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NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE STREAMER
COLD WAR VICTORY MEDAL AUTHORIZED BY 111th CONGRESS (INDIVIDUAL AWARD)
BUT NOT THE DOD AS YET
LINAGE OF 5th Light Antiaircraft Missile Battalion
1966
Activated 1 July 1966 as 5th Light Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion, FMF Pacific at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, AZ
Re-designated 31 January 1969 Detachment "A" 2nd Light Antiaircraft Missile Battalion
1st LAAM Battalion History
1966-1969
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5th LAAM 1966 Jul 1
5th LAAM to activate at Yuma  MCAS Yuma Cactus Comet
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5th LAAM 1966 Sep 23
Vietnam Vet new LAAM CO
MCAS Yuma Cactus Comet
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5th LAAM 1966 Nov 4 LAAM 1stSgt Sets New Pistol Mark
MCAS Yuma Cactus Comet
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5th LAAM 1966 Oct 21 Oct 13 Big Day for LAAM CO MCAS Yuma Cactus Comet
1967 Nov 17Â 5th LAAM Awards Purple Hearts and Navy Comm
MCAS Yuma Cactus Comet5th LAAM Awards Purple Hearts and Navy Comm
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5th LAAM 1967 Feb 10
500th Man joins 5th LAAM - MCAS Yuma Cactus Comet
5th LAAM 1967 Three LAAM Marine presents with Masts MCAS Yuma Cactus Comet
5th LAAM 1967 Feb 24Â HAWKs on Parade
MCAS Yuma Cactus CometHAWKs on Parade
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1967 Apr 21 5th LAAM Mess Night
MCAS Yuma Cactus Comet
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5th LAAM 1967 May 5 Defensive Fires MCAS Yuma Cactus Comet
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1967 Dec 15 5th LAAM Participates in Blue Lotus
MCAS Yuma Cactus Comet5th LAAM Participates in Blue Lotus
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1967 Apr 21Â 5th LAAM Fires First HAWK Missiles >>>>>
MCAS Yuma Cactus Comet5th LAAM Fires First HAWK Missiles >>>>>
1967 Jul 14 5th LAAM
B Battery developing into fine Org
MCAS Yuma Cactus Comet
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5th LAAM 1967 Nov 24
Marines Decorated
MCAS El Toro Flight Jacket
5th LAAM 1967 Nov 3 Family Affair
MCAS Yuma Cactus Comet
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5th LAAM 1967 Oct
Honors 4 Members
 MCAS Yuma Cactus Comet
5th LAAM 1967 Jul 14 Good Morning General MCAS Yuma Cactus Comet
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5th LAAM 1967 Aug 25 B Battery Developing into Tight Unit MCAS Yuma Cactus Comet
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5th LAAM 1967 Jul 14 Gen Krulak Visits FMFPac Units Here
MCAS Yuma Cactus Comet
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5th LAAM 1967 Dec 15 Largest West Coast Operation in 3 years MCAS Yuma Cactus Comet
 Command Chronology Â
    5th LAAM Bn    Â
   Jan 1966-Dec 1969  Â
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5th LAAM 1967 Aug 25 New Command Officers MCAS Yuma Cactus Comet
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5th LAAM 1967 Dec 15 Marine Barracks Yokosuka 1951
MCAS Yuma Cactus Comet
5th LAAM - Lt Unk, LtCol Jolley, FO-GO Unk
5th LAAM 1967 May 4 Arrival of Admiral Woodin MCAS Yuma
5th LAAM 1967 Apr 14 LtCol Malcolm Jolley holding guidon as SgtMaj unfurls MCAS Yuma
5th LAAM - LtCol Jolley holding 'Silver' the Battalion mascot
5th LAAM PFC Unk and LtCol Malcolm Jolley MCAS Yuma
MCAS Yuma Flight Line formation
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1968 May 24 >>>>>>>>Â
5th LAAM Fires HAWKS
MCAS El Toro
Flight Jacket
<<<5th LAAM 1968 Mar 22 Foreign Tour MCAS Yuma Cactus Comet
5th LAAM 1968 Jan Maj Getz awarded Bronze Star MCAS Yuma Cactus Comet
5th LAAM 1968 Nov 9 - Change of Command MCAS Yuma Cactus Comet
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1968 Nov 15 Maj Getz takes over 5th LAAM
MCAS Yuma Cactus Comet
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5th LAAM 1969 Jan 24 Mx Chief Earns Navy Comm w V
 MCAS Yuma Cactus Comet
5th LAM 1969 Jan 31 - Det A 2nd LAAM
replaces 5th LAAM
MCAS El Toro Flight Jacket
5th LAAM 1969 Feb 7 - Deactivated
MCAS Yuma Cactus Comet
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