CA units in the Philippines

[15thengineer]

Hey all,

Me and Joe are now trying to put together a Coastal Artillery impression for our 1939-42 garrison impressions.

We are going to buy some denim utility unifroms and such.

We were wondering what CA units were present at the time in the Islands? We bought some 9th CA unit patches, but this district was the west coast of the US.

I also manage to find the sea lion patch at the same shop!

Any info you all have on unit numbers and patches would be great.

Tom

[VeeVee]

Hi Tom,
You could do 59th and 60th CA based in Corregidor. There were also the 91st and 92nd CA PS. Then there was the 200th CA (anti aircraft), a New Mexico National Guard unit in Bataan.

Check out these threads. Should be interesting for your new impression:

pinoyhistory.proboards22.com/index.cgi?board=photos&action=display&thread=122

pinoyhistory.proboards22.com/index.cgi?board=photosreenacting&action=display&thread=705

-victor

[26th]

Hi

I think there was one from Salinas, Ca. Not sure what unit. Anyone know? Was it the 59th or 60th?

Rudy

[15thengineer]

Thanks a lot I knew there were posts on this before but could not find them!

59th and 60th it is! We will most likely go with the 60th, as our ETO impression is the 60th Inf. Regt. ......so we can keep our numbers straight this way.

A new militaria shop just opened by us and I was very happy to see several correct patches for our era for sale. I picked up the rampant sea lion patch, and a 1918 bolo knife sheath with cover for my knife. I had jury-rigged a sheath with wood slats and a sheath cover similar to your set up VeeVee, but now I have a nice sheath and cover. I also found some Coastal Artillery District patches, which sparked this whole interest in doing a Coastal Arty impression......plus it is not done a whole lot here in the midwest.

So me and Joe decided to put one together, we have been drooling over the Denim work uniforms for a while now, and this is just one more excuse to ask santa for one this year.

My grandfather on my mom's side was part of the harbor defense at Pearl Harbor from 1942-45. He was in the 326th Searchlight Battalion....

[VeeVee]

Too bad I don't think there are any former coast artillery posts in the midwest to do living history with. I wish you were in the east coast so you could reinforce the guys over at Fort Mott. But if you could fabricate a searchlight somehow... that would be a cool display.

[rickthelibrarian]

To my knowledge, there were no other National Guard coast artillery units except the 200th CA Regiment, which came from New Mexico. However, the 194th Tank Battalion had a company made up of the California National Guard.

[robersabel]

>200th CA Regiment

Are there any records that reveal members were awarded the Combat Infantryman badge?

I discovered substantial number of members of the 192nd and 194th Tank Battalions that were awarded.

Robert

[robersabel]

Located several former members of CA units awarded the CIB.
Below is one:

Norman R. Brown B Battery, 59th Coast Artillery
Veteran of Corregidor’s Battery Crockett, the Bataan Death March, the Japanese Hell-Ships, and witness to the second atomic bombing of Nagasaki. Awarded the Silver Star, the Presidential Unit Citation, the American Defense Service, the Am rican Campaign, the Asiatic-Pacifi c Campaign, the World War Two Victory, and the National Defense Service medals, the Philippine Defense, the Philippine Liberation, and Philippine Independence Ribbon, and the Combat Infantry Man’s badge too among all of his other medals.

Robert