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The 92nd Coast Artillery Regiment was a Regular Coast Artillery regiment in the United States Army, and part of the Philippine Scouts. ==History== The regiment was constituted February 1924 as 92nd CA (HD) Regt (PS) and organized 7-1-24 at Fort Mills by redesignating 278th, 280th, 283rd, 287th, 288th, 275th, & 289th Cos, (PS)(organized 12-18-22) as HHB and Btrys A-F.〔http://www.cdsg.org/reprint%20PDFs/CACreg1.pdf〕 During the Philippines Campaign (1941–42) the regiment was equipped primarily with Canon de 155mm GPF tractor drawn guns. It manned the following batteries. * A Battery (Fort Wint) Beach defense * B Battery * C Battery Kysor * D Battery Levagood * E Battery Ordnance Point * F Battery Frank North * G Battery Monja 1st Bn (Btrys A & B), 2nd Bn (Btrys C & D), manned fixed and mobile seacoast guns. 3rd Bn (Bilibid Guard Bn) provided guard for the post stockade and guard details for Bilibid convict work gangs on Corregidor and other fortified islands. Redesignated TD regiment 1935. Btrys G and H activated 4-28-41 at Ft. Mills and regiment reorganized. The 1st Bn composed of Btrys A-D; 2nd Bn composed of Btrys E & F (Guard Bn) and 3rd Bn to be composed of Btrys G & H. Organization of Btry H not complete when World War II started and personnel merged into other components of regiment. Regiment surrendered 5-6-42 after the end of the Battle of Corregidor, disbanded 6-28-50. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「92nd Coast Artillery (United States)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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