San Pedro in Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
Battery Osgood-Farley Historic Site
Home of the Fort MacArthur Museum
— Battle Honors, Third Coast Artillery —
Photographed By Richard E. Miller, December 8, 2011
1. Battle Honors, Third Coast Artillery
Battle Honors
Third Coast Artillery
War of 1812
Fort Nelson, VA. - June 22, 1813
Fort Oswego, NY. - May 5-6, 1814
Mexican War
Palo Alto - May 8. 1846
Resaca de la Palma - May 9, 1846
Monterey (sic) - Sept. 21-23, 1846
Vera Cruz - March 9-28, 1847
Cerro Gordo · Contreras · Churubusco · Molino del Rey · Chapultepec
Indian Wars
Seminole - 1832-39
Creek - 1836
Cherokee - 1838
Seminole - 1849-50
Rogue River -1855
Washington - 1858
Civil War
Blackburn’s Ford - July 18, 1861
Bull Run - July 21, 1861
Peninsula Campaign - Sept. 1862
Newbridge - 1862
Gaines Mill - 1862
Mechanicsville - 1862
Malvern Hill - June 30, 1862
Vicksburg - 1863
Philadelphia, Tenn. - Oct. 16, 1863
Campbell Sta. Tenn. - Nov. 16, 1863
Knoxville Tenn. - Nov. 17 - Dec 5, 1863
Blaines Cross Roads - Dec. 7, 1863
Laurel Hill - Oct. 7, 1864
Fort Fisher, N.C. - 1864
Wilderness - May 5-14, 1864
Philippine Insurrection - 1890-99
China Relief Expedition - 1900
World War II Dec. 8. 1941 – Sep. 15, 1945
A.D. MCMXLII
U.S.A. CLXVI
Erected by U.S. Army. (Marker
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Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • War, Cold • War, Mexican-American • War, World II. In addition, it is included in the Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument series list. A significant historical month for this entry is March 1820.
Location. 33° 42.734′ N, 118° 17.774′ W. Marker is in Los Angeles, California, in Los Angeles County. It is in San Pedro. Marker can be reached from Leavenworth Drive west of South Gaffey Street, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3601 South Gaffey Street, San Pedro CA 90731, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Korean Friendship Bell (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Point Fermin Lighthouse (approx. half a mile away); Stephen M. White (approx. 0.6 miles away); Cabrillo Beach Bath House (approx. ¾ mile away); Fort MacArthur / 500 Varas Square Historic District (approx. 0.8 miles away); Casa de San Pedro (approx. 0.9 miles away); Japanese Americans at White Point (approx. 1.2 miles away); White Point Nature Preserve (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Los Angeles.
More about this marker. Battery Osgood-Farley is Los Angeles Historic-Cultural
Photographed By Richard E. Miller, December 8, 2011
2. Fort MacArthur Museum
"Battle Honors, Third Coast Artillery" Marker, center right.
Also see . . .
1. Fort MacArthur. (Submitted on December 27, 2011, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.)
2. 3rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, U.S. Army. (Submitted on December 27, 2011, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.)
3. California and the 2nd World War: The Attacks on the SS Barbara Olson and SS Absoroka. (Submitted on December 27, 2011, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.)
4. Nike Missle Air Defense System. (Submitted on December 30, 2011, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.)
5. 47th Artillery Brigade. (Submitted on December 30, 2011, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.)
Additional keywords. "Guardian of Angels Gate"; 3d Air Defense Artillery; 477 ADA Brigade; Nike Ajax; Nike Hercules; UFOs; "Battle of Los Angeles": February 25, 1942.
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3. National Register of Historic Places
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4. Battery Osgood, entrance to Fort MacArthur Museum
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5. Fort MacArthur (Upper Reservation)
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6. Parapet for 14-inch disappearing cannon, Battery Farley
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7. Parapet for 14-inch disappearing cannon, Battery Osgood
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8. Battery "241": abandoned emplacements for 6-inch armored turret guns near the Korean Friendship Bell
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9. Fort MacArthur Museum galleries - in bombproof tunnel below Battery Farley
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10. Fort MacArthur Museum: aerial photos of San Pedro installations in 1937 &1943
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11. Fort MacArthur Museum: local news reporting, WWII
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12. Fort MacArthur Museum: local news reporting, WWII
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13. Fort MacArthur Museum: 1942 Relocation Order - "Instructions to All Persons of Japanese Ancestry"
"This is a copy of the notice “Instructions to All Persons Of Japanese Ancestry” that was originally posted on a telephone pole on the corner of 16th and Caroline here in San Pedro. It was removed sometime in late 1942. Note that one of the locations the Japanese were supposed to report to was the U.S. Employment Service Office at 162 W. Seventh Street, San Pedro. Richard and Yvette Williams of San Pedro generously donated the original notice." Fort MacArthur Museum
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14. Angels Gate Park - entrance off Gaffey Street below the "Marine Exchange"
Credits. This page was last revised on February 28, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 26, 2011, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,811 times since then and 83 times this year. Last updated on March 19, 2015, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13. submitted on December 27, 2011, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. 14. submitted on December 30, 2011, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
