6th Air Defense Artillery Regiment
military unit
The 6th Air Defense Artillery Regiment is an air defense artillery regiment in the United States Army, first formed in 1898 as the 6th Regiment of Artillery. The 6th and 7th U.S. Artillery Regiments were constituted on 8 March 1898, three weeks after the explosion of the USS Maine in Havana, Cuba on 15 February 1898, as the United States' declaration of war on Spain and commencement of the Spanish–American War seemed imminent.
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Constituted 8 March 1898 in the Regular Army as the "6th Regiment of Artillery". Organized 23 March 1898 at Fort McHenry, Maryland. Colonel Edward B. Williston, a Medal of Honor recipient for actions in the Civil War, was the regiment's first commander.
Order of battle information indicates that the regiment did not deploy outside the U.S. in the Spanish–American War of 1898. However, the regiment has battle honors for the Philippine Insurrection (a.k.a. Philippine–American War) that closely followed it.
The regiment was broken up 13 February 1901 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as separate numbered companies and batteries of the Artillery Corps.
Reconstituted 1 July 1924 in the Regular Army as the 6th Coast Artillery and partially organized with headquarters at Fort Winfield Scott, California.
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