44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment

44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment
Coat of arms
Active1918
CountryUSA
BranchArmy
TypeAir defense artillery
Size5 battery’s
Home stationFort Campbell, KY
Motto(s)PER ARDUA (Through Difficulties and beyond)
Branch colorScarlet
March"Per Ardua (44th Air Defense Artillery March)", music by Arthur Breur, lyrics by Douglass Hemphill
Mascot(s)Oozlefinch
EngagementsBougainville counterattack, March 1944
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia

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