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36 Cards in this Set
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1775:
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-10 NOV, USMC BDAY
-TUN TAVERN -Capt Samuel Nichloas(1st Cmmandant) first Commander of 2 BN's. |
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1834:
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-USMC comes under Dept of the Navy
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1776:
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-1st Marine landing during Revolutionary War at New Providence Island in Bahammas.
-Stiff leather stock worn around neck coined term "Leatherneck" |
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1805:
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-Stormed Barbary pirate stronghold on the "Shores of Tripoli" on the ilsand of Burma.
-1st time US flag raised in western Hemisphere. |
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1847:
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-Marines occupy the "Halls of Montesuma" in Mexico City during the Mexican War.
-Marines help take California |
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1859:
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-Under Col Robert E. Lee Marines take US arsenal at Harper's Ferry due to a slave revolt lead by John Brown.
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1868:
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-EGA adopted and created by the 7th Commandant, Brigadier Gen Jacob Zeilin.
-Globe and anchor signify worldwide service and sea traditions. Eagle is a symbol of the Nation. |
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1883:
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-Semper Fidelis adopted.
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1900:
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-Marines defend the American Legation in Peking China during Boxer Revolution.
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1913:
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-1st USMC aviation unit.
-Major Alfred A. Cunningham 1st pilot. |
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1917:
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-Marines land in France.
-Participated in 8 distinct ops -Awarded many decorations to include the French Fourragere still worn by 5th and 6th Marines |
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1933:
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-USMC reorganized into FMF
-Marine Corps Equipment Board established at Quantico for R and D on landing ops and expeditionary forces |
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1965:
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-Marines land in South Vietnam
-Marines land in the Dominican Republic in response to a coup to evac and protect US citizens. |
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1982:
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-Marines deploy to Lebanon as a peacekeeping force.
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1983:
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-23OCT, suicide bomber hits Marine Corps HQ killing 241 and wounding 70.
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1991:
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-Operation Desert Storm launched
-Air campaign launched in Jan -Marine ground forces liberated Kuwait |
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2001:
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-25NOV, 15th MEU arrived in Afghanistan
-Camp Rhino established -Op Swift Freedom |
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2003:
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-19MAR2003 Op Iraqi Freedom
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2004:
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-31 MAR Blackwater USA convoy ambushed
-APR, Op "Vigilant Resolve" -07NOV, Op "Phantom Fury"--1,350 insurgent deaths, 95 American troop deaths, 560 wounded -Bloodiest battle |
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Battle in which Germans named Marines, "Teufelhunden" or "Devil Dogs"...
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Battle of Belleu Wood
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1st land offensive of WWII on 07AUG1942...
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Battle of Guadalcanal
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Island battle in which Marines landed and secured from the Japanese within 76 hours...
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Battle of Tarawa
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LTGEN Holland M. Smith led 136,000 Marines to capture Islands in the Pacific for airfields....
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Battle of Mariana Islands
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Largest all Marine battle with over 23,300 casualties on 19FEB1945. Success insured greatly increased air support against the main Japanese islands. Admiral Nimitz stated, "Among the Americans who served on the island, uncommon valor was a common verture."
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Battle of Iwo Jima
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Battle in which Marines where faced with 10 Division of Communist Chinese and maintained tactical integrity in November or 1950....
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Battle of Chosin Reservoir
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During the Vietnamese Holiday of Tet, Marines fought in built up areas for the 1st time since the Korean War...
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Battle of Hue-City
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Commandant for 39 years, led Marines through the Indian Wars, War with Mexico, the opening of China, and the disorders in Central America. "Grand Old Man of the Marine Corps"...
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Archibald Henderson
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Awarded Medal of Honor for semaphoring the lift of American and Spanish bombardment at Cuzco Bay(Guantanamo Bay)....
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SGTMAJ John Quick
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Earned 2 Medals of Honor one during the Boxer Rebellion the 2nd during the 1st Caco War. Stated, "C'mon you SOB's, do you want to live forever?"
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Dan Daly
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Known as "Tiger of the Mountains" because of he and his force of 32 Marines serving in Nicaragua. The Marine Corps mascot.
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Louis B. Puller
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Marine ariel dogfighter. Commanded VMH-214, the "Black Sheep" during WWII. Recognized as the Marine Corps' top flying ace with 28 victories by 1945.
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Gregory R. Boyington
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One of the Marines immortalized in the photograph of the raising of the flag on Mount Suribachi.
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Ira H. Hayes
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1st Marine Corps enlisted woman on 13 AUG 1918.
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Opha Mae Johnson
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Served as director of Woman Marines(WM) during 1973-1977. 7th and last director of WM, the only post-World War woman to hold the position. 1st Marine Corps' female general officer.
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Margaret A. Brewer
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During the battle of Owkinawa, this Corpsman moved from casualty to casualty while sustaining injuries. Earned MOH for his bravery.
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Robert E. Bush
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MOH awarded for his aid given during battle in Vietnam.
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Robert R. Ingram
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