LAAM Bn Patches (USMC)

Light Antiaircraft Missile Battalion (LAAM Bn) USMC
USMC HAWK Battalion Patches

Vietnam 1965 - 1967





The HAWK missile system was first introduced in South Vietnam in 1965 by the 1st LAAM Bn of the USMC. The 1st LAAM Battalion was based on a plateau and some hill tops at the Hai Van Pass north of Da Nang to protect the south against attacks by North Vietnames aircraft.

Vietnam 1965 - 1968




September 1968 in a combined sealift and airlift the 6th Battalion, 56th Artillery (US Army) (-C Battery), conducted a relief of the 2nd LAAM Bn (USMC), establishing command and cntrol responsibility for low and medium altitude air defense of the Chu Lai area.

Participated in Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm
August 1990 - February 1991