2016-06-27 13:00
The 4th Marine Regiment defeated Dominican rebels in a stand-up bayonet attack.
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2016-06-26 13:00
BGen James G. Harbord, the Commanding General of the 4th Marine Brigade, notified American Expeditionary Force Headquarters that Belleau Wood was “now U.S. Marine Corps entirely.&rdquo&hell…Read More
2016-06-25 13:00
In Vietnam, Operation Jay began about 30 kilometers northwest of Hue, and lasted nine days. The 2d Battalion, 4th Marines landed north of the North Vietnamese 812th Main Force Battalion, and… Read More
2016-06-24 13:00
Battle of Tientsin.
The Legation Guard joined the Allies to repulse a heavy Chinese Boxer attack.
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2016-06-23 13:00
Marine Lt. John Heath became the first casualty of the War of 1812.
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2016-06-22 13:00
President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorized the first use of the first official Marine Corps Seal.
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2016-06-21 13:00
U. S. Marines landed at Segi Point, New Georgia, opening Central Solomons Campaign (campaign concluded on 25 September).
Marine Corps photo
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2016-06-20 13:00
The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit returned to Mogadishu, Somalia, to stand ready to assist United Nations forces in maintaining peace in the war-torn country. Earlier that month, the 24th M… Read More
2016-06-19 04:00
Marines landed in Korea and marched 25 miles to protect the Seoul Legation.
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2016-06-18 13:00
Army LtGen Simon Buckner was killed and Marine MajGen Roy S. Geiger assumed command of the 10th U. S. Army on Okinawa.
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2016-06-16 13:00
The 1st Provisional Marine Brigade was activated for duty in Iceland.
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2016-06-15 13:00
Preceded by naval gunfire and carrier air strikes, the V Amphibious Corps assaulted the west coast of Saipan, Marianas Islands. By nightfall, the 2d and 4th Marine Divisions, moving against… Read More
2016-06-05 13:00
LtGen H. M. (Howling Mad) Smith was designated the first FMFPac commander.
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2016-06-04 14:26
Thomas L Carbaugh, Jr.
Army OEF & OIF GWOT Veteran
6 JUN 2016
Indiantown Gap, PA
The family of Army Global War on Terror Veteran Thomas L Carbaugh, Jr. has requested the Patriot Guard Ri… Read More
2016-06-04 13:00
Battle of Midway (June 4-6).
VMSB-241, VMF-221 and the 6th Defense Battalion began the Battle of Midway.
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2016-06-03 13:00
The 4th Marine Brigade fought at Les Mares Farm, Belleau Wood, Chateau-Thierry, France.
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2016-06-02 13:00
At dawn on this date, the crack German 28th Division attacked along the axis of the Paris-Metz road hitting the American 2d Division, including the 4th Marine Brigade. The Marines opened wit… Read More
2016-06-01 13:00
“Retreat Hell! We just got here,” said the 5th Marine Regiment in France.
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2016-03-31 13:00
On this date, LtCol Commandant William W. Burrows rode with president Thomas Jefferson to look for “a proper place to fix the Marine Barracks on.”
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2016-03-30 13:00
The 7th Marine Regiment terminated Operation Indiana in Vietnam.
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2016-03-29 13:00
Marines garrisoned St. Croix to deny harbor to German submarines.
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2016-03-28 13:00
Marines were placed under the command of French Marshall Foch in WW I.
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2016-03-27 13:00
The 5th Marines, supported by the 2d Battalion, 7th Marines, in the first full day of fighting after the Chinese assault the previous evening of Outpost Vegas on Korea’s western front… Read More
2016-03-26 13:00
Marines of 1stProMarBrig landed on Kili island and Namorik Atoll, Marshall Islands.
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2016-03-25 13:00
After 35 days of bitter fighting, the amphibious assault on the rocky fortress of Iwo Jima finally appeared over.
On the night of 25 March, however, a 300-man Japanese force launched a vicio… Read More
2016-03-23 13:00
Marines assisted the USS Hornet’s capture of the HMS Penguin off Tristan de Cunha.
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2016-03-22 13:00
Six new Marine battalions and Marine air groups were activated on the West Coast, giving the Corps the full authorized limit of three divisions and three wings.
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2016-03-21 13:00
General A. A. Vandergrift, 18th Commandant of the Marine Corps, became the first Marine four-star general on active duty.
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2016-03-20 13:00
Marine “Avengers” conducted the first aerial mine-laying mission.
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2016-03-19 13:00
Marine planes bombed a bandit group at Nueve Segovia, Nicaragua.
