Organized 18 September 1917 at Camp MacArthur, Texas, while in active Federal service as Headquarters, 57th Field Artillery Brigade, an element of the 32d Division, with personnel from the Wisconsin and Michigan National Guard

Demobilized 7 May 1919 at Camp Devens, Massachusetts

Reconstituted 7 December 1920 in the Wisconsin National Guard as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 57th Field Artillery Brigade, and assigned to the 32d Division (later redesignated as the 32d Infantry Division)

Headquarters, 57th Field Artillery Brigade, organized and Federally recognized 21 March 1925 at Milwaukee; Headquarters Battery, 57th Field Artillery Brigade, organized and Federally recognized 24 March 1931 at Whitefish Bay

Inducted into Federal service 15 October 1940 at Milwaukee and Whitefish Bay

Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1942 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 32d Division Artillery

Inactivated 28 February 1946 in Japan

Reorganized and Federally recognized 11 March 1947 at Whitefish Bay

Reorganized and redesignated 15 February 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 32d Infantry Division Artillery

Ordered into active Federal service 15 October 1961 at Whitefish Bay; released from active Federal service 10 August 1962 and reverted to state control

Reorganized and redesignated 30 December 1967 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 257th Artillery Group, and relieved from assignment to the 32d Infantry Division

Redesignated 1 May 1972 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 257th Field Artillery Group

Redesignated 30 September 1978 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 57th Field Artillery Brigade

Location changed 4 November 1992 to Milwaukee

Converted and redesignated 1 September 2008 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 157th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade

HOME STATION: Milwaukee

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

                                                            World War I
                                                            Aisne-Marne
                                                            Oise-Aisne
                                                            Meuse-Argonne
                                                            Alsace 1918
                                                            Champagne 1918

                                                            World War II
                                                            New Guinea
                                                            Leyte
                                                            Luzon

DECORATIONS

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO
4 JULY 1945

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY: