Marine Corps History Knowledge

10th of November 1775

Tun Tavern, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Samuel Nichols

New Providence, Bahamas

Major William Ward Burrows

Marine Barracks "8th and I", Washington, D.C.

Archibald Henderson

Vera Cruz, Mexico

Corporal John Mackie

Eagle (represents the Nation); Globe (represents world service); Anchor (sea traditions)

For the blood shed at Montezuma (Chapultepec)

Identify Officers from shipping rigging

Given for heroic actions during the War with Barbary Pirates

Only service where NCO's carry swords

term given for Marines because of the old leather piece worn on uniform to protect neck from sword slashes.

Always Faithful

Major Smedley Butler and Gunnery Sergeant Dan Daly

General John A. Lejeune

Nicaragua (1927)

Lt. Alfred A. Cunningham

The 4th Marine Brigade earned the right to wear the scarlet and green cord on left service shoulder and dress uniforms by the French, and is still worn by Marines in the 5th and 6th Regiments today.

A tough battle in June 1918 where the term "Teufellhunden" or "Devil Dog" was coined.

Opha Mae Johnson (enlisted)

Guadalcanal

An Island the Japanese boasted would take "one million men and one hundred years" to conquer.

A battle to provide landing strips for B-29's.

Frederick C. Branch

quote by Admiral Nimitz, Commander of the Pacific Fleet, referring to the Marines that fought the Battle of Iwo Jima. 22 Medal of Honors were awarded during this battle.

Battle where the Japanese changed tactics and started using caves.

The last Marine Corps Offensive.

A very successful but risky amphibious operations that counterattacked behind the invading North Korean Army.

He earned 5 Navy Crosses and earned a distinct place in Marine Corps history as one of the best Marine Corps Officer ever.

Retreat of Marines from North Korea back to South Korea after the Chinese invaded and surrounded the 1st Marine Division.

A crater-shaped formation of ridges in which the 1st Marine Division drove off the NKPA troops.

First use of helicopters in combat. Began at the Punch Bowl, and consisted of resupply and rescue missions to the front-line Marines.

Marine squads living within Vietnamese villages to help win both the hearts and minds and to pacify aggression by the Viet Cong.

Vietnamese New Year, 1969, where the North Vietnamese attacked every American base and sought to cause the Southern Vietnamese population to overthrow their government.

A 77-day siege of a Marine base where VC and North Vietnamese forces constantly attacked, but were eventually sent reeling in retreat.

First house-to-house engagement since the Korean War, resulted in pushing North Vietnamese of the city into a retreat.

combined infantry/helicopter assaults throughout Quang Tri region that was a resounding success.

23 October 1983, the Marine barracks in Beirut was hit by a car bomb resulting in 223 Marines, 18 Navy, and 3 soldiers dead.

The 22nd MAU invaded Grenada to reinstate overthrown ruler and rescue American medical students.

A combined Marine/Army invasion of Panama to capture General Manuel Noriega and to maintain the integrity of the Panama Canal, which was still U.S.-controlled.

Resulting out of an Iraq invasion of Kuwait, multinational forces invaded Iraq in order to drive off the invading forces and to restore the status quo. The Marines were tasked with recapturing Kuwait City and providing a feint so the Army could flank and engage the Iraqi Army in the Kuwaiti desert.

Somalia, where Marines engaged in 27 fire fights while providing humanitarian operations.

11th Marine Expeditionary Units deploying off of Naval Vessels to support the overthrow of the Taliban.

1st Marine Expeditionary Forces marches alongside the Army 3rd Infantry Division from Kuwait to Baghdad and cities north of Baghdad, in order to overthrow the Ba'ath Party regime under Saddam Hussein. The longest inland march in Marine Corps History.

Marine Forces support effort to restore stability in Iraq

Honorable Sean J. Stackley

General Robert B. Neller

General. Glenn M. Walters

Sergeant Major Ronald L. Green