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21 February 1991: VMA-331 conducted the first combat missions for AV-8B, operating from the helicopter assault ship USS Nassau, LHA-4.

23 February 1945: Four days after the initial landings on Iwo Jima, 1stLt Harold G. Schrier led 40 men from Company E, 2d Battalion, 28th Marines, up Mt. Suribachi to secure the crest and raise the small American flag that battalion commander LtCol Chandler Johnson had given Schrier. Within an hour, the patrol reached the rim of the crater. After a short fire-fight with Japanese defenders emerging from several caves, the small American flag was attached to an iron pipe and raised over the island.

24 February 1991: The I Marine Expeditionary Force and coalition forces began a ground assault on Iraqi defenses in the final chapter of Operation Desert Storm. The 1st and 2d Marine Divisions stormed into the teeth of Iraqi defenses while heavily armored allied forces attacked the Iraqi defenses in Iraq from behind. In 100 hours, U.S. and allied forces defeated the Iraqi Army.

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24 February 1945: The 3rdMarDiv joined the 4th and 5th Divisions in the capture of Iwo Jima.

Thank you sir.

25 February 1861: The Confederate Marine Corps was organized in Richmond, Virginia.

26 February 1919: The 15th Marine Regiment landed to help quell bandits in the Dominican Republic.
26 February 1991: A Marine recon unit was the first U.S. force to enter Kuwait City and retake the American Embassy.

27 February 1991: Desert Storm offensive operations ceased. Marines captured or damaged 1,060 tanks, 608 APCs, 432 artillery pieces and two Scud launchers during 100 hours of combat.

28 February 1928: Marines participated in the Battle of Bromaderos, Nicaragua.

28 February 1968: Elements of the 1st Marine Brigade landed at DaNang.

28 February 1991: Operation Desert Storm ended when the cease- fire declared by President George Bush went into effect. I Marine Expeditionary Force has a strength of more than 92,000 making Operation Desert Storm the largest Marine Corps operation in history .A total of 24 Marines were killed in action during the Gulf War.

MSGT, I have looked everywhere and it seems nothing happened to the Marine Corps on this date.  Maybe you'll have better luck.

You mean you didn't look at Yellowfootprints. com?

February 29, 1944: U.S. troops land on Los Negros, Admirality Islands. US Marines' 1st Amphibious Tractor Battalion participate in Operation BREWER.

Must have missed that one.  Sorry.  Thank you for putting it up today.  Will put Yellowfootprints. com on my favorites list.