Redesignated as the 329th Support Group (later Regional Support Group) in September 2008, the 54th Field Artillery Brigade spent the period between 1942 and 1997 designated as either an organic artillery element of the 29th Infantry Division, the 111th Field Artillery (or a battalion thereof), or a mixture of the two (i.e., Headquarters and Service Battery, 1st Battalion, 111th Artillery, an element of the 29th Infantry Division).
Even when designated as the 54th Field Artillery Brigade, the unit was assigned to the 29th Division (1917 – 1919, 1931 – 1942), an affiliation easy to grasp once you realize the Brigade and the Division were both originally formed in the Virginia National Guard. While serving with the 29th the Brigade earned six campaign streamers and a French Croix de Guerre with Palm under its rallying cry of “To The Guns.”
The 54th Field Artillery Shoulder Sleeve Insignia, or unit patch, was approved for wear on 29 July 1998, but in about a decade it would be rescinded with the Brigade’s redesignation as the 329th Support Group.
Related Items
54th Field Artillery Brigade Unit Crest (DUI)
54th Field Artillery Brigade Combat Service ID Badge (CSIB)