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TODAY IN MARINE CORPS HISTORY - VERS - 08.05

Last post 05-11-2008 11:10 AM by devildog-64012. 10 replies.
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  • 04-30-2008 6:31 AM

    TODAY IN MARINE CORPS HISTORY - VERS - 08.05

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    1 May 1992: BGen Marvin Hopgood Jr. led 1,500 Marines from Camp Pendleton to help quell the Los Angeles riots.

    Semper Fi
    Richard

  • 05-02-2008 8:42 AM In reply to

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    2 May 1946: Marines from Treasure Island Marine Barracks, under the command of Warrant Officer Charles L. Buckner, aided in suppressing the three-day prison riot at Alcatraz Penitentiary in San Francisco Bay. WO Buckner, a veteran of the Bougainville and Guam campaigns, ably led his force of Marines without suffering a single casualty

    Semper Fi
    Richard

  • 05-03-2008 2:00 PM In reply to

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    3 May 1898: Lt Dion Williams and Marines from the USS Baltimore raised the American flag over Cavite, Philippines.

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    Richard

  • 05-04-2008 7:49 AM In reply to

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    4 May 1942: Marines participated in the Battle of the Coral Sea during WW II.

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    Richard

  • 05-05-2008 6:51 AM In reply to

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    5 May 1919: HQMC moved into the new Navy Building on Constitution Avenue in Washington, DC.

    5 May 1961: Marine pilots retrieved America's first astronaut, Navy Commander Alan Shepard.

    5 May 1983: In Beirut, Lebanon, a UH-1N helicopter carrying the commander of the American peace-keeping force, Colonel James Mead, was hit by machine gun fire. The six Marines aboard escaped injury. Colonel Mead and his crew had taken off in the helicopter to investigate artillery and rocket duels between rival Syrian-backed Druze Moslem militiamen and Christian Phalangists that endangered French members of the multinational force.

    Semper Fi
    Richard

  • 05-06-2008 7:53 AM In reply to

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    6 May 1937: Marines at NAS, Lakehurst, New Jersey, helped rescue survivors of the Hindenburg disaster.

    6 May 1942: The colors of the 4th Marines Regiment were burned to avoid capture on Corregidor.

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    Richard

  • 05-07-2008 5:32 AM In reply to

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    7 May 1873: 200 Marines and Seamen from the USS Pensacola and Tuscarora land at Bay of Panama, Colombia to protect Americans.

    7 May 1965: MAG-12 (Forward Echelon) arrives at Chu Lai, Vietnam.

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    Richard

  • 05-08-2008 9:12 AM In reply to

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    8 May 1808: Marine Barracks, Charleston was established under Lt Pinckney and 22 Marines.

    8 May 1995: In the wake of the most devastating storm to hit the New Orleans area in more than 200 years, a group of Marines and sailors from Marine Forces Reserve demonstrated the quick response synonymous with the Navy/Marine Corps team. Within 24 hours of being called, Marines assisted in the evacuation of 2,500 civilians, and Navy corpsmen treated scores of flood victims.

    Semper Fi
    Richard

  • 05-09-2008 8:44 AM In reply to

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    9 May 1846: Lt Archibald Gillespie delivered a presidential message to Capt John C. J. Fremont in Oregon.

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    Richard

  • 05-10-2008 9:10 AM In reply to

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    10 May 1845: Marines and Sailors of the USS Constitution landed at Tourane, Cochin China (later known as Da Nang, Vietnam).

    10 May 1934: The first amphibious landing exercise by embryo FMF at Culebra.

    10 May 1945: The 22d Marines, 6th Marine Division, executed a pre-dawn attack south across the Asa River Estuary and seized a bridgehead from which to continue the attack toward Naha, the capital of Okinawa.

    Semper Fi
    Richard

  • 05-11-2008 11:10 AM In reply to

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    11 May 1920: The 16th Marine Regiment organized at Philadelphia for duty in Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

    Semper Fi
    Richard
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