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/US Army Patch 59th Coast Artillery Corps regiment,ww1
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/US Army Patch 59th Coast Artillery Corps regiment, ww1. Size 3 3/4" x 3 1/2" x 3 1/2"....Constituted 1 December 1917 in the Regular Army as the 59th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps) (CAC) and organized 1 January 1918 at Fort Hamilton
, New York from existing Regular Army and New York National Guard Companies of Coast Artillery.
Moved to France March 1918, armed there with 24 British-made 8-inch howitzers
served with the 32nd Brigade (CAC) on the Western Front
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, including support of I and IV Army Corps. Returned to the US in January 1919 and later moved to Camp Lewis
Washington state (National Guard Companies demobilized at Camp Upton
, New York during January and February 1919 but regiment continued on active status)