Charles W. Ennis File of Battery "D", 214th Coast Artillery Anti-Aircraft, 1940-2010

Summary

Creator:
Ennis, Charles W.
Date:
1940-2010
Extent:
1 folder(s)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Charles W. Ennis File of Battery "D", 214th Coast Artillery Anti-Aircraft, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641.

Background

Scope and content:

The file consists of clippings, a brief history of Battery D, rosters, a poem regarding a bottle of brandy presented to the 214th Regimental Association CA (AA), correspondence regarding the Regimental Association reunions, and an excerpt from the diary of Marvin B. Grimes describing the action on Guadalcanal and Russell Island.

Biographical / historical:

On October 1, 1939, Battery "D" of the 214th Coast Artillery Anti-Aircraft Regiment, led by Commander Jere N. Moore, was organized in Milledgeville, Georgia. During the summer of 1940, the unit trained and held target practice at Fort Barrancas in Florida. On December 2, 1940, the unit was moved from Milledgeville to Camp Stewart, Georgia, to join the rest of the regiment. In June 1942, the 214th Regiment was moved to California as part of the defense of San Francisco. They remained in California until September when they shipped out on the USS Mount Vernan, to New Zealand. Battery "D" served in the Pacific Theatre, participating in the Battle of Guadalcanal, from 1942 to 1943. Throughout the war Battery "D" was reorganized numerous times, of the original 122 enlisted men and four officers only thirteen served together continually.

Colonel Charles W. Ennis served as an observer height finder in the Range Section of Battery "D".

Arrangement:

The contents of this file are arranged chronologically.

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Preferred citation:

Charles W. Ennis File of Battery "D", 214th Coast Artillery Anti-Aircraft, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641.