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	Defeating the Hun, The History of the U. S. Army, Coast Artillery Corps During WWI
		Coast Artillery installations were mostly harbor defenses and were stationed at a fort or fortified gun emplacements.
		Brigade headquarters for brigades of army artillery were the same for units of railway artillery and for units of motorized army artillery.
		Heavy artillery mobile ordnance repair shops furnished the means for making repairs to the materiel of the units of the brigade that could be made locally and which were of a minor character.
	freepages.military.rootsweb.com /~cacunithistories/defeating_the_hun.htm (1390 words)

	Unit Organization
		Training for the amphibious landing portion of the operation began in June of '42 in Chesapeake Bay, as the North Carolinian coast (where it was originally planned to be held at) was potentially too dangerous due to submarine attacks in the Atlantic.
		Blackstone involved the landing of the 47th Infantry, 9th Division; 2 reinforced battalions of the 67th Armored Regiment, 2d Armored Division; elements of the 70th Tank Battalion, and several artillery batteries.
		The sub-taskforce was composed of the 60th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division; the 1st Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment, 2d Armored Division; elements of the 70th Tank Battalion (Separate); and seven coast artillery batteries.
	www.mchome.net /dirk/weirdwars/campaigns/operation_torch.htm (2682 words)

	Japanese Capture of the Philippines photos and text related to The Edge by First Lieutenant George Francis, USMC, ...
		With three airfields in their hands and no signs of a counterattack, the Japanese commanders decided to move the entire regiment down the west coast and join up with the main forces of the XIV Army that were to land on the beaches of Lingayen Gulf.
		The XLVIII Division, the IX Infantry Regiment, four artillery regiments with 75-mm, 105-mm, 150-mm guns and 150-mm howitzers, two tank regiments with 80/100 tanks, and a large number of service and special troops were put ashore on the north coast of Lingayen Gulf.
		The 60th was credited with shooting down at least 25 aircraft during this six-day period but the record does not tell the complete story.
	www.fourthmarinesband.com /photos_fall.htm (10849 words)

	60th Coast Artillery (AA) Regiment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 60th Coast Artillery (AA) (60th CA), during the World War II era, was part of USAFFE's Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays, under the Philippine Coast Artillery Command.
		This anti-aircraft unit was to provide air defense over Manila Bay and the southern tip of the Bataan Peninsula.
		The 60th CA was equipped with 3-inch guns (an older model with a vertical range of 8,200 m), 37mm guns,.50-caliber machine guns, and 60-inch Sperry searchlights.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/60th_Coast_Artillery_(AA)_Regiment (132 words)

	Artillery Regiments Page
		The unit was formed in March 1901 as the 10th Brigade Royal Horse Artillery, consisting of D Bty in Umballa, India and E Bty in Kirkee, India, being renamed 3rd Brigade Royal Horse Artillery, in October 1906.
		In 1939 G Battery left to serve in 5th Regiment Royal Horse Artillery and DD Battery was formed to replace it as part of the re-organisation of the Royal Artillery after Dunkirk, in October 1941.
		Regiment (TA), consisting of 209th and 210th (East Lancashire) Batteries served with the BEF (British Expeditionary Force) in France in 1940, in the 42nd (East Lancashire) Division, along side the 51st Field Regiment, and was evacuated at Dunkirk.
	www.btinternet.com /~ian.a.paterson/orgartillery.htm (16312 words)

	Corregidor [The Last 27 Days] - Military Photos
		The Americans received their first hint of the Japanese landing plan on 1 May when artillery fire from Bataan was concentrated on the narrow tail of the island and on the area around James Ravine, which provided a pathway from the beach to Topside.
		Artillery fire during the day was so heavy that the dust blinded the spotters observing counterbattery fire.
		The intensity of the air and artillery bombardment reached a new peak on 4 May, despite Wainwright's belief that "the tempo of the Jap shelling" could not "possibly be increased."[47] Japanese fire from Bataan that day was the heaviest of the campaign and totaled 16,000 shells of all calibers in a period of 24 hours.
	www.militaryphotos.net /forums/showthread.php?t=41750 (7528 words)

	The Fall of the Philippines-Chapter 3
		At least 240 were required to equip the artillery regiments of the ten reserve divisions and another 36 for field artillery training centers.
		Joseph A. Green, Chief of Coast Artillery, suggested that elements of the Harbor Defenses be reassigned to antiaircraft duty, but the proposal was rejected.
		Arriving on 30 November and 1 December, the regiment was assigned the mission of guarding the naval stations on Luzon, particularly the new base at Mariveles.
	www.army.mil /cmh/books/wwii/5-2/5-2_3.htm (6819 words)