This was the first use of close air support.
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2016-03-18 13:00
MAG-14 flew air support for U.S. Army landings at Panay, Philippines.
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2016-03-17 13:00
The first woman Marine to report to Vietnam for duty, Master Sergeant Barbara J. Dulinsky, began her 18-hour flight to Bien Hoa, 30 miles north of Saigon. MSgt Dulinsky and the other officer… Read More
2016-03-15 13:01
Marine medium bombers struck Japanese positions at Rabaul.
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2016-03-14 13:00
The first Marine military attaché was appointed to Legation at Peking, China.
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2016-03-13 13:00
The first group of 71 Women Marine officer candidates arrived at the U.S. Midshipmen School (Women’s Reserve) at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts. The Navy’s… Read More
2016-03-12 14:00
Marines of the Boston Barracks quelled a Massachusettes State Prison riot.
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2016-03-11 14:00
Marines participated the action when the Continental Navy frigate Boston, en-route to France, sighted, engaged, and captured the British merchant ship Martha.
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2016-03-10 14:00
Marines in fighting tops of the USS Alliance helped defeat HMS Sibyll Read More
2016-03-09 14:00
Expeditionary Marines landed and seized Vera Cruz, Mexico, during the Mexican War Read More
2016-03-08 14:00
The 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade landed at DaNang, Republic of Vietnam as the first U.S. ground combat troops to be committed to that conflict.
The 3,500 men arrived both across the beac… Read More
2016-03-07 14:00
The 1st, 7th, and 11th Marine Regiments commenced operations against enemy forces at Hongchon, Korea.
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2016-03-06 14:00
Marines assault Talasea on New Britain (secured 8 March 1944).
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2016-03-05 14:00
The 7th Marine Regiment disbanded at Camp Pendleton following their return from China.
Personnel and equipment were transferred to the 3rd Marine Brigade.
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2016-03-04 14:00
The Marine Band performed at a Presidential Inauguration for the first time.
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2016-03-03 14:00
Five-year enlistments in the Corps replaced the previous three-year terms.
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2016-03-02 15:15
Private First Class Frank Witek was killed in action on 3 August 1944, in the battle of Finegayan, Guam. He was the 28th Marine to receive the Medal of Honor during World War II.
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2016-03-02 14:00
Jacob Zeilin, Colonel Commandant of the Marine Corps from 30 June 1864, was this date promoted to the rank of Brigadier General Commandant, the first time Congress authorized this rank for t… Read More
2016-03-01 19:53
PFC Sebastian Rodriguez, machine gunner, Weapons Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, fires an M240 machine gun during a night… Read More
2016-03-01 18:07
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2016-03-01 14:00
The Beaufort (South Carolina) Auxiliary Air Station was re-designated a Marine Corps Air Station.
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2015-09-30 13:00
Marines of III Amphibious Corps, commanded by Major General Keller E. Rockey, began landing in North China to assist the Chinese Nationalist government in accepting the surrender of Japanese… Read More
2015-09-29 15:00
Jiawei Fan, a 19-year-old Milford, Conn., native, grimaces while preforming pull-ups during the 2013 Annual Field Meet, at Chicopee High School’s Football Field, May 4, 2013. Approxim… Read More
2015-09-29 13:00
Seminole Indians ambushed Marines at Twelve Mile Swamp, Florida.
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2015-09-28 13:00
Marines withdrew from Peking after the Boxer Rebelion.
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2015-09-27 13:00
The American flag was raised over Peleliu, Palau Islands, at the 1st Marine Division Command Post. Although the flag raising symbolized that the island was secured, pockets of determined Jap… Read More
2015-09-26 13:00
“Horse Marines” engaged Haitian bandits near Petite Riviere.
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2015-09-26 00:00
In the days of raggedy-ass Marines,
We were spit-shined
And damn well clean.
Our brass shined like stars
Like an officer’s bars,
And there warn’t no
In between.
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2015-09-25 13:00
Camp Pendleton was dedicated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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2015-09-24 13:00
One hundred and ninety Marines and seamen from the USS Pensacola and Benicia landed at the Bay of Panama, Columbia, to protect the railroad and American lives and property during the revolut… Read More
2015-09-23 13:00
Marines aboard the “Bonhomme Richard” fought against the “Serapis.”
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2015-09-22 15:00
Cpl Berkeley Lewis, a rifleman with 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, fires his M4 carbine during training at the SR-7 range at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C. The 26… Read More
2015-09-21 13:00
Corporal Jack Davenport, G/3/5, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for throwing himself on a grenade to protect others in Korea.
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