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Story by Sgt. 1st Class Joshua Mann
Ohio Army National Guard Historian
On Aug. 29, the Ohio Army National Guard’s 16th Engineer Brigade and 371st Sustainment Brigade will celebrate 100 years of service to the state and nation. Both units were constituted on Aug. 29, 1917, as Headquarters, 62nd Field Artillery Brigade, which was an element of the 37th Division.
The two brigades join the 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, which celebrated its centennial on July 18, in commemorating a century of service in 2017.
During World War I, the 62nd Field Artillery Brigade, which consisted of the 134th, 135th and 136th Field Artillery Regiments, was separated from the 37th “Buckeye” Division for training on French 75mm guns. After its training ended, the brigade supported the 28th, 33rd and 92nd Divisions until the war ended.
Following World War I, the unit was expanded into two units, with the headquarters reorganizing in Columbus — now the 16th Engineer Brigade — and the headquarters battery reorganizing in Dayton — now the 371st Sustainment Brigade, with headquarters in Springfield, Ohio.
In 1942 the 6n2d was reorganized as the 37th Division Artillery (DIVARTY) and spent 592 days in combat in the Pacific. The division artillery played a major role in the success of the Buckeye Division as the division commander, Maj. Gen. Robert S. Beightler, believed in the lavish use of artillery to “let machines fight for us to the maximum.”
Following World War II, the unit was again split into separate organizations. The Headquarters in Columbus continued as the 37th DIVARTY until 1968, when it was converted to the 16th Engineer Brigade. Since 9/11, the “Iron Castle” brigade has deployed numerous units in support of the War on Terrorism, including two deployments to Iraq for the brigade headquarters.
The headquarters battery in Dayton was converted in 1946 to the 371st Antiaircraft Artillery Group and in 1972 to the 371st Support Group. The group was one of the first Ohio National Guard units to mobilize for Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. In 2007, one final reorganization changed it to the 371st Sustainment Brigade where the headquarters has since deployed three times to Iraq and Kuwait in support of the War on Terrorism.
| Date Taken: | 08.28.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 08.28.2017 17:27 |
| Story ID: | 246339 |
| Location: | OH, US |
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