251st Coast Artillery Regiment (Anti-Aircraft), A Historical Summary (1978)
- We Aim to Hit: The History of the 251st Coast Artillery Regiment
- Camp Malakole, Oahu, T.H.
- Oral History: Anthony Iantorno
- Donald J. Carner Papers: Unedited and Unpublished Memoirs of Military Service, 251st Coast Artillery Regiment (Anti-Aircraft) 1938-1944 and 42nd Infantry Division 1944-1945.
535th Field Artillery Battalion (former 1st Battalion, 250th Coast Artillery Regiment)
536th Field Artillery Battalion (former 2nd Battalion, 250th Coast Artillery Regiment)
537th Field Artillery Battalion (former 3rd Battalion, 250th Coast Artillery Regiment)
537th Chemical Mortar Battalion (former 3rd Battalion, 250th Coast Artillery Regiment)
740th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company
- Veterans History Project Oral History Video, Tech 3 Willard Walle (2005)
746th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion (former 1st Battalion, 251st Coast Artrillery Regiment)
951st Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion (former 2nd Battalion, 251st Coast Artillery Regiment)
- Veterans History Project Oral History: James W. Robinson
980th Field Artillery Battalion (former 1st Battalion, 144th Field Artillery Regiment)
- Summary
- Full Narrative
981st Field Artillery Battalion (former 2nd Battalion 144th Field Artillery Regiment)


California National Guard 1946-Present

40th Armored Division
- 40th Armored Division Order of Battle, 1956
- 40th Armored Division Order of Battle, 1968
- Minutemen in Armor: 40th Armored Division Annual Training, 14-28 August 1954
- The Fighting 40th
- Program, 40th Armored Division Review 1965
- The Grizzly Magazine
40th Infantry Division
- California's Own: The History of the 40th Infantry Division
- 40th Infantry Division Order of Battle, 1953
- 40th Infantry Division Order of Battle, 1994
- History of the 40th Infantry Division (Mech), 1917-1997
- 40th Infantry Division Informational Briefing, 1979
40th Infantry Division, 2nd Brigade
- 1980 Annual Field Training, Camp Roberts
40th Separate Armored Brigade
- 1969 Annual Field Training, Fort Irwin
- 1971 Annual Field Training, Fort Irwin
40th Separate Infantry Brigade
- 1968 Annual Field Training, Camp Roberts
49th Infantry Division
- Our Army Divisions: 49th Infantry Division
- 49th Infantry Division Order of Battle, 1953
- 49th Infantry Division Order of Battle, 1960
- 49th Infantry Division Order of Battle, 1966
- Video, 49th Infantry Division: Annual Field Training, Camp San Luis Obispo, 25 June-9 July 1950
79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team
112th Antiaircraft Artillery Brigade
114th Antiaircraft Artillery Brigade
- Brigade News
115th Area Support Group
144th Field Artillery Regiment
- 1st Battalion
  - Battery B
    - Veterans History Project Oral History Audio File: SSG Miguel Cesena, 1985-2008 (2008)
159th Infantry Regiment (Fifth California)
- Video, History of the 2nd Battalion, 1879-1899 YouTube
160th Infantry Regiment (Seventh California)
- Habeant!: History of Southern California's 160th Infantry Regiment (Seventh California)
161st Armored Infantry Battalion
- Company A:
  - The Story of Company L: Santa Ana's Own
223rd Regiment (Regional Training Institute)
- The History of the 223d Infantry Regiment
250th Military Intelligence Battalion
578th Engineer Battalion
670th Military Police Company
- Case Studies in Reserve Component Volunteerism: The 670th Military Police Company in Operation UPHOLD DEMOCRACY, May 1995
California Military Academy
- The History of the California Military Academy and the Officer Candidate School at Camp San Luis Obispo
- 5th Cadet Company, California Military Academy, Ventura and Santa Barbara, 1967-1968
- California Military Academy Graduation Program, 1968
- 1971 Yearbook
- 1973 Yearbook
- 1974 Yearbook
- 1975 Yearbook
- 1976 Yearbook
- 1977 Yearbook
- 1978 Yearbook
- 1979 Yearbook
- 1981 Yearbook
- 1982 Yearbook
- 1983 Yearbook
129th Rescue Wing
- The Year in Review, 2007
144th Fighter Wing
- When Mustangs Guarded California
146th Airlift Wing
- When Mustangs Guarded California
- History of the 146th Airlift Wing (2007)
163d Air Refueling Wing
- 163rd Fighter Interceptor Group History, 1943-1973
- 196th Tactical Air Support Squadron O-2 "Skymasters"
- 196th Air Refueling Squadron
- All Change for the Grizzlies: From Fighters, Recce and Tankersto UAVs (2007)
- When Mustangs Guarded California
195th Wing
561st Air Force Band


