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This Month In USMC History | |
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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 with deadly rifle fire and helped hand the German troops a setback which set the stage for Marine victory at Belleau Wood which would soon follow, although at great cost. 8 June 1995: A Marine tactical recovery team from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit stationed on board the USS Kearsarge rescued a downed U.S. pilot, Captain Scott O'Grady, USAF, from Bosnian-Serb territory in Bosnia. 10 June 1898: The First Marine Battalion, commanded by LtCol Robert W. Huntington, landed on the eastern side of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The next day, Lt Herbert L. Draper hoisted the American flag on a flag pole at Camp McCalla where it flew during the next eleven days. LtCol Huntington later sent the flag with an accompanying letter to Colonel Commandant Charles Heywood noting that "when bullets were flying, ...the sight of the flag upon the midnight sky has thrilled our hearts". 12 June 1961: President John F. Kennedy signed a Presidential Proclamation calling for the American flag to be flown at the Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Virginia, "at all times during the day and night." Discussions between the Attorney General's office and Marine Corps officials earlier in 1961 on improving the visibility and appearance of the monument led to the proposal to fly the Flag continuously, which by law could only be done by Congressional legislation or by Presidential proclamation. 15 June 1944: 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 heavy opposition, had established a beachhead 10,000 yards wide and 1,500 yards deep. 20 June 1993: 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 MEU had been ordered to cut short Exercise Eager Mace 93-2 in Kuwait to respond to possible contingency operations in Somalia. 25 June 1950: Shortly before dawn, eight divisions of the North Korean People's Army crossed the 38th Parallel and invaded the Republic of Korea. Within three days, the South Korean capital city of Seoul had been captured. On 30 June, President Harry S. Truman ordered a naval blockade of the Korean coast and authorized the sending of U.S. ground troops to Korea. Two days later, General Douglas MacArthur, the Commander in Chief Far East, formally requested that a Marine regimental combat team be deployed to the Far East. 25 June 1966: 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 the 2d Battalion, 1st Marines landed south of the enemy's position. Caught in between the two Marine units, the enemy suffered over 80 dead in nine days of fighting. 26 June 1918: 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." After 20 days of combat, and at a cost of over 4,000 casualties, the 4th Brigade of Marines had proven its fighting heart. The grateful Commander of the French Sixth Army would soon decree that in all official correspondence, Belleau Wood would henceforth bear the name, "Bois de la Brigade de Marine". |
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| History Of Marine Corps Force Recon | |
| |  Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance was first conceived in 1954, at Marine Base Camp Pendleton, outside of San Diego, California, when an experimental recon team was formed. Three years later, that team merged with an existing amphibious reconnaissance company to form the 1st Force Reconnaissance Company. In 1958, half the Marines in 1st Force were removed from the Company and hauled over to the Eastern seaboard, forming the 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company. 1st Force supplemented Fleet Marine Force Pacific (FMFPac), while 2nd, Fleet Marine Force Atlantic (FMFLant). Force Reconnaissance received their baptism by fire during the Vietnam War, arriving first in 1965 and staying for five years. Forty-four Marines of 1st Force were killed or missing in action through the course of the war. After US withdrawal from Vietnam, 1st Force and 2nd Force were both deactivated in 1974, and the existing Force Marines were rolled into the non-Force 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion in order to maintain Marine Corps deep recon capabilities. However, the roll-in was never completed to a satisfactory condition, and 1st Force Reconnaissance was reactivated as an individual unit in 1986, and was later deployed in the Gulf War. Many Force Recon Companies are in existence today, and have been deployed to both Iraq and Afghanistan. Posted by admin on Thursday 26 March 2009 - 20:52:52 | LAN_THEME_20 | |
