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15th Coast Artillery (United States)

Index 15th Coast Artillery (United States)

The 15th Coast Artillery Regiment was a Coast Artillery regiment in the United States Army. [1]

19 relations: Armistice of 11 November 1918, Attack on Pearl Harbor, Coastal artillery, Coats of arms of U.S. Air Defense Artillery Regiments, Distinctive unit insignia, Fort Crockett, Fort Kamehameha, Harbor Defense Command, Hawaii, Oahu, Oozlefinch, Pacific Ocean Areas (command), Regular Army (United States), Salt Lake, Hawaii, Seacoast defense in the United States, United States Army, United States Army Coast Artillery Corps, Western Front (World War I), 16th Coast Artillery (United States).

Armistice of 11 November 1918

The Armistice of 11 November 1918 was the armistice that ended fighting on land, sea and air in World War I between the Allies and their last opponent, Germany.

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Attack on Pearl Harbor

The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, on the morning of December 7, 1941.

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Coastal artillery

Coastal artillery is the branch of the armed forces concerned with operating anti-ship artillery or fixed gun batteries in coastal fortifications.

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Coats of arms of U.S. Air Defense Artillery Regiments

Coats of arms of US Air Defense Artillery regiments are heraldic emblems associated with Field Artillery, Air Defense Artillery, and Coast Artillery regiments in the US Army.

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Distinctive unit insignia

A distinctive unit insignia (DUI) is a metallic heraldic badge or device worn by soldiers in the United States Army.

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Fort Crockett

Fort Crockett is a government reservation on Galveston Island overlooking the Gulf of Mexico originally built as a defense installation to protect the city and harbor of Galveston and to secure the entrance to Galveston Bay, thus protecting the commercial and industrial ports of Galveston and Houston and the extensive oil refineries in the bay area.

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Fort Kamehameha

Fort Kamehameha was a United States Army military base that was the site of several coastal artillery batteries to defend Pearl Harbor starting in 1907 in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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Harbor Defense Command

A Harbor Defense Command was a military organization of the United States Army Coast Artillery Corps designated in 1925 from predecessor organizations dating from circa 1895.

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Hawaii

Hawaii (Hawaii) is the 50th and most recent state to have joined the United States, having received statehood on August 21, 1959.

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Oahu

O‘ahu (often anglicized Oahu) known as "The Gathering Place" is the third-largest of the Hawaiian Islands.

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Oozlefinch

The Oozlefinch is the unofficial historic mascot of the Air Defense Artillery – and formerly of the U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps.

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Pacific Ocean Areas (command)

Pacific Ocean Areas was a major Allied military command in the Pacific Ocean theater of World War II.

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Regular Army (United States)

The Regular Army of the United States succeeded the Continental Army as the country's permanent, professional land-based military force.

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Salt Lake, Hawaii

Salt Lake is a neighborhood of Honolulu, Hawaii on the island of O‘ahu.

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Seacoast defense in the United States

Seacoast defense was a major concern for the United States from its independence until World War II.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Army Coast Artillery Corps

The U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps (CAC) was an administrative corps responsible for coastal, harbor, and anti-aircraft defense of the United States between 1901 and 1950.

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Western Front (World War I)

The Western Front was the main theatre of war during the First World War.

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16th Coast Artillery (United States)

The 16th Coast Artillery Regiment was a Coast Artillery regiment in the United States Army, Along with the 15th Coast Artillery, it manned the Harbor Defenses of Honolulu and other fortified sites on Oahu, Hawaii from 1924 until broken up into battalions in August 1944 as part of an Army-wide reorganization.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_Coast_Artillery_(United_States)

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