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Exploring the Military History of Fort MacArthur and Palos Verdes 4th ed Shneer
Exploring the Military History of Fort MacArthur and Palos Verdes 4th edition by James A Shneer
Soft Cover
Copyright 2018
297 pages
Table of Contents
Preface1
Historical Background to World War I2
World War I Era14
First artillery installations 16
Primary and secondary base end stations 35
Inter-War Years44
14 inch railway guns44
Tertiary and quaternary base end stations53
World War II56
The war comes to Los Angeles63
Fort MacArthur tunnel system 67
Point Vicente Seacoast Defense Sites70
White Point91
On the Upper Reservation 100
Searchlights 116
Additional sites from Laguna to Santa Barbara under Fort MacArthur's command118
After World War II137
Nike battery LA-43149
Nike battery LA-55155
LA-45DC -Army Air Defense Command Post160
The Army leaves Fort MacArthur166
Appendices: Historical Materials 169
Appendix H-1: History Timeline170
Appendix H-2: Details of the History of the Free Harbor Contest175
Appendix H-3: Text from the 1896 Rivers and Harbors Bill 183
Appendix H-4: War Department Justification for Fortifying the Los Angeles Harbor area 184
Appendix H-5: Army Acquires Land for Upper Reservation 192
Appendix H-6: Trans-continental Journey of Fort MacArthur's Second 14-inch railway gun 194
Appendix H-7: Evolution of U.S. Harbor Defenses Prior to and During World War II 207
Appendix H-8: Watervliet Arsenal 212
Appendix H-9: Army Officers after whom Fort MacArthur and its Batteries were named215
Appendices: Systems Descriptions 222
Appendix S-1: Coast Artillery Fire Control System223
Appendix S-2: Operation of a 14-Inch Gun on a Railway Mount231
Appendix S-3: Seacoast Radar Artillery Sets245
Appendix S-4: Control Net System 2249
Appendix S-5: Anti-aircraft Searchlights 257
Appendix S-6: AN/FST-2 Radar Processing Equipment for SAGE259
Appendix S-7: Nike-Hercules System264
Appendix 5-8: Air Defense Fire Distribution Systems276
Miscellaneous Appendices279
Appendix M-1: The Spy from Palos Verdes280
Appendix M-2: Fort MacArthur and the Battleship Mississippi281
Appendix M-3: Interpretation of Army Site Drawings283
Appendix M-4: Summary of Fort MacArthur Artillery 286
Appendix M-5: Summary of Fort MacArthur's Fire Control Assets289
Appendix M-6: Summary of Sites and Fortifications Remaining 291
Sources, References, Additional Reading and Credits 292
General Information and Coast artillery 293
Missiles295
Cover and front matter picture credits295
Index296
This history traces the evolution of the armaments and fortifications that came under the command of Fort MacArthur, with a focus on those that dotted the coastal hillsides of the Palos Verdes Peninsula and San Pedro, California. It also provides precise locations of the remnants of these fortifications to help readers explore for themselves.
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