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30 Cards in this Set
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The Marine corps Birth day
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10 November 1775
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1st Commandant of the Marine core
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Captain Samuel Nicholas
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The first Marine Landing took place during the revolutionary war in what year
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1776
Invaded New Providence Uniform of the day had leather stock |
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stormed the Barbary pirates' stronghold at Burma on the "Shores of Tripoli." Marines raised the "Stars and Stripes" for the first time in the Eastern Hemisphere.
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1805
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Marines occupied the "Halls of Montezuma" during the Battle of Chapultepec in Mexico City. The royal palace fell to invading Marines, who were among the first United States troops to enter the capital
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1847 - During the Mexican War
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1859
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Under the command of Colonel Robert E. Lee, U.S. Army, Marines stormed the United States arsenal at Harper's Ferry to put down an attempted slave revolt lead by abolitionist John Brown.
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1868
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Brigadier General Jacob ZeilinThe Marine Corps adopted an emblem that consisted of an eagle, a globe, and an anchor.
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The official motto of the Marine Corps, “Semper Fidelis was addopted in
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1883
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held out against the Boxers until a relief force was able to reach Peking and end the rebellion in China
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1900
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1913
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The Marine Corps established its aviation unit
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First Marine pilot
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Major Alfred A. Cunningham
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1917
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Marines landed as part of the American force in France. Marines, participating in eight distinct operations
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1933
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Marine Corps was reorganized into the Fleet Marine Force/The Marine Corps Equipment Board was established at Quantico
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1965
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Marines landed in South Vietnam, which committed the Marine Corps to the longest war in its history
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1982
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Marines deployed to Lebanon as part of a multinational peacekeeping force in an effort to restore peace and order to this war-torn country
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1991
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Operation Desert Storm was launched
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The Battle of Belleu Wood
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World War I. Marines helped to crush a German offensive at Belleau Wood that threatened Paris/intelligence evaluated the Marines as "storm troops/"Teufelhunden" or "Devil dogs,"
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The Battle of Guadalcanal
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in Aug 1942 landed on the beaches of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands and launched the first United States land offensive of World War II. This battle marked the first combat test of the new amphibious doctrine, and also provided a crucial turning point of the war in the Pacific
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The Battle of Tarawa
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Marines took over an island in central Pacific in 76 hours that the Japanese thought to be unconquerable
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The Battle of Mariana Islands
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During June and July of 1943, Lieutenant General Holland M. Smith led a combined invasion force of Marines and soldiers that totaled over 136,000. This was the greatest number of troops up to that time to operate
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The Battle of Iwo Jima
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the largest all-Marine battle in history/also the bloodiest
"uncommon valor was a common virtue.” |
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The Battle of Chosin Reservior
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Nov 1950 After pushing far into North Korea Marines were cut off after the Chinese Communist Forces entered the war. Despite facing a 10-division force sent to annihilate them, Marines smashed seven enemy divisions
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The Battle of Hue City
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During the Vietnamese holiday of Tet in January of 1968, Communist forces launched a surprise offensive Fighting was house-to-house to aviod civ deaths
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Archibald Henderson
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The "Grand Old Man of the Marine Corps,became commandant in 1820 held it for 39 years "made the Marine Corps known as a professional military force
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John Quick
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Won MH for semaphoring while under enmy fire. The landing at Guantanamo demonstrated the usefulness of Marines as assault troops
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Dan Daly
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recognized for earning two Medals of Honor one for Boxer and 2nd for Caco War/yelled to his men, "Come on, you sons of a b-----, do you want to live forever?"
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Louis B. "Chesty" Puller
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Tiger of the Mountains" (1930)served in Nicaragua/32 Marines became famous for their ability to engage rebel groups and bandits while scouring the jungles
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Gregory R. "Pappy" Boyington
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"Black Sheep," during World War II/top ranking flying ace with 28 victories
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Ira H. Hayes
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Pima Indian,second flag raising incident on Mount Suribachi
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Opha Mae Johnson
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first enlisted woman on 13 August 1918
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