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Sergent John C Quick
Medal of Honor for semaphoning an emergency lift of the naval bombardment while under Spanish and American shellfire
Smedley D. Butler
Major General who got 2 Medals of Honor
- Veracruz
- First Caco War in Haiti.
Battle of Guadacanal
August 1942
- first US land offensive of WWII
- first combat test of the new amphibious doctrine
- cruicial turning point of the war in the Pacific by providing a base to launcher further invasions of Japnese held islands
Battle of Tarawa
Gilbert Islans were the first inteh line of advance fo rthe offensive in the Central Pacific
*Japanese said it would take a million Americans 100 years to conquor it
*1943- Marines secured the island in 76hrs
- extended reef so we had to load offshore - death from enemy fire and drowing
purpose of the Battle of Mariana Islands
Air Force needed airfields and Navy needed advanced bases
WWII battle involving Guam
Battle of Mariana Islands
- 1943
b/c Air Force needed airfields & Navy needed advanced bases
WWII battle on Saipan, Guam, & TInian
Battle of Mariana Islands
1943
for Air Force airstrips & Navy advanced bases
Battle of Bougainville
1943
to neutralize Rabaul, a hub for Japanese air power in the Pacific
WWII battle to neutralize Rabaul
Battle of Bougainville
1943
to neutrailze Rabaul, a Japanes air power
led the Landing at Inchon
1950
Major General Oliver P Smith
Oliver P. Smith
Major General
commanded the 1950 amphibious landing at Incheon
Battle of Chosin Reservior
1950
retrograde movement, brought out all operable equipment, properly evacuated their wounded/dead, maintained tactical integrity, and smashed seven of the 10 North Korean divisions sent to anhiliate them
Korean War movements involving Marines
1950
- Incheon amphibious landing w/Major General Oliver P. Smith
- retrograde movement w/preserved tactical integrity at Battle of Chosin Reservoir
2 Vietnam War battles involving Marines
Second Battle of Khe Sanh 1968
Battle of Hue City (Tet) 1968
Tet Offensive battle
Battle of Hue City 1968
what happened at the Battle of Hue City
1968
Vietnamese holiday of Tet, Communists launched a surprise offensive by infiltrating a large number of their troops into the major population centers of Hue City, South Vietnam
- first time the Marines fought in built up areas since Korean war
- house to house fightin
Battle of An-Nasiriya
2003
Nasiriya, Iraq
first large-scale battle fought by the US Marines in OPeration IRai Freedom
first large-scale battle fought by Marins in Operation Iraqi Freedom
Battle of An-Nasiriya
2003
sword of the Marine Corps
Mamelukes: elite muslim military force from northern Africa
Presley O
Bannen was prsented it during his Tripoli expedition
E-8
Master Sergent
First Sergent
E-9
Master Gunnery Sergent
Sergent Major
Sergent Major of the Marine Corp
O-4
Major
O-5
Lieutenant Colonel
O-6
COlonel