coast artillery
Americannoun
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artillery used for defending coastal areas.
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a military unit manning such artillery.
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After routine duty in the coast artillery in the U.S. and the Philippines, he taught philosophy at West Point in 1934, went on to Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, graduating in 1936.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some 9,000 2nd lieutenants from coast artillery outfits were at Fort Benning, being turned into infantry officers.
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From Brooklyn an Army transport laden with infantry and coast artillery sailed for the same destination.
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At last the Germans were trying out their threat to "command the Channel with coast artillery."
From Time Magazine Archive
In addition, there is a corps of coast artillery numbering 450 men, from which garrisons are drawn for the military port, Z�rate arsenal and naval prison.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various
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