Constituted 13 January 1942 and activated 17 January 1942 atFort H.G. Wright, New York as 24th Coast Artillery (HD) Regiment (Composite). HHB and Batteries A and B organized at Fort H.G. Wright. Batteries C, D, and E organized 16 February 42 atFort Pepperrell inNewfoundland Base Command (NBC) with personnel reassigned[3] from Battery A,53rd Coast Artillery (Tractor Drawn) (TD) Regiment; Battery D,52nd Coast Artillery (Railway) Regiment; and 2nd Platoon, Battery G, 53rd CA (TD) Regt, that were inactivated in Newfoundland and transferred back to their parent regiments in CONUS, less personnel and equipment.[1]
HHB and Batteries A and B were transferred 3 March 1942 to theNew York Port of Embarkation for transshipment to Newfoundland, arriving atFort McAndrew, Newfoundland 25 March 1942.[1]
Reorganized as 24th CA (HD) Battalion (Separate) 23 March 1943; reorganized as 24th CA (HD) Battalion (Composite) 10 April 1943.[1][2]
HHB and Battery C transferred toCamp Shanks, New York for inactivation and reassignment of personnel, arriving 2 January 1944. Detachment of 24th CA Battalion transferred toCamp Shelby, Mississippi 4 January 1944, inactivated and personnel reassigned toArmy Ground Forces upon arrival 15 January 1944.[1][2]
The remainder (HHD, Batteries A, B, D, and F) operated in NBC with detachments atHarmon Field and Fort McAndrew until reorganized October 1944. Battery B inactivatedFort Jackson, SC. HHD, Batteries A, D, and F transferred toCamp Myles Standish, Massachusetts, where the battalion was inactivated and disbanded 8 September 1945.[1]
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