Typically conducted inactive training period meetings at the armory of the Pennsylvania National Guard's 176th Field Artillery Regiment in Pittsburgh and at the county auditorium in Uniontown.

[1] During World War II the 394th Infantry Regiment was called to active duty on 15 November 1942 and reorganized at Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi.

The 394th arrived at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts, in mid-September and within two weeks the regiment made its way onto transport ships to England.

The 394th engaged in a variety of campaigns, including the Battle of the Bulge and the Ardennes Forest, Remagen Bridge, the Rhineland, and the Ruhr.

Additionally, every member of a four-man artillery observation team which joined their defense received the Distinguished Service Cross.