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TODAY IN MARINE CORPS HISTORY - VERS - 08.05

Last post 05-31-2008 9:24 AM by devildog-64012. 30 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 Fidelis
    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 Fidelis
    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 Fidelis
    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.

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    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 Fidelis
    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 Fidelis
    Richard

  • 05-12-2008 8:57 AM In reply to

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    12 May 1975: Marines were alerted for rescue of the Mayaguez crew and assault on Koh Tang Island, Cambodia.

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    Richard

  • 05-13-2008 8:47 AM In reply to

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    13 May 1846: War was declared against Mexico.

    13 May 1928: Marines participated in the Battle of Cua River in Nicaragua.

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    Richard

  • 05-14-2008 7:06 AM In reply to

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    14 May 1917: The first Marine detachment transferred from Annapolis to a new Marine post at Quantico.
    14 May 1919: Marines from the USS Arizona landed at Constantinople to secure the American Consulate.

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    Richard

  • 05-15-2008 6:36 AM In reply to

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    15 May 1862: Corporal John Mackie, the first Marine to earn the Medal of Honor, was commended for service in the USS GALENA during action against Confederate shore batteries at Drewry's Bluff which blocked the James River approaches to Richmond.

    15 May 1991: After flooding killed 130,000 in Bangladesh, the 5th MEB provided aid in Operation Sea Angel.

    Semper Fidelis
    Richard

  • 05-16-2008 7:15 AM In reply to

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    16 May 1927: Marines participated in the Battle of La Paz Centro in Nicaragua.

    16 May 1945: The 22d and 29th Marines continued the attack against Half Moon Hill, a day characterized by the 6th Marine Division as the "bitterest" of the Okinawa campaign. By the 18th, the famed "Shuri line" had been broached.

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    Richard

  • 05-17-2008 8:57 AM In reply to

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    17 May 1962: The 3rd MEU landed in Thailand, easing communist pressure.

    Semper Fidelis
    Richard

  • 05-18-2008 10:27 AM In reply to

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    18 May 1902: Marines from the USS Ranger landed in Panama City to protect Americans.

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    Richard

  • 05-19-2008 7:41 AM In reply to

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    19 May 1927: The 11th Marine Regiment arrived at Esteli, Nicaragua, for garrison duty.

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    Richard

  • 05-20-2008 10:33 AM In reply to

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    20 May 1803: Marines participated in the raid on Tripoli.
    20 May 1906: Major John A. Lejeune embarked his battalion for duty in Panama.

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    Richard

  • 05-21-2008 10:45 PM In reply to

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    21 May 1846: A Marine regiment formed for duty with General Winfield Scott's Army in Mexico.

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    Richard

  • 05-22-2008 6:55 AM In reply to

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    22 May 1912: First Lieutenant Alfred A. Cunningham, the first Marine officer to be assigned to "duty in connection with aviation" by Major General Commandant William P. Biddle, reported for aviation training at the Naval Aviation Camp at Annapolis, Maryland, and Marine aviation had its official beginning.

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    Richard

  • 05-23-2008 8:28 AM In reply to

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    23 May 1899: Marines arrived to secure Cavite Naval Base, Philippines.

    23 May 1988: The V-22 Osprey, the world's first production tilt-rotor aircraft, made its debut during rollout ceremonies at Bell Helicopter Textron's Arlington, Texas, facility. More than 1,000 representatives from the military, industry, and media, gathered to hear various speakers, including Gen Alfred Gray, Commandant of the Marine Corps, praise the versatile rotor craft designed to meet the needs of 21st Century battlefields.

    Semper Fidelis
    Richard

  • 05-24-2008 8:11 AM In reply to

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    24 May 1900: Marines landed at Taku, China, to establish Legation Guard at Peking.

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    Richard

  • 05-25-2008 1:47 PM In reply to

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    25 May 1775: Eight Marines escorted payroll; this was the first recorded action of the Continental Marines.

    Semper Fidelis
    Richard
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