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222nd AAA Searchlight Battalion

Formation History

Date: 20 Jan 43
Location: Camp Haan, Riverside, CA
Type: Coast Artillery S/L Btn
Original Designation: 3rd Btn, 86th CA
Redesignation Date: 3 Mar 43

Port of Embarkation

Date: 17 Mar 44
Location: San Francisco, CA

Campaigns

Luzon, Leyte, New Guinea

Inactivation

Date: 15 Apr 46
Location: Phillipines

War Diary

Arrived New Guinea: 22 Apr 44
Arrived Phillipines: 9 Jan 45
Location a/o August 1945: Luzon, Phillipines, less Bty A (Blak Island) and Bty B (Cotabato, Mindinao, Phillipines)

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224th AAA Searchlight Battalion

Formation History

Date: 20 Jan 43
Location: Fort Bliss, El Paso, TX
Type: Coast Artillery S/L Btn
Original Designation: 3rd Btn, 509th CA
Redesignation Date: 3 Mar 43

Port of Embarkation

Date: 11 Jan 44
Location: San Francisco, CA

Campaigns

New Guinea

Inactivation

Date: 15 Feb 46
Location: Phillipines

War Diary

Arrived New Guinea: 29 Jan 44
Arrived Phillipines: 14 Jul 45
Location a/o August 1945: Manila, Phillipines, less a detachment at Finschafen, New Guinea

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