This manual is a guide for the commander the field and personnel of artillery searchlight battery. It will assist the commander in developing the battery into an efficient, smooth working unit capable of operating effectively in combat.
PM 4-175, Coast Artillery Field Manual, Antiaircraft Artillery Operation of Materiel and Employment of Personnel, Searchlight Units, is published for the information and guidance of all concerned.
To request you sign the decision paper at Tab A requesting the Commandant to sign the letter to General Kerwin on the field artillery requirements for searchlights.
"The recent development of materiel and the methods of employing it has made it necessary to revise our scheme of national defense, and accordingly the present approved Coast Defense Project calls for a positive defense against enemy landings on...