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Show National Guard Unit Officially Resumes "Old" Name The 213th Field Artillery Battalion Bat-talion "came home" Wednesday, when the Utah National Guard unit was officially returned to the state. By official order at one minute after midnight Wednesday Wednes-day the 202nd Field Artillery Battalion was changed to the 213th, to be known as the 213th Field Artillery Battalion, 8 Inch Howitzer, Self-Propelled." The 213th was called into action ac-tion early in the Korean war, and particpated in numerous Korean battles. After completing their tour of militray duty southern Utah men belonging to the unit returned to the states, but the unit, filled with replacements from all parts of the country, remained re-mained in the battlefield. |