CDSGThe Newsletter The Coast Defense Study Group, Inc. — May 2017 Chairman’s Message CDSG Meeting and Tour Calendar Alex Hall Please advise Terry McGovern of any additions Chairman, Board of Directors or changes at
[email protected] This past spring CDSG held its annual conference in the Harbor 2018 CDSG Conference Defenses of NYC, one of the largest harbor defenses to be toured. April 25-27, 2018 It was a large investment in time and money to see what we did. Columbia River, OR/WA A full write up of the conference and sites visits will appear in the Mark Berhow,
[email protected] Newsletter. Please join me in thanking our conference co-chairs Norm 2018 CDSG Special Tour Scarpulla and Shawn Welch for taking on this great effort. With a August 11-19, 2018 large number of sites, various owners, and offices to work through, Switzerland our conference co-chairs worked hard to get us access to many sites Terry McGovern,
[email protected] not open to the general public, as is a hallmark of our conferences on both seaboards. Along with the official conference, I hope you 2019 CDSG Conference will also join me in thanking Terry McGovern for organizing ad- Chesapeake Bay, VA ditional site visits both before and after the official conference, some Terry McGovern,
[email protected] of which had never been visited by CDSG before. I would also like to highlight how nice it was for me to finally 2019 CDSG Special Tour see the Army Ground Forces group in action and see firsthand the Manila Bay, the Philippines ongoing great work being done by them at Battery Gunnison, Fort Andy Grant,
[email protected] Hancock, with the National Park Service.