Korean War

40th Infantry Division
- 40th Infantry Division in the Korean War, 22 January 1952-27 July 1953
- The 40th Infantry Division in the Korean War: The Employment of the California National Guard in an Undeclared War (1990)
- 40th Infantry Division in the Korean War (1997)
- 40th Infantry Division Welcome Home (1954)
- California's Own: The History of the 40th Infantry Division
- The 40th Infantry Division's March to the Korean War
- 40th Infantry Division Order of Battle, 1953
- 40th Infantry Division Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
- The Fighting 40th
- 40th Infantry Division Korean War Memorial Dedication
- The Fire Ball, Final Souvenir Edition 16 May 1954
- Division Artillery
  - 140th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion (Self-Propelled)
    - Eldon Anderson Papers, 1951
  - 143rd Field Artillery Battalion
    - 143d Field Artillery Battalion Korean War Website
  - 224th Infantry Regiment
    - The Story of Company L: Santa Ana's Own
  - 625th Field Artillery Battalion
    - The Boys of Fifty: The 625th Field Artillery Battalion, 40th Infantry Division, California National Guard, 1946-1954
  - 980th Field Artillery Battalion
  - 981st Field Artillery Battalion
- 40th Quartermaster Company
  - Veterans History Project Oral History Audio File: TSgt Dale Carrell, 1951-1953 (2007)
- 115th Medical Battalion
  - SFC Don Conger Papers, 1952-1954
- 140th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion (Self-Propelled)
  - History of the 140th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion (Self Propelled)
- 140th Tank Battalion
  - Veterans History Project Oral History Audio File: SSgt August O. Hanson
  - Veterans History Project Oral History Audio File: Sgt 1st Cl Milton Young
  - Veterans History Project Oral History Audio File: Cpl. Donald Proudfoot
  - Veterans History Project Oral History Video: Maj Gen George S. Patton III
  - Veterans History Project Oral History Video: Lt Lesil S. Bomar, Jr.
  - Veterans History Project Oral History Video: 1st Lt Nimrod T Frazer
    Part 1 Part 2
  - Veterans History Project Oral History Video: SSgt Henry Pallotta
    Part 1 Part 2
- 160th Infantry Regiment (Seventh California)
  - Habeant!: History of Southern California's 160th Infantry Regiment (Seventh California)
- 164th Field Artillery Battalion
  - Veterans History Project Oral History Audio File: Capt Edgar R Goodbary (2009)
- 223rd Infantry Regiment
  - Donald Buskey Papers, 1953-1954
- 224th Infantry Regiment
  - The Story of Company L: Santa Ana's Own
  - Korea: Ontario's Citizen-Soldiers Remember the "Forgotten War", 1950-1953
161st Ordnance Depot Company (including 502nd Ordnance Depot Platoon)
746th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion
- Veterans History Project Oral History Video: Cpl. Harold Kuhen

Vietnam War

1st Squadron, 18th Armored Cavalry Regiment
- Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, Burbank
- Troop A, Burbank
- Troop B, Sylmar
- Troop C, San Fernando
- Troop D, Lancaster
- Howitzer Battery, Van Nuys
- History Project Interview Video: Spec 5 Norman J Chmielewski, 1968-1969 (2013)
- Annual Historical Supplement, Calender Year 1968
40th Aviation Company, Long Beach


Los Angeles/Watts Riots,1965


Los Angeles Riots, 1992

Persian Gulf War

After Action Report: California Army National Guard, Operations Desert Shield and Desert StormIncludes individual histories on the following units:
126th Medical Company (Air Ambulance), Mather AFB
185th Military Police Battalion, Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, Pittsburg
185th Transportation Battalion, Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, Fresno
224th Transportation Detachment (Movement Control), Roseville
270th Military Police Company, Sacramento
649th Military Police Company (-), Camp San Luis Obispo
- Detachment 1, Alameda
870th Military Police Company (-), Pittsburg
- Detachment 1, Placerville
970th Military Police Company, San Mateo
980th Medical Unit (Supply, Optical and Maintenance), Sacramento
1113th Transportation Company (Medium, Truck, Cargo), Sacramento
2668th Transportation Company (Light-Medium, Truck, Cargo), Fresno


Kosovo

Enforcing Peace: A Chronological Record of the Deployment of the 1st Squadron, 18th Cavalry Regiment to Kosovo October, 2008 to November, 2009


Global War on Terrorism, Afganistan Campaign


Global War on Terrorism, Iraq Campaign


State Defense Forces

California High School Cadets and California Cadet Corps





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