	The Combined Historical Scenario for War in the Pacific
		The “heavy” artillery regiment of the United States Army's Philippine Division, it was actually a battalion.
		It was formed at the time that artillery regiments were being broken up to form individual battalions as part of the conversion from square to triangular division.
		Eventually the 4th Marines proper was reduced to 2/3 strength and the personnel held in the Philippines were used to man the AA defenses of the Cavite Naval Yard – subsequently being organized as the 1st Separate AA Battalion.
	www.bur.st /~akbrown/witp/CHS_documentation/USA_land.html (3384 words)

	World War II - World War II Photos
		Most are from the records of the Army Signal Corps in Record Group (RG) 111, the Department of the Navy in RG 80, the Coast Guard in RG 26, the Marine Corps in RG 127, and the Office of War Information in RG 208.
		Lyle Bernard, CO, 30th Infantry Regiment, a prominent figure in the second daring amphibious landing behind enemy lines on Sicily's north coast, discusses military strategy with Lt. Gen.
		Yanks of 60th Infantry Regiment advance into a Belgian town under the protection of a heavy tank.Spangle, September 9, 1944.
	www.archives.gov /research/ww2/photos (5432 words)

	Battery "M" 60th CA (AA)
		Besides the harassing fire on roads and installations the AA gun batteries were fired upon whenever they began to fire at planes overhead.
		Since Bataan had been fairly quiet we knew that they were bringing in artillery and ammunition.
		They had borne up well indeed in their position of only being able to duck down in their gun pits as the bombers flew over at an altitude of from 25,000 to 30,000 feet often even beyond range of the AA guns.
	corregidor.org /ca/btty_mobile/mobile_2.htm (10024 words)

	battle of LA
		The roar of the 37th Coast Artillery Brigade's antiaircraft batteries jolted them out of bed and before they could get to the windows the flashing 12.8 pound shells were detonating with a heavy, ominous boomp - boomp - boomp and the steel was already raining down.
		When eyewitness reports from thousands searching the skies with binoculars under the bright lights of the coast artillery verified the presence of one enormous, unidentifiable, indestructible object - but not the presence of large numbers of planes - the press releases were gradually scaled downward.
		The racket was terrific." Shooting at the aerial intruders were gunners of the 65th Coast Artillery (Anti-Aircraft) Regiment in Inglewood and the 205th Anti-Aircraft Regiment based in Santa Monica.
	www.rense.com /ufo/battleofla.htm (3903 words)

	Colour Patches of Engineers (cont'd) and Signals AMF & AIF (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		Signal units belonging to higher formations and L of C areas were identified by the white over sky blue oblong inset superimposed on the colours of the formation to which they were allotted.
		The only remaining elements of this unit after February 1942 were V Section and part of 'K' Section, attached to the 2/14th Field Regiment and HQ 23rd Infantry Brigade respectively, and it has not been possible to confirm that this patch was worn by any members of these units.
		Disbanded and absorbed by AA and Fortress Signals, New Guinea, in October 1943.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-badges/patches/engrs.htm (5661 words)

	Facts about 60th coast artillery aa regiment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		The 60th Coast Artillery (AA) (60th CA), during the World War II era, was part of USAFFE's Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays, under the Philippine Coast Artillery Command.
		The 60th CA was equipped with 3-inch guns (an older model with a vertical range of 8,200 m), 37mm guns,.50-caliber machine guns, and 60-inch Sperry searchlights.
		One battery, with a platoon of searchlights, was located at Fort Wint, in Subic Bay.
	www.supercrawler.com /Facts/60th_coast_artillery__aa__regiment.html (111 words)

	::The Proving Grounds::
		On the morning of July 11th the 2nd Battalion, 2nd SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment of the Leibstandarte, supported by the 13th Company's Tigers and divisional assault guns, resumed their advance, pushing on towards Hill 252.2, with the objective of clearing the hill and the farm of the Soviet defenders.
		The tank regiment included a company of seven KV tanks, a company of 22 T-34 tanks, and the remainder of the unit was filled out with whatever light tanks were available.
		On 10 January, NKO ordered that a mortar regiment and an assault gun be added to the tank corps TO&E. In March, the AA batteries of the brigades were consolidated in a corps AA battalion of sixteen 37mm guns.
	www.the-proving-grounds.com /research_results.html?sku=32 (9232 words)

	Second World War Books Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		For the cavalry, armor, and infantry listings, Kempton lists each regiment of the British Army (British in the narrowest sense, excluding Indian, Commonwealth, and colonial forces), and for each regiment he shows each battalion and its location at the outbreak of war.
		HQ 1st Searchlight Regiment, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Batteries with 96x searchlights.
		HQ 3rd Searchlight Regiment, 9th, 10th; 11, 12th Batteries with 96x searchlights.
	www.sonic.net /~bstone/archives/060409.shtml (2258 words)

	The National Guard - Today in Guard History
		Inchon, Korea — Elements of the 180th Infantry and 171st Field Artillery Battalion, both part of the 45th Infantry Division (OK), arrive in Korea marking the first time since the end of World War II that a Guard division was committed to combat.
		The Associated Regiment of Foot is a privately organized and equipped, all-volunteer, force acting as a public defense force with the consent of the governor and assembly.
		In the spring of 1637 the first musters of the three regiments organized by the General Court on this date were held.
	www.ngb.army.mil /News/todayinhistory/december.aspx (6856 words)

