California Military History

California and the Korean War

 

California National Guard Units Called to Active Duty for the Korean War

 

Army National Guard

 

Korea

40th Infantry Division

184th Antiaircraft Artillery Operations Detachment

615th Signal Light Construction Company (Special Catagory Army with Air Force [SCARWAF])

1402nd Engineer Combat Battalion*

Camp Beale

1905th Engineer Aviation Battalion (SCARWAF)**

Camp Irwin, California

117th Transportation Truck Company

Camp Polk, Louisiana

3632nd Ordnance Medium Maintenance Company

Camp Roberts, California

93rd Army Band

Desert Rock, Las Vegas, Nevada

161st Ordnance Depot Company***

Fort Baker, California

186th Antiaircraft Artillery Operations Detachment

250th Antiaircraft Artillery Group, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery

Fort Bliss, Texas

718th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion

728th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion

Fort Lewis, Washington

425th Signal Radar Maintenance Detachment

719th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion

1401st Engineer Combat Battalion*

Oakland Army Base, California

746th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion

 

* Segerated unit of African-Americans

** Company A (former 1810th Engineer Aviation Company) was from Oregon Army National Guard, Companies B and C (former 1811th and 1812th Aviation Engineer Companies were from California. Special Catagory Army with Air Force (SCARWAF)

*** The 502nd Ordnance Depot Platoon was formed from this company after activation and served in Korea. It was not considered a National Guard unit even though it was made up of Federalized National Guardsmen.  

Air National Guard

Japan and Korea

196th Fighter Squadron*

196th Weather Station*

196th Utility Flight*

246th Air Service Group, Detachment B*

Duncanville, Texas

147th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Ellington Air Force Base, Texas

149th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Fort Snelling, Minneapolis, Minnesota

161st Aircraft Warning and Control Squadron

Geiger Field, Spokane, Washington

144th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

145th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

146th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

George Air Force Base

146th Fighter Wing

Headquarters, 146th Fighter Group

Headquarters, 146th Air Base Group

Headquarters, 146th Maintenance and Supply Group

Headquarters, 146th Medical Group

146th Maintenance Squadron

146th Supply Squadron

146th Motor Vehicle Squadron

146th Communications Squadron

146th Air Police Squadron

146th Food Service Squadron

146th Installation Squadron

203rd Tow Target Flight

Hamilton Air Force Base, California

112th Radar Calibration Detachment

Langley Air Force Base, Virginia

115th Bombardment Squadron (Light)

115th Weather Station

Larson Air Force Base, Washington

162nd Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma

148th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron

Wheelus Air Force Base, Libya

112th Communications Squadron

* Assigned to the 116th Fighter Bomber Wing

Unit and Installation Histories

• 40th Infantry Division
  • 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
  • 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
  • 115th Medical Battalion
    • SFC Don Conger Papers, 1952-1954
  • 140th Tank Battalion
    • Three US Tanks and an ROK Rifle Company in Mountain Defense: Northeast Korea - Luke's Castle - Winter 1953
    • Francis X. O'Leary Papers
  • 160th Infantry Regiment (Seventh California)
    • Habeant!: History of Southern California's 160th Infantry Regiment (Seventh California)
  • 223d Infantry Regiment
    • Donald Buskey Papers, 1943-1954
  • 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)
• Major General William F. Dean: Medal Of Honor Recipient
• Southwest Signal Replacement Training Center

 

 

 

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