Timberwolf Posted May 7, 2018 Share #1 Posted May 7, 2018 Hi all, Had this grouping for a couple of weeks now and wanted to share it! This unit encompasses a couple of things I like, I like WWII ground based radar units and the battle of Okinawa so why not both? This vet brought a few things back as well. Lots of photos of Okinawa. Hope you all enjoy! Here's a bit of history on MAWS-8, really an interesting history for such a small unit. Can't wait to get his file in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timberwolf Posted May 7, 2018 Author Share #2 Posted May 7, 2018 (The German belt may have belonged to a brother, but was with the group or he could have traded for it at some point!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timberwolf Posted May 7, 2018 Author Share #3 Posted May 7, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ww2marine Posted May 8, 2018 Share #4 Posted May 8, 2018 Very nice group, great history with this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katieony Posted May 8, 2018 Share #5 Posted May 8, 2018 Very nice group...congratulations! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timberwolf Posted May 10, 2018 Author Share #6 Posted May 10, 2018 Thanks guys!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellasilva Posted May 10, 2018 Share #7 Posted May 10, 2018 Holy smokes that's awesome. For a few years I owned a dog tag to a MAWS 8 Marine who earned a purple heart in a big depot fire while on Okinawa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timberwolf Posted May 11, 2018 Author Share #8 Posted May 11, 2018 Holy smokes that's awesome. For a few years I owned a dog tag to a MAWS 8 Marine who earned a purple heart in a big depot fire while on Okinawa. I was looking up MAWS 8 stuff and saw that post on the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airborne53 Posted May 11, 2018 Share #9 Posted May 11, 2018 hello great grouping , not found Kennedy in my AWS8 documents some pics of first detachment in Nagannu shima , map and official pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airborne53 Posted May 11, 2018 Share #10 Posted May 11, 2018 aerial pics of Nagannu shima olivier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al M Posted May 6, 2023 Share #11 Posted May 6, 2023 I have some scanned material of Marine AWS-8. My dad, Master Technical Seargent was in the Squadron and received the Bronze Star for some of his activities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al M Posted May 6, 2023 Share #12 Posted May 6, 2023 Master Technical Seargent Harld M. Meyers was maintenance chief for his group and took over when Capt. Casserly was injured during the landing on Okinawa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted May 6, 2023 Share #13 Posted May 6, 2023 Very nice group Ben. Somehow I missed it the first time around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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