	Bataan Memorial Park, Albuquerque, New Mexico
		The veterans’ wish to see the names of the men of the 200th Coast Artillery who served on Bataan and Corregidor memorialized at the park was realized with the dedication of the Bataan Memorial on 7 April 2002.
		The new memorial’s walkways with their granite pillars bearing the names and story of the men of the 200th and 515th Coast Artillery (AA) units are arranged such that one may get a sense of marching alongside a man, toward the original stone memorial.
		Behind the flower garden, a ramada has been erected which provides shade for the benches on which visitors can sit and look across a series of stepping stones which delineate the island nation of the Philippines to the original marker, or beyond to the grassy lawn of the park and children at play.
	www.angelfire.com /nm/bcmfofnm/bataanpark/bataanpark.html (653 words)

	Comando Supremo: Camicie Nere - "The Blackshirts"
		The "third regiment" idea eventually failed, it was 1942 before the incorporation was completed, and the mobilization effort was inadequate.
		The Anti-aircraft and Coast Defence Command was an HQ that controlled 2 militia organizations, the units would be assigned to local Military command and issued equipment from army stocks.
		The Anti-aircraft Artillery Militia was responsible primarily for the general AA defence of the country; they were a sort of second line force, equipped with antiquated and/or obsolete weapons (including the 75/27 and 75/46) lacking modern fire control.
	www.comandosupremo.com /Blackshirts.html (3285 words)

	The King (Field Marshal). (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		A peacetime order of battle of the British Army for July of 1914, for all troops recruited from the British Isles, listing all divisions, brigades, regiments, and battalions of infantry and cavalry, batteries of artillery, and companies of engineers with their garrison locations.
		All support, technical, administrative, supply, medical, and staff units and establishments are also included with their locations and assignments.
		On mobilization the regiment was split up as divisional cavalry: ‘A’ Squadron to the 4th Division, ‘B’ Squadron to the 5th Division, and by September 1914, ‘C’ Squadron to the 6th Division.)
	home.comcast.net /~markconrad/BRIT14.html (2034 words)

	HyperWar: US Army in WWII: Fall of the Philippines [Chapter 3]
		To accomplish this reorganization, MacArthur said he needed an infantry regiment, a field artillery headquarters and headquarters battery, two field artillery battalions, a reconnaissance troop, and a military police platoon for the division.[15] The War Department agreed to provide these units and the staff began the detailed work necessary to select and ship them.
		At least 240 were required to equip the artillery regiments of the ten reserve divisions and another 36 for filed artillery training centers.
		On 29 November permission was requested and secured to convert one battery of the 59th Coast Artillery (US) and two batteries of the 91st (PS) to antiaircraft.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USA/USA-P-PI/USA-P-PI-3.html (8157 words)

	200th Coast Artillery (AA) Regiment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This United States Army article is a stub.
		Categories: Regiments of the United States Army
		This page was last modified 05:46, 11 July 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/200th_Coast_Artillery_(AA)_Regiment (145 words)

	World War II Plus 55 - November 9 - 14, 1942
		The 26th Regiment is still attacking the guns of Fort du Santon in the west, with gunfire support of HMS Rodney, when the cease-fire order arrives.
		B Company of the 60th plods on, all the way to the south edge of Port Lyautey, finding Tirailleurs eager to surrender and Foreign Legionnaires eager to fight.
		At dawn, 60th Infantry is still struggling, with 1st Battalion split in two parts, one 3,000 yards south of the airport, tending 200 POWs, the other portion trying to advance over high ground southwest of the airport.
	www.usswashington.com /dl10no42.htm (10635 words)

	Leon Skabicki
		Private First Class Skabicki was serving in the Philippine Islands at the outbreak of the war, with Headquarters Company of the 60th Coast Artillery Regiment at Fort Mills, on Corregidor.
		The AA shells lacked proper fuses, as did many of the 155mm artillery shells.
		One of these men was a soldier named Red Wells, private first class, from the 59th coast artillery.
	www.dvrbs.com /ccwd-ww2/camdenww2-LeonSkabicki.htm (3838 words)

	Fallen Son & Daughters Profiles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		He was sent to Fort Bliss in Texas for training.
		He also played basketball for his regiment team in YMCA tournaments.
		Babe was then sent to Fort Monroe in Virginia for mechanics training.
	www.state.sd.us /military/VetAffairs/sdwwiimemorial/SubPages/profiles/Display.asp?P=1021 (785 words)

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		32 - THE FINNISH COAST ARTILLERY by Ove Enqvist
		The Coast Artillery and the New Coats from Bolling W. Smith.
		The Portsmouth Armory and the Coast Defenses of Portsmouth 97
	www.cdsg.org /content1.htm (7507 words)

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