8th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion
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The 8th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion (8th AAA Bn) was a United States Marine Corps antiaircraft unit that served during World War II. Formed in 1942 as the 8th Defense Battalion, its original mission was the air and coastal defense of advanced naval bases. During the war the battalion defended Tutuila in American Samoa, Wallis Island and Apamama and took part in combat operations at Okinawa. The battalion returned to the United States after the war and was decommissioned on 28 November 1945.
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8th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion
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8th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion
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World War II
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*Battle of Okinawa
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*Gilbert Islands Campaign
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United States Marine Corps
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Unofficial insignia taken from a 1981 8th AAA Battalion reunion pamphlet
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N/A
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*1 Apr 1942 – 27 Nov 1945
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~800 men
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Air Defense/Coastal Defense
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The 8th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion (8th AAA Bn) was a United States Marine Corps antiaircraft unit that served during World War II. Formed in 1942 as the 8th Defense Battalion, its original mission was the air and coastal defense of advanced naval bases. During the war the battalion defended Tutuila in American Samoa, Wallis Island and Apamama and took part in combat operations at Okinawa. The battalion returned to the United States after the war and was decommissioned on 28 November 1945.
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0001
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~800 men
