THE LEGACY

1. Organized and Federally recognized 30 January 1919 in the Minnesota National Guard as Company D, 6th Infantry at St. Paul MN
2. Redesignated 1 December 1923 as Company D, 206th Infantry, 34th Division
3. Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1940 as Battery D, 216 Coast Artillery (Antiaircraft)
4. Reorganized and redesignated 10 September 1943 as Battery D, 774th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion.
5. Inactivated 8 June 1944 at Camp Howze, Texas
6. Disbanded 26 June 1944
7. Reconstituted 25 August 1945 in the Minnesota National Guard
8. Reorganized and redesignated as Battery D, 256th Antiaircraft Artillery, 47th Infantry Division at St Paul
9. Ordered to active duty on 16 January 1951, at St Paul, Minnesota
10. Battery D, 256th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion (NGUS) federally recognized 16 January 1953 at St. Paul Minnesota
11. Battery D, 256th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion released from active duty 2 December 1954
12. Converted and reorganized and redesignated 22 February 1959 as 47th Aviation Company, an element of the 47th Infantry Division
13. Expanded, reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1963, as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 47th Aviation Battalion
14. 47th Aviation Battalion reorganized 30 September 1978 to include units in Minnesota, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Iowa
15. Aviation Battalion reorganized and redesignated the Aviation Brigade, 47th Infantry Division October 1986 with the following units
• HHC Aviation Brigade, 216th Aviation Company (Air Assault), and Company E in St Paul
• 1st Squadron 194th Cavalry with Headquarters in Brainerd Minn. and units in Minnesota and Iowa
• 47th Air Traffic control Platoon, located at Camp Ripley, Minnesota
• 813Medical Detachment (later redesignated 1187th) located at Camp Ripley
• 1-147th Attack Battalion located in Madison Wisconsin
16. The Aviation Brigade 47th Division was reorganized September 1990 with the formation of the 2d Battalion 147th Aviation (Air Assault) with units in Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois. F Company (formerly 1247th Maintenance Company) in St Paul and the 459th and 460th Aviation Detachments
17. The 47th Infantry Division was redesignated the 34th Infantry Division February 1991
18. September of 1995 the Aviation Brigade reorganized with the addition of the 3d Battalion of the 147th (Attack) and the deactivation of the 459th 460th and the 1187th Medical Detachment
19. Currently the Aviation Brigade has units as follows:
• HHC Brigade, HHC , A and E 2-147th and HHC, A,B,C,D,E 3-147th and F Company Maintenance in St Paul Minnesota
• 1st Squadron 113th Cavalry and line units in Iowa
• Company B 2-147th (Air Assault) Eagle, Colorado
• Company C and D 2-147th (Air Assault ) in Michigan
• 47th Air Traffic Control at Camp Ripley