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26: 420:. The battalions were delayed coming ashore because the landing beaches were not good and the Marine Corps prioritized other assault units before them. Reconnaissance parties were finally able to get ashore on April 3 however the majority of personnel and equipment from both of these battalions did not start flowing ashore until April 8 with both battalions being fully operational by April 12. On April 20, operational and tactical control of the 1st Provisional AAA Group was transferred from III MAC to the 53rd AAA Brigade under Tenth Army AAA. The first echelon of the 8th AAA Battalion arrived on April 17 coming ashore at 1234: 72: 54: 562: 1777: 602: 582: 428:. The battalion completed offloading on April 20 and was fully operational capable y April 22. the 8th AAA Battalion was followed by the 5th AAA Battalion on May 5 which also established positions in the vicinity of Yontan and Kadena Airfields. On May 8, the 53rd AAA Brigade, higher headquarters for the group, issued an order that antiaircraft battalions were now expected to use only 453:"Sally") bombers headed for the Yontan-Kadena area. Four of these planes were shot down by the guns of the 1st Provisional AAA Group. One of the Japanese planes crash landed on Yontan Airfield and 10-12 Japanese commandos escaped. Before they were all killed, the commandoes were able to destroy or damage thirty eight aircraft. 539:
A unit citation or commendation is an award bestowed upon an organization for the action cited. Members of the unit who participated in said actions are allowed to wear on their uniforms the awarded unit citation. The 1st Provisional Antiaircraft Artillery Group has been presented with the following
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struck Okinawa causing extensive damage to deployed American Forces. There were three Marines from the Group that sustained minor injuries while the group and its battalions lost 50-75% of tents and buildings.
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and had been conducting extensive air defense training for most of 1944. Training for the group's battalions consisted of firing air defense artillery and automatic weapons at
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On October 4, the group received FMFPac Special Order 334-5 authorizing the group and its subordinate battalions to return to the United States. On October 9,
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The Group Headquarters began embarking on the USS Meriwether (APA-203) on October 22 and set sail the next day for the United States. The Group arrived in
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on February 6 and they remained there until February 12. The convoy arrived at Saipan on February 16. On March 14, the group's headquarters began loading
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On D-Day, April 1, the assault echelons of the Group Headquarters and the 2d and 16th Antiaircraft Battalions were loaded onto seven
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From April to July 1945 the Group was credited with destroying 31.5 Japanese aircraft, probably destroying 6 more and damaging 23.
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1st Provisional AAA Group Operations Order 1-45 (Report). First Provisional Antiaircraft Artillery Group. February 24, 1945.
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and was decommissioned on December 5, 1945. To date, no other Marine Corps unit has carried the group's lineage and honors
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Anti-aircraft fire from Marine AAA Battalions in the vicinity of Yontan Airfield lace the sky during the Battle of Okinawa.
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For the Battle of Okinawa the 1st Provisional Antiaircraft Group was tasked with providing antiaircraft defenses for
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arriving on January 19. On January 20, the group received FMFPAC Special Order Number 25-45 ordering movement to
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The following officers served as Commanding Officer of the 1st Provisional Antiaircraft Group:
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Some of the heaviest air raids of the battle occurred on the evening of 24-25 May during the
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On October 1, the 1st Provisional AAA Group was transferred under the command of the
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Lieutenant Colonel Charles T. Tingle (August 31, 1945 - October 21, 1945)
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while the assault echelon of the 16th was in direct support of the
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Air defense units and formations of the United States Marine Corps
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Commanding General, Service, Command, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific.
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was a provisional unit that served as the headquarters for all
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Major Walter L. Eddy Jr. (October 22, 1945 - December 5 1945)
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and was responsible for air defense of the area surrounding
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while the group's personnel departed a day later on the
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On January 17, 1945, the group headquarters boarded the
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Nichols Jr., Charles S.; Shaw Jr., Henry I. (1955).
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United States of America
United States Marine Corps
Anti-aircraft warfare
Battle of Okinawa
Henry R. Paige
Kenneth W. Benner
United States Marine Corps
antiaircraft
Battle of Okinawa
Kauai
Territory of Hawaii
III Marine Amphibious Corps
53d Antiaircraft Artillery Brigade
Tenth United States Army
Yontan
Kadena Airfields
United States
Kauai
Territory of Hawaii
Fleet Marine Force, Pacific
III Amphibious Corps
2d
5th
8th
10th
16th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalions
5th
8th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalions
Funafuti

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