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: * * * * * * * * ** ** ** ** ** ---;it***---.* ... *:-;*;---.*r-;*r-":*--;;;;IIII=""IIII=""ml=III"I11=IIIllII~IIII11II=lIIm"=ml111ll=1II1111=1II1111=1II11111=1II11111=1II111"::::::::IIIIIII:::::::IIII"III~mllll~llmlll!!!!l!!! -::I ..... --- • Coast Artillery Jolu"nal 1l- t'h " t:) • ,. , Lews al10 ~ommel1t • • • • • • • • .. • .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. • .. .. • .. .. • Fifl)-Jt'col1d }' e.lr of Pub/iC.lliOl1 COLO~EL FHEDEInC A. PInCE, Editor LT. COL. AHTHUR SYMONS, Associate Editor ~IASTEH SEHGEANT CHAHLES H. ~IILLER, Circulation :\Ianager The JOUHl\'AL prints articles on subjects of professional and general interest to officers of all the components of the Coast Artillery Corps in order to stimulate thought and provoke discussion. However, opinions eXllressed and conclusions drawn in articles are in no sense official. They do not reflect the opinions or conclusions of anv official or branch of the War Department. . The JOURNAL does not carry paid advertising. The JOUHNAL pays for original articles upon IJUblication. ;\Ianuscrillts should be addressed to the Editor . The JOUHNAL is not responsible for manuscrillts unaccompanied by return postage . * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The Uni ted States Coast Artillery Association OFFICERS i\lt\jOH GENEHAL J. A GHEEN PRESIDENT BlUG. GENEHAL DONALD B. HOBlNSON VICE-PRESIDE!I.'T COLONEL FHEDEHIC A PHICE SECRETARY-TREASURER ADDITIONAL:\IEl\1BERS OF TIlE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL BRIG. GENERAL GORDON DE L. CARRINGTON BRIG. GENERAL H. N. HERRICK BRIG. GENERAL DANIEL \\T. HICKEY, JB. BRIG. GENEBAL HALPH C. TOBIN COLONEL HENRY I. ELLERBE COLONEL FREDERIC A PRICE LT. CoLONEL JOliN J. SPABKl\1AN The purpose of the Association shall be to promote the efficiency of the Coast Artillery Corps by maintaining its standards and traditions, by dissemi1Ultillg professional knowledge, by inspirillg greater effort towards the improvemelIt of materiel alld methods of trainillg and by fostering mutualllllderstallding, respect alld cooperatioll amOllg all arms, brandieS alld componellts of tile RegularArmy, National GlIard, Organized Reserves, and Reserve Officers' Trailling Corps. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ .~ ~ .~ ..~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ,.. ,.. 1IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllffllllllllllllllllmIIImlllllllllllmllllllllllllllllmllllll"m"1II11~ The Journal The \\'ar needs of the Nation for many raw materials in huge quantities are no\\' curtailing the use of such items in many industries. These restrictions have been imposed in countless activities, and the limitations on the use of paper are no\\' felt in the composition of our owo JOURi"AL. The i\'lay-June issue carried a reduction in the weight of inside pages from a basic sixty to a basic fifty. This reduced weight of paper will continue with the total number of pages also being cut from 112 to ninety-six per issue. In order to retain our previous amount of reading material in future issues even with the reduction in total number of pages, each reading column has been widened and lengthened by reducing the margin around each printed page. It will also be necessarv to reduce the heads for news letters from our principal ~ommands so as to give their account of activities as much space as possible. \\'e wish to take this opportunity of expressing our appreciation of the loyal support being received from sulr scribers to the JOLIRNAL. It is a source of gratification to see the eyidence of the value placed upon the JOURNAL by officers whose length of service has convinced them of its importance 'as a training aid. Battery, battalion, and regimental commanders in increasing numbers are sending in block subscriptions. The number of units reporting 100% subscription lists is con. stantly growing. Certain units in which professional interest has been energetically aroused no\\' number many subscribers among their noncommissioned officers also. Commanding Officers realize that when their officers lead of the problems of the other fellow and of how that other fellow has solved them, that their o\\'n officers then haw an added incentive to work out their own solutions. \Vhen vou have done this in the technical or tactical field, writ~ it up and let us have it. Such articles are \\'orth their \\'eight in gold to those \\'ho may not have quite the initiative or inventiveness that you have. To attain its maximum value to our personnel the JOUR- NAL must reach every individual. A good percentage of ~ur commissioned personnel are subscribers-but the magazlOe should be on every one's desk. Even' unit sho~ld make it available to its enlisted personnel 'by having it on file in every day room or reading room . Keep current in your present profession-subscribe noW. Longer OCS Courses A recent \Var Department directive ordered all 00 courses to be lengthened to a minimum of four months. f -
