Description
179th Field Artillery Regiment
74th Field Artillery Brigade • World War II •
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Document Overview
Published in 1941 by the Army and Navy Publishing Company of Baton Rouge, this Historical and Pictorial Review covers the 179th Field Artillery, an Atlanta-based Georgia National Guard regiment armed with the 155-mm howitzer, during its training at Camp Blanding, Florida, after its induction in February 1941. It opens with the 74th Field Artillery Brigade under Brig. Gen. Ira T. Wyche and a 24-page illustrated section on the organization of the 1941 Army and National Guard, then turns to the regiment itself: Col. Thomas L. Alexander’s greeting and biography, the regimental staff, the coat of arms, and a history that traces the unit to Atlanta’s Gate City Guard of 1857 through the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, the Mexican Border and World War I as the 122nd Infantry. Photo spreads of firing, instruments and camp life lead into group photos of every battery, the band and the medical detachment, with the men named row by row. The First Battalion was commanded by Lt. Col. Elbert P. Tuttle, who later became chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. This is a digital download of a scanned copy of the original book.
Campaigns: None (stateside training at Camp Blanding, 1941); lineage includes the Civil War, Spanish-American War, Mexican Border and World War I with the 31st “Dixie” Division
Commanders: Col. Thomas L. Alexander (regimental commander); Lt. Col. Walter B. Elliott (executive officer); Lt. Col. Elbert P. Tuttle (First Battalion); Maj. Richard C. Endicott (Second Battalion); Brig. Gen. Ira T. Wyche (74th Field Artillery Brigade)
Unit newspaper: unknown
Table of Contents
Greeting from Brigadier General Ira T. Wyche
History of the 74th Field Artillery Brigade
Service Record of General Wyche
Brigade Regimental Commanders and Staff
Headquarters Battery, 74th Field Artillery Brigade
The Army of the United States
Congress and the Army
The Secretary of War
The Chief of Staff
The General Headquarters
The National Guard Bureau
The National Guard
The Arms: Infantry, Cavalry, Field Artillery, Coast Artillery Corps, Air Corps, Corps of Engineers, Signal Corps
The Services
The Regular Army
The Organized Reserves
Greeting from Colonel Thomas L. Alexander
Colonel Thomas L. Alexander, Commanding
Regimental Staff
Blazonry: Coat of Arms and Distinctive Insignia
History of the 179th Field Artillery
In Action
Instruments
Regimental Personnel
Headquarters Battery
Band
First Battalion Staff
Headquarters Battery, First Battalion
Service Battery, First Battalion
Battery A
Battery B
Battery C
Second Battalion Staff
Headquarters Battery, Second Battalion
Service Battery, Second Battalion
Battery D
Battery E
Battery F
Medical Detachment
“A proud record has been established—a heritage in which each of you share.”
— Col. Thomas L. Alexander, Commanding 179th Field Artillery, 1941