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22 April 1778: Marines from the USS Ranger landed with John Paul Jones at Whitehaven, England.

22 April 1944: U.S. Army landed at Hollandia and Aitape in New Guinea.

23 April 1914: The 3rd Marine Regiment joined in a show of force at Vera Cruz, Mexico, after an insult to the American flag.

24 April 1814: Battle of Bladensburg, Maryland.

24 April 1862: Marines helped capture New Orleans, Louisiana.

24 April 1962: Marine helicopters (Shufly) supported the 21st Army of the Republic of Vietnam Division during Operation Nightingale near Can Tho.

25 April 1913: The formal charter of the Marine Corps Association was established.

26 April 1965: SSgt Josephine (Davis) Gebers became the first woman Marine awarded the Combat Action Ribbon.

27 April 1805: First Lieutenant Presley N. O'Bannon, who with seven other Marines was part of a force of Greeks and Arabs led by American Consul William Eaton, raised the United States flag for the first time over a conquered fortress of the Old World at Derne, a stronghold of the Tripolitan pirates. Two Marines were killed and one wounded in the assault on the walled city

28 April 1965: 3/6 was helo-lifted from the USS Boxer to secure the American Embassy in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

28 April 1993: The last A-6E Intruder departed from Marine Corps service. Marine All Weather Attack Squadron 332 transferred the last Marine A-6E to St. Augustine, Florida, and prepared for the squadron's transition to the F/A-18D and eventual movement from Cherry Point to Beaufort, South Carolina.

29 April 1862: Marines raised the flag, symbolizing the Union's capture of New Orleans during the Civil War.

29 April 1946: 1st Special Marine Brigade formed at Camp Lejeune.

29 April 1975: Marines helos HMH-462, HMH-463 and HMM-165 with BLT 2/4 evacuated 6,968 people from Vietnam during Operation Frequent Wind.

30 April 1947: 11th Marines returned to the States after 5 years in the Far East.

30 April 1969: U.S. military personnel in Vietnam reached 543,300.

30 April 1975: NVA captured Saigon; Vietnam War ended.