Group Subscription Orders 1he 198th Coast Artillery is not the unit to permit diffi- ,'ulties to stand in its way. Ahhough it is occupying scattered InOsitions at an APO address. ;hrough Lieutenant Colonel this wide-awake regiment, I-Ierman \V. Cook, Execu- 'tire. sent in sixty-nine individual subscriptions and fourteen unit subscriptions, to attain a real 100% record-every officer. warrant officer. and subordinate unit a subscriber. IColonel George J. Schulz commands the regiment. Lieutenant Colonel Thomas t\. Baker, commanding the •S33d A \ V Battalion (AA), submitted thirty-five subscrip- Irion orders to place the unit in the select 100% circle, and a te\\' dars later forwarded six more to keep the 833d where I t belo~gs. Colonel Baker is a real JOURNAL booster-his I'ener expressed satisfaction that his fonner battalion. the 2dof the 204th Cr\. is still in the 100% class where he put 11 originally. I Batten' H, 369th CA (AA), commanded by Lieutenant \Ider F.\Vatts, mailed in a group order for eight subscriptions, all for noncommissioned officers I \nother unusual order came from ?\lajor in the battery. Earle D. Button, l )f the Coast Artillery School. 1\ lajor Button showed the , JOURNALto a class of officers-fourteen subscriptions re- I~ulted. It seems the JOURNAL sells on sight. The 120th CA Battalion (AA). Lieutenant Leonard De I"ita. Adjutant, and the 398th manded by Lieutenant Colonel 100% units. The 120th sent A1\A AW Battalion, com- Albert A Moren, are new in thirty-one to make the ,grade, and the 398th thirty-seven. C~lonel Vlilliam P. Bra\', another Ion a-time friend of the JOURNAL, now with , 0 (headquarters of an AAA group at Camp Hulen, submitted thirtv-eiaht subscriptions to bring Lieutenant Colonel • 0 Frank R. Sack's 788th A1\1\ Battalion into the 100% ~ociety. I Otl{er orders ()()Ist CA (AA) included fourteen subscriptio.ns from t.he (Lieutenant John A l\Idvbchen, AdJu- (:ant). and twelve from the Harbor Defenses of San Diego. Colonel P. H. Ottosen, Commanding HDSD, gave credit 1'0 Captain Howard B. Breeding for the initiative and effort I xpcnded to bring his organization's I ~Iajor Carl E. Schnetz, Adjutant percentage up to 90}.2. of the 249th CA, came .n under the wire for this issue with an order for seventeen :,ubscriptions, I As we go to press, the mail brought us two more gratifyng orders: the 85th CA(AA), came through with a group tderfor seventy-nine subscriptions, forwarded by Captain C. H. Du Val, and that charter member of the JOURNAL sters. Colonel W. C. McFadden, of the 69th Coast Artilcry sent in eleven subscription orders. Long ago we lost "ack of how man v subscriptions I • 1'"' u, thmugh the ye,:_ , Colonel McFadden has Wanted-Liaison From October 4, 1918, to January 3, 1920, the COAST \!tTILLERYJOURNAL-or as it was then called, THE JOUR- AL OF U. S. ARTILLERY published another magazine 4lIJed Liaiso11 which was devoted .to furnishing newly :ommissioned officers with various items of pertinent in- Ormation. i\'E\VS A~D COi\l?\lEi\'T 61 Liaisoll also carried articles on the operation of Coast Artillery regiments overseas in \\'orld \Yar I and so pro\'ides a primary source of information for certain phases of historical research. \ \' e are very anxious to complete our set of this publication so that ,,'e may place bound volumes in our library and make them available for historians to consult. The JOURNAL needs the following numbers: No, 1 (October 4, 1918) through No.9 (No\'Cmber 30, 1918) No. 26. Volume 1 (June H. 1919) No. I Volume II (July 5, 1919) through No. 26 Volume II (December 27,1919) 0Jo. I Volume III (January 3. 1920) through No. 13 Volume III (?\Iarch 27, 1920) It is hoped that some of our older officers may have some of these copies in their private libraries and that they may be willing to furnish them to the JOURNAL. The Editor will be glad to make any necessary arrangement. AAA Units Under date of 6 January 1943, the \Var Department approved the recommendation of the Commanding General, Antiaircraft Command, that the designation of antiaircraft units in the current revision be simplified by using the title AAA instead of the title. CA(AA). In compliance with the above, antiaircraft units organized under Tables of Organization in the 44 series have been designated as, for example He} & Hq Btry, 61st AAA Brig; I-1q & I-Iq Btry, 55th A1\A Gp; 139th A1\A Gun Bn; 660th AAA 1\ IG Btry; 577th AAA AWpns Bn. AAA Scores in North Africa Achieving a two-a-day record average, American antiaircraft units fighting in North Africa accounted for a total of 180 enemy airplanes destroyed or probably destroyed during one period of 90 days, according to a report received by the "Var Department. Of this number, 131 were listed as definitely destroyed. "It is believed," conservatl\'e. . " the report stated, "that the figures are One gun crew reported that "pieces of 'glasshouse' and two machine guns were found after the engagement, indicating the improbability of safe return." But that enemy plane was recorded as probably destroyed. There was no doubt, however, in another instance. The report noted that destruction of the plane was "confirmed by fact that the pilot was last seen walking." Antiaircraft units, highly mobile, operated in cOOrdination with infantry and field artillery organizations, providing not only protection to them but a potent offensive threat to the en em\'o Their activities covered a wide area of combat against afI types of enemy aircraft. "Many of those 131 planes were fast l\lesserschmitts and Focke-\Vulfs which are hard targets for any gunners, while others were J U 188s on reconnaissance and Stuka dive bombers," an Anny Ground Forces obserwr stated. H\Vhat-
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