The 24th Coast Artillery Regiment was a

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regiment in the

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. It was the garrison of the Harbor Defenses of Argentia and St. John's,

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from February 1942 through October 1944, as a battalion after March 1943.Gaines, p. 16Stanton, p. 484

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Constituted 13 January 1942 and activated 17 January 1942 at

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, New York as 24th Coast Artillery (HD) Regiment (Composite). HHB and Batteries A and B organized at Fort H.G. Wright. Batteries C, D, and E organized 16 February 42 at

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(NBC) with personnel reassignedTechnically, units "transferred less personnel and equipment" back to their parent unit from Battery A, 53rd Coast Artillery (Tractor Drawn) (TD) Regiment; Battery D, 52nd Coast Artillery (Railway) Regiment; and 2nd Platoon, Battery G, 53rd CA (TD) Regt, that were inactivated in Newfoundland and transferred back to their parent regiments in CONUS, less personnel and equipment. * HHB and Batteries A and B were transferred 3 March 1942 to the

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for transshipment to Newfoundland, arriving at

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, Newfoundland 25 March 1942. * Battery F activated 27 June 1942. * Reorganized as 24th CA (HD) Battalion (Separate) 23 March 1943; reorganized as 24th CA (HD) Battalion (Composite) 10 April 1943. * HHB and Battery C transferred to

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, New York for inactivation and reassignment of personnel, arriving 2 January 1944. Detachment of 24th CA Battalion transferred to

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, Mississippi 4 January 1944, inactivated and personnel reassigned to

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upon arrival 15 January 1944. * The remainder (HHD, Batteries A, B, D, and F) operated in NBC with detachments at

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and Fort McAndrew until reorganized October 1944. Battery B inactivated Fort Jackson, SC. HHD, Batteries A, D, and F transferred to

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, Massachusetts, where the battalion was inactivated and disbanded 8 September 1945.

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Gaines, William C., Coast Artillery Organizational History, 1917-1950, ''Coast Defense Journal'', vol. 23, issue 2
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Harbor Defenses in Newfoundland at the Coast Defense Study Group website

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