[3] The Louisiana Army National Guard was reorganized on 1 January 1971, and the Hammond unit became Company A of the 205th Engineer Battalion, while the 2228th Engineer Company at Leesville was redesignated as the new Troop E. The transfer to Leesville was made in order that the unit would be closer to tank training and gunnery ranges at Fort Polk.
After landing in Normandy with M10 tank destroyers on 8 August, it fought in the European Theater of Operations and ended the war in Czechoslovakia in May 1945.
[5] The company was inactivated at Camp Patrick Henry after returning to the United States on 23 October.
It was redesignated as Battery H of the 204th Coast Artillery on 15 December 1939 and inducted into Federal service on 6 January 1941.
On 10 September 1943, it was redesignated as Battery D of the 527th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, and inactivated on 1 December 1944 at Camp Livingston.
[7][8] Troop E was ordered into active Federal service along with the rest of the 256th Brigade on 3 December 1990 for the Gulf War and sent to Fort Polk, where it conducted training in preparation for deployment.
[9] However, the war ended before the troop could finish training, and it was released from active Federal service on 20 April 1991.
[12][13] The 256th Cavalry parent regiment was not authorized a coat of arms or distinctive unit insignia.