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From 1924 through 1940, HD Galveston was garrisoned by Battery G, 13th Coast Artillery (HD) Regiment as a caretaker unit. In early World War II, two regiments of the US Army Coast Artillery Corps were headquartered at Fort Crockett, and manned four major artillery batteries, each supporting a different type of artillery.
Constituted and organized in October 1918 as the 20th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps) (C.A.C.) at Fort Crockett, Texas, but demobilized in November 1918.This was one of a number of Coast Artillery regiments mobilized to operate heavy and railway artillery on the Western Front in World War I, but the Armistice resulted in the dissolution of the 20th.
Battery G assigned to Fort Crockett in HD Galveston, Texas, caretaking battery. [1] 1st Battalion HHB activated 8 January 1940 at Key West Barracks. [1] Battery G inactivated January 1940, personnel used to activate HHB 20th Coast Artillery at Fort Crockett. [1] 3rd Battalion HHB activated 15 January 1941 at Fort Barrancas. [1]
The regiment operated the HD of Key West and various outposts in the Florida Keys and southern Florida until 21 December 1942, when movement to Fort Jackson, South Carolina, began, lasting until 23 January 1943. On 16 February 1943, the 265th CA departed Fort Jackson for Fort Hancock, New Jersey in the HD of Sandy Hook. There, the regiment ...
Probably split from HD Southern New York 1915, ... Galveston: Texas: Fort Travis, Fort San Jacinto, Fort Crockett: 1898–1946: San Diego:
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Fort Crockett (in Galveston) Fort McIntosh (in Laredo) Fort Sam Houston (in San Antonio) Fort D. A. Russell (near Marfa) Fort San Jacinto (in Galveston) Fort Travis (on Point Bolivar) Additionally, unfortified coastal artillery stations were established at key points on the Texas coast to prevent U-boats or aircraft from approaching Texas ports.
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