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Andrew Hero, Jr
Andrew Hero Jr. (December 13, 1868 – February 7, 1942) was a Major general (United States), major general in the United States Army who was prominent for his service as Chief of United States Army Coast Artillery Corps, Coast Artillery. Early life Andrew Hero Jr. was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on December 13, 1868. His father, Andrew Hero, was a soldier in the Confederate States Army, and served in the 141st Field Artillery Regiment, Washington Artillery. The younger Andrew Hero was educated in New Orleans and attended Tulane University and the Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Science, School of Mines at Columbia University before becoming a student at the United States Military Academy. He graduated in 1891 and was commissioned as a Second lieutenant#United States, second lieutenant of Infantry. Start of career Hero's first assignment was with the 12th Infantry Regiment (United States), 12th Infantry at Fort Yates, North Dakota. In late 1891 he transferred to th ...
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New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans
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; french: La Nouvelle-Orléans , es, Nueva Orleans) is a Consolidated city-county, consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of Louisiana. With a population of 383,997 according to the 2020 U.S. census, it is the List of municipalities in Louisiana, most populous city in Louisiana and the twelfth-most populous city in the southeastern United States. Serving as a List of ports in the United States, major port, New Orleans is considered an economic and commercial hub for the broader Gulf Coast of the United States, Gulf Coast region of the United States. New Orleans is world-renowned for its Music of New Orleans, distinctive music, Louisiana Creole cuisine, Creole cuisine, New Orleans English, uniq ...
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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 and its possessions between 1901 and 1950. The CAC also operated heavy and railway artillery during World War I. History As early as 1882 the need for heavy fixed artillery for seacoast defense was noted in Chester A. Arthur's Second Annual Message to Congress where he noted: In 1885 the Endicott Board was convened under the subsequent Grover Cleveland administration, chaired by Secretary of War William Crowninshield Endicott. This board recommended a large-scale program of harbor defenses at 29 ports, including guns, mortars, and mine fields. Most of their recommendations were implemented and new defenses were constructed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers 1895–1905. As the defenses were constructed, each harbor or river's installations were controlled by Artillery Districts, renamed Coast Defense Commands in 191 ...
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