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Military unit
The 27th Armored Division was a United States Army formation . It was part of the New York Army National Guard in the 1950s and 1960s.
Activation [ edit ]
In February, 1955 a reorganization of the Army National Guard included reorganizing the 27th Infantry Division as the 27th Armored Division.[1] [2]
The division headquarters was originally in Buffalo , and was later moved to Syracuse .[3] [4]
Composition, 1955 [ edit ]
In 1955, the composition of the 27th Armored Division was:
Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 27th Armored Division
Combat Commands A, B, and C
Infantry:
Armor:
127th Tank Battalion
205th Tank Battalion
208th Tank Battalion
274th Tank Battalion
Artillery:
Headquarters, 27th Armored Division Artillery (DIVARTY)
106th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
186th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
249th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
270th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
210th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion (from 127th AAA)
Separate Units:
27th Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
152nd Armored Engineer Battalion
27th Armored Signal Battalion
Trains:
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 27th Armored Division Trains
727th Armored Ordnance Battalion
134th Armored Medical Battalion
27th Armored Quartermaster Battalion
27th Military Police Company
27th Replacement Company
Composition, 1960 [ edit ]
Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 27th Armored Division
Combat Commands A, B, and C
Infantry: armored rifle battalions
1st Battalion, 105th Infantry
1st Battalion, 108th Infantry
2nd Battalion, 108th Infantry
1st Battalion, 174th Infantry
Armor: medium tank battalions
1st Battalion, 127th Armor
1st Battalion, 174th Armor
1st Battalion, 205th Armor
1st Battalion, 108th Armor
1st Battalion, 210th Armor (from 210th Anti-aircraft Artillery)
1st Squadron, 121st Armor (from 27th Armored Reconnaissance Battalion)
Artillery:
Headquarters, 27th Armored Division Artillery (DIVARTY)
Howitzer battalions:
1st Battalion, 104th Artillery
1st Battalion, 180th Artillery
1st Battalion, 270th Artillery
1st Battalion (Rocket), 106th Artillery
Separate units:
127th Aviation Company
152nd Engineer Battalion
227th Signal Battalion (from 27th Signal Battalion).
Trains:
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 27th Armored Division Trains
727th Armored Ordnance Battalion
134th Armored Medical Battalion
27th Armored Quartermaster Battalion
27th Military Police Company
227th Transportation Detachment (Aircraft Maintenance)
527th Administrative Company
Composition, 1966 [ edit ]
Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 27th Armored Division
1st Brigade:
1st Battalion, 105th Infantry
1st Battalion, 205th Armor
1st Battalion, 210th Armor
2nd Brigade:
1st Battalion, 108th Infantry
2nd Battalion, 108th Infantry
1st Battalion, 208th Armor
3rd Brigade:
1st Battalion, 174th Infantry
1st Battalion, 127th Armor
2nd Battalion, 127th Armor
1st Battalion, 174th Armor
1st Squadron, 121st Cavalry
Headquarters, 27th Armored Division Artillery (DIVARTY):
1st Battalion, 104th Field Artillery
1st Battalion, 106th Field Artillery
1st Battalion, 156th Field Artillery
2nd Battalion, 156th Field Artillery
1st Battalion, 170th Field Artillery
Separate commands:
27th Armored Division Band
27th Administrative Company
27th Supply & Transportation Battalion
134th Medical Battalion
152nd Engineer Battalion
727th Maintenance Battalion[5]
Commanders [ edit ]
Ronald C. Brock, first commander of the 27th Armored Division.
Three individuals served as commander of the 27th Armored Division:
Major General Ronald C. Brock (1955–1957).[6] [7] [8]
MG Almerin C. O'Hara (1957–1959).[9] Albany County shifted to a county executive /county legislature form of government in 1975, O'Hara was the unsuccessful Republican nominee for Albany County Executive.[10]
MG Collin P. Williams (1959–1968)[11] [12] [13]
Deactivation [ edit ]
The 27th Armored Division was inactivated in February, 1968 during another reorganization of the Army National Guard.[14] [15] 1964 Rochester riot .[16]
Subsequent history [ edit ]
27th Infantry Division SSI.
The division was reorganized in 1968 as the 27th Armored Brigade, a unit of the 50th Armored Division .[17]
The 27th Armored Brigade was reorganized as an Infantry brigade in 1975 and aligned with the 42nd Infantry Division .[18]
In 1985 the 27th Infantry Brigade was activated as part of the New York Army National Guard , and assigned as the "roundout" brigade of the Army's 10th Mountain Division .[19]
The 27th Brigade was later reorganized as the 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, and reestablished use of the 27th Infantry Division's NYD shoulder sleeve insignia.[20] 27th Infantry Brigade carries on the lineage and history of the 27th Infantry Division.
References [ edit ]
^ Peter B. Taub, Gannett News Service, Newburgh Evening News, Upstate Shift Due National Guard , 28 February 1963
^ John B. Wilson, Center of Military History, Armies, Corps, Divisions, and Separate Brigades , 1988, page 361
^ New York National Guard, History of the 27th Infantry Division , 27th Armored Division composition 1955, 1960, 1966. Retrieved 26 July 2013
^ Toledo Blade, Ike Pledges Guard to be Maintained , 4 February 1957
^ Schenectady Gazette, Kearney Resigns Post in NY Guard , 5 June 1948
^ New York Secretary of State, State Legislative manual , 1958, page 446
^ Williams Press, New York Red Book , 1959, page 367
^ Associated Press, Newburgh Evening News, Coyne 'New Look' County Executive , 5 November 1975
^ U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, Hearing Record , Military Cold War Education and Speech Review Policies, Biographical sketch, Collin P. Williams, 1962, page 2662
^ Army and Navy Journal Incorporated, Army, Navy, Air Force Journal , Volume 94, Issues 27–52, 1957, page 955
^ Ruth Collin Stong, John Collin, Stem and Branches , 1980, page 209
^ New York Times, State Guard to Disband Division That Once Chased Pancho Villa , 19 January 1968
^ National Guard Educational Foundation, 27th Armored Division , 2011
^ United Press International, Lexington Dispatch, National Guard Troops on Duty in Rochester , 27 July 1964
^ Associated Press, Newburgh Evening News, Guard Streamlined: 27th Division Ends , 18 January 1968
^ John J. McGrath, The Brigade: A History, Its Organization and Employment in the US Army , 2009, page 232
^ Michael Dale Doubler, John W. Listman, Jr., The National Guard: An Illustrated History of America's Citizen-Soldiers , 2007, page 120
^ Uniformed Services Almanacs, 2008 National Guard Almanac , 2008, page 143
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