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History of the Corps |
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December 1, 1947 |
The Corps’ first helicopter squadron, HMX-1 was commissioned at Quantico. |
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December 1, 1950 |
The 1stMarDiv began its bitter withdrawal from Yudamni, North Korea. |
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December 2, 1942 |
Carlson’s Raiders neared the end of an epic 26 day patrol on Guadalcanal. |
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December 3, 1944 |
Marine air assets of the 1st and 2nd Marine Aircraft Wings arrived in the Philippines to support Army forces. |
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December 5, 1929 |
Marine Capt A.N. Parker was the first person to fly over unexplored Antarctica. |
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December 6, 1928 |
Marines participated in the Battle of Cuje during the occupation of Nicaragua. |
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December 7, 1941 |
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor left more than 3,000 Marines and Sailors killed in action. |
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December 7, 1941 |
Midway Island is shelled. 1st Lt George Ham Cannon was the first Marine of WW II to receive the Medal of Honor. |
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December 8, 1941 |
The
Japanese attacked American garrisons at Wake Island, Guam and the
Philippines. |
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December 8, 2001 |
TF58
Marines secure American Embassy, Kabul, Afghanistan. |
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December 9, 1968 |
The 1st,
5th, 7th and 26th Marine Regiments participated in
Operation Meade River in Vietnam. |
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December 9, 1992 |
Marines
of 2/9 landed at Mogadishu, Somalia to begin Operation Restore Hope. The 15th MEU, RCT-7 and
Provisional MAG 16 served. |
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December 10, 1941 |
With no
weapon larger than the 30 caliber MG, 153 Marines defended Guam until
overwhelmed. |
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December 11, 1941 |
VMF-211
Wildcats sank the Japanese destroyer Kisaragi during the defense of Wake
Island. |
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December 12, 2001 |
TF58
rolled through Kandahar, Afghanistan, and secured the airport. |
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December 13, 1967 |
BLT 3/26
was ordered to reinforce Khe Sanh, Vietnam. |
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December 14, 2001 |
26th
MEU secures Kandahar International Airport, Afghanistan. |
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December 17, 2001 |
The
Marines of TF58 raised an American flag over the airport in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The flag was flying at the World Trade
Center in New York City on September 11, 2001. |
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December 18, 1903 |
Marines
escorted American diplomats to Addis Ababa, Abyssinia. |
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December 19, 1944 |
MAG-12
Corsairs blew up Japanese supply dumps at Palompon, Leyte. |
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December 20, 1965 |
Operation
Harvest Moon ended for Task Force Delta (2/7, 3/3 and 2/1). More than 400 Viet Cong were killed in
action. |
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December 23, 1941 |
The
Japanese landed at and captured Wake Island. |
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December 24, 1950 |
The last
elements of the 1stMarDiv departed Hungnam, North Korea. |
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December 26, 1776 |
Marines
participated in the second Battle of Trenton, NJ as part of Gen George
Washington’s force. |
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December 26, 1943 |
The
1stMarDiv landed in the assault of Cape Gloucester, New Briton. |
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December 30, 1927 |
Marines
participated in the Battle of Camino Real, Nicaragua. |
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December 31, 1930 |
Eight
Marines were killed and two escaped when surrounded at Ocotal, Nicaragua. |
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