Marine defense battalions
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Marine Defense Battalions were United States Marine Corps battalions charged with coastal and air defense of advanced naval bases during World War II. They maintained large anti-ship guns, anti-aircra
3rd Defense Battalion with a 90 mm antiaircraft gun at Guadalcanal
155 mm Long Tom gun "Scorpion" of the 4th Marine Defense Battalion at Barakoma Airfield on Vella Lavella in the South Pacific.
Japanese Imperial Army Captain Sakee Oba surrenders his Samurai sword to Lieutenant Colonel Howard G. Kurgis, USMC, at Saipan, Mariana Islands on Saturday morning, December 1, 1945.
8th AAA Bn
3rd Littoral Anti-Air Battalion is a United States Marine Corps aviation command and control and air defense unit that is optimized for operations in the first island chain. The battalion is based at
Marine defense battalions
…Griebel Lewis A. Hohn 2nd Defense Battalion Hawaii American Samoa Tarawa Guam Okinawa Bertram A. Bone Thomas E. Bourke Charles I. Murray Raymond E. Knapp 3rd Defense Battalion Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Midway Island Guadalcanal Tulagi Bougainville Robert H. Pepper Harry K. Pickett Harold C. Roberts Kenneth W. Benner Edward H…
3d LAAB insignia
Battery G, 3d Defense Battalion, Pearl Harbor, 1940
An MIM-23 Hawk missile is fired by the 3rd Light Anti-aircraft Missile Battalion during a training exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina