62nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment ( United States ) The 62nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment is an Air Defense Artillery regiment in the United States Army . Lineage . Constituted 10 December 1917 as the 62nd Artillery ( CAC ) . Activated at Fort Winfield Scott 7 January 1918 . Assigned to 33rd Brigade CAC , and shipped to Camp Mills New York arrived in France 21 July 1918 ; returned from France 19 February 1919 , Demoblized at Camp Eustis March 1919 . Battalion expanded to a regiment 27 August 1922 with HHB , Service Battery , HH & CT 1st Battalion , and nine lettered firing batteries as follows . Regiment Redesignated from 62nd Artillery ( AA ) ( CAC ) to 62nd Coast Artillery ( AA ) Regiment on 1 July 1924 . and reorganized . Regiment moved to Camp Kilmer , NJ . and staged for overseas shipment . sailed for United Kingdom on 6 August 1942 . 62nd Coast Artillery ( AA ) disbanded 4 December 1943 . A Silver color metal and enamel device 1 1 / 32 inches ( 2 . 78 cm ) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned : Gyronny of six embattled Azure and Gules , a circle of sixteen mullets Argent . Units of the 62d Coast Artillery Regiment , from which the 62d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion descended , participated in six wars - The War of 1812 , Indian Wars , Mexican War , Civil War , Spanish - American War , and the Philippine Insurrection . This participation is symbolized by the six embattled sectors . At the time the first unit was organized the uniforms worn by the Artillery were dark blue faced with scarlet , and there were sixteen states in the Union , commemorated by the blue and red of the shield and the sixteen mullets , respectively . The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 62d Coast Artillery Regiment on 21 February 1929 . It was redesignated for the 62d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion on 23 August 1949 . It was redesignated for the 62d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion on 4 January 1956 . The insignia was redesignated for the 62d Artillery Regiment on 19 December 1958 . It was redesignated for the 62d Air Defense Artillery Regiment effective 1 September 1971 . Gyronny of six embattled Azure and Gules , a circle of sixteen mullets Argent . On a wreath of the colors Argent and Azure , on a saltire Azure fimbriated Argent two arrows of the last , all entwined with a serpent Vert . Motto : NITIMUR IN ALTA ( We Aim At High Things ) . Units of the 62d Coast Artillery Regiment , from which the 62d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion descended , participated in six wars - The War of 1812 , Indian Wars , Mexican War , Civil War , Spanish - American War , and the Philippine Insurrection . This participation is symbolized by the six embattled sectors . At the time the first unit was organized the uniforms worn by the Artillery were dark blue faced with scarlet , and there were sixteen states in the Union , commemorated by the blue and red of the shield and the sixteen mullets , respectively . The saltire is from the Confederate flag and is blue to indicate that the service during the Civil War was with the Northern Army . The two arrows represent the Indian Wars and the serpent the Mexican War . Coat of arms . Background . The coat of arms was originally approved for the 62d Coast Artillery Regiment on 21 February 1929 . It was redesignated for the 62d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion on 23 August 1949 . It was redesignated for the 62d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion on 4 January 1956 . The insignia was redesignated for the 62d Artillery Regiment on 19 December 1958 . It was redesignated for the 62d Air Defense Artillery Regiment effective 1 September 1971 . Campaign streamers . War of 1812 Mexican War Indian Wars Cival War War with Spain Philippine Insurrection World War II Decorations . none