page_title: 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment
section_title: Pershing missile
hierarchical_section_title: 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment / History / Pershing missile
caption_attribution_description: English: Lt. Col. Patrick J. Powers receives the 2nd/44th's colors from Dr. Finn J. Larsen during an organization ceremony at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma.
context_page_description: The 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment is an Air Defense Artillery regiment of the United States Army, first constituted in 1918 in the Regular Army during World War I. During World War II the unit served as the 54th Coast Artillery Regiment
context_section_description: The 2nd Missile Battalion, 44th Artillery Regiment was the first Pershing 1 missile battalion in June 1962 under the 1st Field Artillery Missile Brigade at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Lt. Col. Patrick W. Powers took command on 13 October 1962, receiving the colors from Dr. Finn J. Larsen, assistant secretary of the Army. On 1 September 1971 the 2/44th was deactivated and reformed as the 3rd Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment.
caption: Lt. Col. Patrick W. Powers receives the 2nd/44th's colors from Dr. Finn J. Larsen during an organization ceremony at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma.
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