The 4th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion (4th AAA Bn) was a United States Marine Corps antiaircraft unit that served during World War II. Formed in 1940 as the 4th Defense Battalion, its original mission was providing air and coastal defense of advanced naval bases. It was one of first five defense battalions deployed in support of the color-coded war plans that called for the defense of Hawaii and other outlying United States possessions in the Pacific Ocean. These five battalions were nicknamed the "Rainbow Five."[6] During the war the battalion took part in combat operations during the attack on Pearl Harbor and at Vella Lavella. The battalion was decommissioned on 9 June 1945 before the end of the war.
^Rottman 2002, pp. 211.
^Rottman 2002, pp. 216.
^Shaw & Kane 1963, pp. 562.
^Melson 1996b, pp. 26.
^Updegraph 1972, pp. 89.
^Rottman 2002, pp. 207.
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