and 64 enlisted men were transferred to the III Amphibious Corps at Guadalcanal, and formed an air-warning assault echelon. The rest of the squadron departed Hawaii on June 1, 1944. Both echelons were bound for Guam. The assault echelon landed on Guam July 21, 1944 and three days later the first Marine radar set reported on the air. The larger portion of the squadron arrived July 27, 1944 with the final Marines arriving from MCAS Ewa on August 10, 1944. A week later the squadron's SCR-270 radar was operational on the south end of Orote Field. The squadron operated two long range search radars (SCR-270s), one ground controlled intercept (GCI) radar (SCR-527) and an air defense control center which received information from additional reporting radars on Guam and in the Marianas area. During this time the squadron was responsible for supplying air warning and fighter direction against air and sea attacks for the Air Defense Command of Guam and the Mariana Islands. In December 1944 the squadron started experiments with window and by February 1945 they were practicing with pilots in simulated day fighter interception tactics. On February 2, 1945, controllers from AWS-2, working aboard a US Navy destroyer, controlled fighters from VMF(N)-534 for their first successful interception of the war when two F6F Hellcats engaged a Nakajima C6N 110 miles northeast of Saipan. Early in March 1945, AWS-2 Marines were sent to Ulithi and Peleliu to prepare facilities on those islands as portions of AWS-2 would be relieving United States Navy ARGUS units of their air defense responsibilities. By early May 1945 the squadron headquarters was formed at Peleliu with detachments on Ulithi and Falalop. AWS-2 was responsible for air defense of this region until the end of the war. The squadron returned to the United States in February 1946 and was quickly decommissioned on 15 February 1946. Commanding Officers Capt George T. C. Fry - September 1, 1943 - December 15, 1944 Capt Lumir F. Slezak - December 16, 1944 - June 17, 1945 Capt Charles K. Dyer - June 18, 1945 - July 5, 1945 Maj Frank B. Freese - July 5th - unknown Unit awards A unit citation or commendation is an award bestowed upon an organization for the action cited. Members of the unit who participated in said actions are allowed to wear on their uniforms the awarded unit citation. What follows is an incomplete