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Frank, I know you read them and I appreciate it.  Hope you are having a great day.

4 December 1950: LtCol Raymond G. Davis led his battalion into Hagaru-Ri, Korea after four days of intense fighting in the mountain passes against a numerically superior hostile force. His battalion, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, helped clear the way for the 5th and 7th Marines, and LtCol Davis was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism.

Thank you Mr. Burke as well.

6 December 1928: A small detail of Marines under Captain Maurice G. Holmes defeated Nicaraguan bandits near Chuyelite. GySgt Charles Williams was mortally wounded during the fighting. Capt Holmes was later awarded the Navy Cross for gallantry, and a posthumous award was given to GySgt Williams.

9 December 1968: The 1st, 5th, 7th, and 26th Marine Regiments participated in Operation Meade River in Vietnam.

9 December 1992: Marines of E/2/9 landed at Mogadishu, Somalia, to begin Operation Restore Hope. The 15th MEU, RCT-7 and Provisional MAG-16 served.

Thank you, MSGT, for filling in for me on Sunday. 

11 December 1941: VMF-211 Wildcats sank the Japanese destroyer Kisaragi during the defense of Wake Island.

Thank you again Sir, unfortunately I don't get home until late and they have reconfigured my computer at work, again, so I can't get into the forums to post until late.

Not a Problem Kathy,  I figure you had more Important family or other projects( Packages to APO/FPOs) to attend to so I went to Yellowfootprints and copied their History Data. 

Therefore for Today:

12 December 1941: United States declares war upon Nazi Germany.
12 December 1944: Marines participated in the Luzon Operation in the Philippines during WW II.  12 December 2001: Marines under the command of BGEN James Mattis secure the airport at  Kandahar, Afghanistan.

13 December 1967: BLT 3/26 was ordered to reinforce Khe Sanh, Vietnam.

Thank you again, Sir, yesterday came home with the ankle giving me fits.  Took a couple of pills and went to bed, it hasn't given me that much trouble in a long time.  Thank you again.  I feel bad not being able to keep this up, but appreciate all your help. 

15 December 1948: The Secretary of the Navy signed a "Memorandum of Agreement" with the State Department which laid the basis for the modern Marine Security Guard program at U.S. embassies throughout the world.

15 December 1968: The 3d Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment commenced search and destroy Operation Citrus in Vietnam.

16 December 1946: Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic was activated under CinCLant.

16 December 1991: Nearly 300 members of the 8th Marines arrived at Guantanamo Bay                        to participate in Haitian humanitarian efforts for 6,000 refugees.

18 December 1903: Marines escorted American diplomats to Addis Ababa, Abyssinia.

19 December 1944: MAG-12 Corsairs blew up Japanese supply dumps at Palompon, Leyte.
19 December 1972: The Marine detachment of the USS TICONDEROGA provided shipboard security for three U.S. astronauts, Eugene Cernan, Ronald Evans, Harrison Schmitt, and their Apollo-17 space capsule. The astronauts had successfully completed a (then) record lunar stay of more than 75 hours.

20 December 1965: Operation Harvest Moon ended for Task Force Delta (2/7, 3/3, and 2/1). More than 400 Viet Cong were killed in action.
20 December 1989: The 2ndMarDiv began combat operations as part of Task Force Semper Fidelis in Panama against General Manuel Noriega's forces. Operation Just Cause was launched to protect American lives, restore the democratic process, preserve the integrity of the Panama Canal Treaty, and apprehend dictator General Manuel Antonio Noriega. One Marine, Corporal Garreth C. Isaak, was killed and three other were wounded during the operation.

21 December 1967: Special Landing Force B was awarded the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross for action 21-24 December.

22 December 1942: VMF-121 and VMO-251 pilots downed seven Zeroes over Munda.