Hello all. Not sure if someone here can help but my grandfather served in the unit named in the title. Now, I am trying to understand if the 24th AAA Battalion was an attachment of the 8th Army or would they have been assigned to a Division. A lot of my confusion stems from there is a picture of him in uniform with a 5th Armored Division patch on his sleeve. My research of the 5th doesnt show there being a 24th AAA. After requesting his records, it only says 24th AAA Battalion. Im at a loss but if someone has any websites I could research or any answers I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you.
There is a koreanwar.org website that list the 'order of battle' units and the 24th shows up but lists no info. Also, my grandfather had taken a picture of two trucks and they both have '24th AAA' printed on them. So I know it exists. Thanks for any leads.
You may want to confirm this, but there were two types of AAA Battalions in the U.S. Army order of battle. Anti-Aircraft Artillery Gun Battalions and Anti-Aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalions. A few fragmentary references I've seen suggest that the 24th was a Gun battalion.
A Gun battalion was equipped with 90mm Anti-Aircraft guns, and usually protected fixed positions against air attack. These were not usually attached to any division, either formally or informally, although the Automatic Weapons battalion with smaller more mobile equipment were.
I don't believe the U.S. 5th Armored deployed to Korea, so that piece doesn't fit.