44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment

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44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment
Coat of arms
Active	1918
Country	USA
Branch	Army
Type	Air defense artillery
Size	5 battery’s
Home station	Fort Campbell, KY
Motto(s)	PER ARDUA (Through Difficulties and beyond)
Branch color	Scarlet
March	"Per Ardua (44th Air Defense Artillery March)", music by Arthur Breur, lyrics by Douglass Hemphill
Mascot(s)	Oozlefinch
Engagements	Bougainville 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