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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 8th
Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion has been presented with the following awards:
259:. Because of the divestiture of the coastal defense mission, the battalion was re-designated as the 8th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion on 15 June 1944. For the next few months, the battalion continued to train on Kauai.
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on 8 November 1945. On 27 November 1945 the 8th
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the 8th AAA Battalion was one of four AAA battalions that comprised the
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On 22 October the 8th AAA Battalion embarked upon the
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913:Marine Forces Reserve
896:Marine Forces Pacific
884:Marine Forces Command
841:Seapower subcommittee
756:Secretary of the Navy
398:with one Bronze Star
167:8th Defense Battalion
1295:White House Sentries
1290:Silent Drill Platoon
1270:Drum and Bugle Corps
1212:Individual equipment
1165:Martial Arts Program
595:. Greenwood Press.
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213:which had under it
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1104:Historical Marines
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