3rd Light Antiaircraft Missile Battalion
3rd Light Antiaircraft Missile Battalion (3d LAAM Bn) was a United States Marine Corps air defense unit equipped with the medium range surface-to-air MIM-23 HAWK Missile System. During World War II, the battalion was known as the 3rd Defense Battalion and took part in combat operations at Pearl Harbor, Midway, Guadalcanal and Bougainville. The unit was deactivated in late 1944 but was brought back into service as the Marine Corps began to transition to surface to air missiles for their air defense needs in the early 1950s. During the mid to late 1950s, the battalion was based at Marine Corps Training Center 29 Palms, California and was one of two Marine Corps units that operated the land-based version of the RIM-2 Terrier Missile. In January 1963 3rd LAAM battalion was moved to Marine Corp
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1st Battalion, 15th Marines1st Light Antiaircraft Missile Battalion1st MAAM1st MAAM Battalion1st Medium Antiaircraft Missile Battalion1st Provisional Marine Guided Missile Battalion1st Surface-to-Air Missile Battalion1st Surface to Air Missile Battalion2d Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion3d Defense Battalion3d LAAM3d LAAM Battalion3d Light Antiaircraft Missile Battalion3rd Defense Battalion3rd LAAM3rd LAAM Battalion4th Antiaircraft Artillery BattalionBattle of Koromokina LagoonChandler W. JohnsonEdward H. ForneyHarold C. RobertsHarry K. PickettHenry R. PaigeHistory of ground based air defense in the United States Marine CorpsJohn H. MillerKenneth W. BennerLaamList of United States Marine Corps aviation support unitsList of United States Marine Corps battalionsMarine Air Control Group 28Marine Barracks, Naval Air Station MidwayMarine defense battalionsOrder of battle of the Attack on Pearl HarborRobert H. PepperWalter L. J. Bayler
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3rd Light Antiaircraft Missile Battalion
3rd Light Antiaircraft Missile Battalion (3d LAAM Bn) was a United States Marine Corps air defense unit equipped with the medium range surface-to-air MIM-23 HAWK Missile System. During World War II, the battalion was known as the 3rd Defense Battalion and took part in combat operations at Pearl Harbor, Midway, Guadalcanal and Bougainville. The unit was deactivated in late 1944 but was brought back into service as the Marine Corps began to transition to surface to air missiles for their air defense needs in the early 1950s. During the mid to late 1950s, the battalion was based at Marine Corps Training Center 29 Palms, California and was one of two Marine Corps units that operated the land-based version of the RIM-2 Terrier Missile. In January 1963 3rd LAAM battalion was moved to Marine Corp
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3rd Light Antiaircraft Missile ...... its medium-range air defense.
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* Attack on Pearl ...... attle of Bougainville
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3rd Light Antiaircraft Missile ...... alion was moved to Marine Corp
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