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-Maine Corps Birthday Nov. 10th 1775
-Tun Tavern, Phil. Penn
-Two Battalions by Captain
Samuel Nicholas |
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| Marines came under the department of the Navy |
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-First Marine Corps landing (Bahamas)
-Nickname "Leatherneck" |
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-Shores of Tripoli (Burma)
-"Stars and Stripes" Raised for the
first time in eastern Hem. |
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-Mexican War, occupied "Halls of
Montezuma" (Battle of Chapultepec) |
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-Colonel Robert E. Lee in command
-Marines Stormed Harper's Ferry
-Slave revolt led by John Brown |
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-The Eagle, Globe, and Anchor adopted
-Modified by BG Jacob Zeilin, 7th CMC |
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| What does the eagle, globe, and anchor signify? |
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Globe - Worldwide service
Anchor - sea traditions
Spread eagle - symbol of the nation itself. |
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-Official motto of the MC - Semper
Fidelis |
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| -American Legation in Pecking, China. (Boxer Rebellion) |
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-Established the aviation unit
-Maj Alfred A. Cunningham First Pilot |
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-Reorganized into the FMF
-Testing and developing materials for landing ops and exped. service. |
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-South Vietnam
-Longest war in Marine Corps history
-landed in the Dominican Republic to evacuate U.S. Citizens. |
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-Deployed to Lebanon as Multinational peackeeping force.
-23OCT1983 suicide attack on HQS killing 241 and wounded 70 others. |
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-Operation Desert Storm
-air phase commenced in Jan. 1991
-ground swept into Kuwait and liberated the country. |
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| THE BATTLE OF BELLEU WOOD |
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-Belleu Wood, France WWI.
-renamed "The Wood of the Brigade of Marines"
-Evaluated as "Storm Troops"
"Teufelhunden" AKA "Devil Dogs" |
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| THE BATTLE OF GUADALCANAL |
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-07AUG1942 Solomon Islands
-1st MARDIV
-1st US land offensive of WWII.
-1st combat test of new amphib doctrine |
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-Gilbert Islands
-Japanese Commander proclaimed it would take a million Americans 100 years to conquer it.
-20NOV1943 Marines secured the island within 76 hours |
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| THE BATTLE OF MARIANA ISLANDS |
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-landings of Saipan, Guam, and Tinian
-LtGen Holland M. Smith led over 136,000 Marines and Soldiers (largets number of troops to operate in the field under Marine command. |
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-19FEB1945
-Largest all-Marine battle in history
-Suffered over 23,300 casualties.
-ADMR Chester W. Nimitz said "Among the Americans who served on Iwo Island, uncommon valor was a common virtue. |
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| THE BATTLE OF CHOSIN RESERVOIR |
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-North Korea during NOV of 1950
-Defeated 7 of 10 divisions while bringing out all operable equipment, properly evacuated their wounded and dead, and maintained tactical integrity. |
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-Hue City, South Vietnam during the holiday of Tet in Jan of 1968.
-First time fighting in built-up areas since Korean War.
-Fighting was house to house w/ progress measured in yards. |
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-"Grand old man of the marine corps"
-Brevet Brigadier General, became CMC in 1820.
-Held command for 39years until death in 1859.
-Indian Wars, war w/ Mex, opening of China, and disorders in Central America.
-Introduced higher standards |
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-SGTMAJ
-Guantanamo Bay
-Medal of Honor Recipient for semaphoring of naval bombardment of Spanish and American shellfire. |
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-SGTMAJ
-Two Medal of Honors (Chinese Boxer Rebellion and 1st Caco War in Haiti)
-Motivated men by yelling "Come on, you sons of a b**ch, do you want to live for ever?" |
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-Chesty LTGEN served in Nicaragua
-Became known as "Tiger of the Mountains" 1930
-Bulldog named after Chesty. |
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-"PAPPY" MAJ
-Marine prowess in arial dogfights.
-Commanded the VMH-214 Black Sheep
-Top Ranking Ace 28 Victories |
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-CPL (PIMA INDIAN)
-Immortalized for the 2nd flag raisingon Mount Suribachi. 23Feb1945 |
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-Pvt 1st enlited female Marine 13AUG1918.
-Marine Reserve(F) official title
-AKA skirt Marines and Marinettes. |
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-Brig GEN Director of Women Marines during 1973-1977.
-7th and last director
-1st woman General Officer 11MAY1978 |
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