195th Infantry Regiment (United States)

September 2018 January 2025 January 2025 195th Infantry Regiment File:195th Regiment COA.jpg Coat of Arms of the 195th Infantry Regiment 1947–1954 United States of America New Hampshire Army National Guard Infantry Manchester, New Hampshire HQ Take and Hold 100px Distinctive Unit Insignia U.S. Infantry Regiments 194th Glider Infantry Regiment 196th Infantry Regiment The 195th Infantry Regiment was a regiment of the United States Army, part of the New Hampshire Army National Guard. History The 195th Infantry Regiment was organized in 1947 and 1948, with the regimental coat of arms being approved on 30 October 1953. The regiment perpetuated the lineage of the 941st Field Artillery Battalion and the 774th Tank Destroyer Battalion that served on the Western Front of World War II, and the previous 172nd Field Artillery Regiment of the New Hampshire National Guard. The 941st had been formed from a battalion of the federalized 172nd Field Artillery Regiment while the 774th incorporated Battery H of the 172nd.Sawicki 1981 371–372https://tankdestroyer.net/images/stories/ArticlePDFs/774_History_Pages_1-30.pdf Seek – Strike – Destroy: The Story of the 774th Tank Destroyer Battalion 1945 Nurnberg 2 The regiment was broken up on 1 December 1954 when the New Hampshire Army National Guard was restructured, eliminating its infantry units in favor of artillery. The regimental headquarters at Manchester became that of the 172nd Field Artillery Group, while the 2nd Battalion headquarters at Nashua became that of the 148th Field Artillery Group. Companies A, B, C, H, and Service Company at Manchester consolidated to form the 941st Armored Field Artillery Battalion there. The 3rd Battalion headquarters and Companies E (Nashua), F (Milford), G (Peterboro), and I (Keene) became the 574th Field Artillery Battalion headquartered at Keene. The 1st Battalion at Portsmouth and Company D (Somersworth) consolidated with artillery units to form the 737th Field Artillery Battalion. Companies K (Lebanon) and M (Newport), Heavy Mortar Company (Haverhill), and Tank Company (Hillsboro) reorganized with an engineer company into the 421st Field Artillery Battalion. Company L (Littleton) was redesignated Battery D, 210th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion, and Medical Company (Manchester) was redesignated Battery C, 172nd Field Artillery Battalion.Sawicki 1981 371–3722 December 1954 N.H. National Guard Being Converted to Artillery 9 Portsmouth Herald https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103575646/nh-arng-converts-to-arty/ The heraldry of the 195th was transferred to the New Hampshire National Guard Officer Candidate School on 20 June 1997, which was expanded into the New Hampshire National Guard's RTI as the 195th RTI at Center Strafford.http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Catalog/HeraldryMulti.aspx?CategoryId=4135&grp=2&menu=Uniformed%20Services Coat of Arms 2016-09-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20161210234607/http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Catalog/HeraldryMulti.aspx?CategoryId=4135&grp=2&menu=Uniformed%20Services 2016-12-10 dead In 2017 the unit moved to a new headquarters in Pembroke, New Hampshire (the Edward Cross Training Complex). The unit provides many courses, including the Consolidated Faculty Development Instructor Course (CFDIC), Officer Candidate School (OCS), and the Quartermaster (92Y) Senior Leader Course.https://www.nh.ngb.army.mil/members/195thrti Army Training - New Hampshire National Guard 2016-09-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20160919173248/https://www.nh.ngb.army.mil/members/195thrti 2016-09-19 dead References Citations Category:Infantry regiments of the United States Army National Guard 195 Category:Military units and formations established in 1947 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1954 Bibliography Sawicki James Infantry Regiments of the US Army Wyvern Publications 1981 0-9602404-3-8 Dumfries, VA