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WITR'S OJEC
American Guide
-Daytona Beach, Florida




4 Dorothy R. Scoville Army, Navy, Coast Guard
:: Ooplete ,/ March 6, 1936
1260 word a D. R. S.



Base for one of 5 National Guard Coast Ar-

tillery Anti-airoraft Units in the State,. Daytona Beach

has 58 enlisted men and 5 officers in the 265th Regiment.

Full equipment for 97 men, valued at 4pproxi-

mately $50,000.00 includes one three-inch anti-aircraft

Sgun ahd trailer mount. There is also additional anti-

range equipment valued at about 165,000.00. The local

Unit was mustered ipto service July 1, 1929. Capt. H. .

Couchman is local officer in charge and headquarters are

in Jacksonville.

A building on Marion St. is in temporary

,use as an armory for weekly drills. Local Unit members

receive 2 weeks intensive training annually at Ft. Baran-

oas, Pensacola. Visitors are welcome at drills and no

passes are necessary; permission being given by Capt.

H. E. Couohman.

Daytona Beach also has a Naval Reoruiting

Station, maintained on the second floor of the Post

Office building, N. Beach St., by Unit 4; Section 1,
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U. S. Naval Communication Reserve of the 7th Naval
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District. The local Unit is one of 10 in the State

for the training of radio communication personnel in

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Armiy, Navy- oat .-Guard

D. R. oSoville

Daytona Beach, Pla.




event of a national emergency.

Semi-weekly night classes in Naval Radio

Communication are supplementedd by two weeks annual cruise

training aboard ship. The local station is operated on

5 kilocyales under the call letters a 4 A 8, and the

present personnel includes 16 men in charge of two

officers. Ennsign Wmi C. Howes is comnmanding officer

and permission to visit the Unit may be obtained from

-him.

Other topic questions do no t apply here.




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By Mary
Edited by
March 4,


Irene Davis
- D., R Sooville
1936


BIBLIOGRPAIHY


DAYTONIA


BEACH


AM AND BAVY9


Personal interview
Commanding Officer
H. C. R. 7th Naval
Florida


with Ensign
of Unit 4,
District, D


Wm. C. Howes,
Section 1,
aytona Beach,


Personal
man, 224


interview with Capt.
S. Beach St., Daytona


Be ach
H.E.


Couch-
1. Fla.


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