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| Marines Awarded The Medal Of Honor During The Vietnam War | |
| | * PFC James Anderson, Jr. - 1967 - 3rd Marines * * Lance Corporal Richard A. Anderson - 1967 - 3rd Recon. Bn. * * PFC Oscar P. Austin - 1969 - 7th Marines * * Lance Corporal Jedh C. Barker - 1967 - 4th Marines * 1st Lieutenant Harvey C. Barnum, Jr. - 1965 - 9th Marines 2d Lieutenant John P. Bobo - 1967 - 9th Marines * PFC Daniel D. Bruce - 1969 - 5th Marines * * PFC Robert C. Burke - 1968 - 27th Marines * * PFC Bruce W. Carter - 1969 - 3rd Marines * PFC Robert M. Clausen, Jr. - 1970 - HMM-263 * PFC Robert L. Coker - 1969 - 3rd Marines * Staff Sergeant Peter S. Conner - 1966 - 3rd Marines * Colonel Donald G. Cook - 1964-67 - Sr. Marine Advisor * Lance Corporal Thomas E. Creek - 1969 - 9th Marines * Sergeant Rodney M. Davis - 1967 - 5th Marines * * Lance Corporal Emilio De La Garza, Jr. - 1970 - 1st Marines * * PFC Ralph E. Dias - 1969 - 7th Marines * * PFC Douglas E. Dickey - 1967 - 4th Marines * * Sergeant Paul H. Foster - 1967 - 4th Marines * 1st Lieutenant Wesley L. Fox - 1969 - 9th Marines * Sergeant Alfredo Gonzalez - 1968 - 1st Marines * * Captain James A. Graham - 1967 - 5th Marines * * 2nd Lieutenant Terrance C. Graves - 1968 - 3rd Recon. Bn. * Staff Sergeant Jimmie E. Howard - 1966 - 1st Recon. Battalion * Lance Corporal James D. Howe - 1970 - 7th Marines * * PFC Robert H. Jenkins, Jr. - 1969 - 3rd Recon. Battalion * * Lance Corporal Jose F. Jimenez - 1969 - 7th Marines * * PFC Ralph H. Johnson - 1968 - 1st Recon. Battalion * * LCpl Miguel Keith - 1970 - Combined Action Platoon 1-3-2 * Staff Sergeant Allan J. Kellogg, Jr. - 1970 - 5th Marines Captain Howard V. Lee - 1966 - 4th Marines Captain James E. Livingston - 1968 - 4th Marines * PFC Gary W. Martini - 1967 - 1st Marines * * Corporal Larry L. Maxam - 1968 - 4th Marines * Staff Sergeant John J. McGinty III - 1966 - 4th Marines Captain Robert J. Modrzejewski - 1966 - 4th Marines * Corporal William D. Morgan - 1969 - 9th Marines * * PFC Melvin E. Newlin - 1967 - 5th Marines * * Lance Corporal Thomas P. Noonan, Jr. - 1969 - 9th Marines * Corporal Robert E. O'Malley - 1965 - 3rd Marines * Lance Corporal Joe C. Paul - 1965 - 4th Marines * Corporal William T. Perkins, Jr. - 1967 - 3rd Marine Division * Sergeant Lawrence D. Peters - 1967 - 5th Marines * PFC Jimmy W. Phipps - 1969 - 1st Engineer Battalion Lance Corporal Richard A. Pittman - 1966 - 5th Marines Captain Stephen W. Pless - 1967 - VMO-6 * Lance Corporal William R. Prom - 1969 - 3rd Marines * * 1st Lieutenant Frank S. Reasoner - 1965 - 3rd Recon. Bn. * * Sergeant Walter K. Singleton - 1967 - 9th Marines * * Corporal Larry E. Smedley - 1967 - 9th Marines * * Lance Corporal Karl G. Taylor, Sr. - 1968 - 26th Marines * Captain M. Sando Vargas, Jr. - 1968 - 4th Marines * Lance Corporal Lester W. Weber - 1968 - 7th Marines * * Lance Coporal Roy M. Wheat - 1967 - 7th Marines * * PFC Dewayne F. Williams - 1968 - 1st Marines * PFC Alfred M. Wilson - 1969 - 9th Marines Lance Corporal Kenneth L. Worley - 1968 - 7th Marines | |
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| Marine Corps "Blood Stripe". | |
| | of certain traditional aspects. One frequent question raised is "Why do Marine officers and NCOs have red stripes on the blue uniform trousers?" According to legend this commemorates the courage and tenacious fighting of the men who battled before Chapultapec in the Mexican War and whose exploits added the phrase "From the Halls of Montezuma..." to the Marine Hymn. The red stripe on the trousers of all Marine officers and NCOs is said to symbolize the blood shed by these Marines of another century. | |
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Lance Cpl. James M. Gluff  20, of Tunnel Hill, Ga.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; died Jan. 19 in Ramadi, Iraq, while conducting combat operations. |
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