History

Question 1

1775

Answer 1

CREATED 10 NOV 1775, PENNSYLVANIA AT TUN TAVERN BY A RESOLUTION OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, RAISED TWO BATTALIONS OF MARINES LEAD BY CAPT. SAMMUEL NICHOLAS, KNOWN AS FIRST COMMANDANT

Question 2

WHEN DID THE MARINE CORPS COME UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY

Answer 2

1834, THE NATIONAL SECURITY ACT OF 1947, AMENDED IN 1952

Question 3

1776

Answer 3

THE FIRST MARINE LANDING TOOK PLACE DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, MARINES INVADED NEW PROIDENCE ISLAND IN THE BAHAMAS, THE UNIFORM OF THE DAY HAD A STIFF LEATHER STOCK WORN AROUND THE NECK GIVING THEM THE NAME “LEATHERNECK”

Question 4

1805

Answer 4

MARINES STORMED THE BARBARY PIRATES’ STRONGHOLD AT BURMA ON THE “SHORES OF TRIPOLI”, RAISED THE “STARS AND STRIPES” FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE.

Question 5

1847

Answer 5

DURING THE MEXICAN WAR MARINES OCCUPIED “HALLS OF MONTEZUMA” DURING THE BATTLE OF CHAPULTEPEC IN MEXICO CITY, MARINES ALSO HELPED TAKE CALIFORNIA.

Question 6

1859

Answer 6

UNDER THE COMMAND OF COL. ROBERT E. LEE, U.S. ARMY, MARINES STORMED THE UNITED STATES ARSENAL AT HARPERS FERRY, PUT DOWN SLAVE REVOLT LEAD BY JOHN BROWN

Question 7

1868

Answer 7

MARINE CORPS ADOPTED BY BGEN. JACOB ZEILIN 7TH COMMANDANT, MODIFIED BRITISH (ROYAL) MARINE EMBLEM

Question 8

1883

Answer 8

MOTTO OF THE MARINE CORPS WAS CREATED “SEMPER FIDELIS”

Question 9

1900

Answer 9

MARINES WHERE PART OF A MULTINATIONAL FORCE THAT PROTECTED THE LEGATION QUARTER AGAINST ATTACK DURING THE BOXER REBLLION

Question 10

1913

Answer 10

MARINES ESTABLISHED AVIATION UNIT, MAJ. ALFRED CUNNINGHAM WAS THE FIRST PILOT

Question 11

1917

Answer 11

MARINES LANDED IN FRANCE PARTICIPATING IN 8 DISTINCT OPERATIONS AND WHERE AWARDED THE FRENCH FOURRAGERE STILL WORN BY THE 5TH AND 6TH MARINES

Question 12

1933

Answer 12

MARINE CORPS RE ORGANIZED INTO THE FLEET MARINE FORCE ESTABLISHING “COMMAND AND ADMINISTRATIVE RELATIONS, ESTABLISHED THE MARINE CORPS EQUIPMENT BOARD AT QUANTICO

Question 13

1965

Answer 13

MARINES LANDED IN SOUTH VIETNAM, COMMITTED THE MARINE CORPS TO THE LONGEST WAR IN HISTORY, ALSO LANDED IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO EVACUATE AND PROTECT US CITIZENS

Question 14

1982

Answer 14

MARINES DEPLOYED TO LEBANON AS PART OF A MULTINATIONAL PEACEKEEPING FORCE.

Question 15

23 OCTOBER 1983, LEBANON

Answer 15

SUICIDE TRUCK BOMB ATTACKED HQ KILLED 241 AMERICANS AND WOUNDED 70 OTHERS

Question 16

LEBANON, JULY 1984

Answer 16

LAST MARINE UNIT WITHDREW

Question 17

1991

Answer 17

OPERATION DESERT STORM, AIR PHASE COMMENCED IN JANUARY OF 1991

Question 18

BATTLE OF BELLEU WOOD

Answer 18

MARINES HELPED TO CRUSH A GERMAN OFFENSIVE THAT THREATENED PARIS. FRENCH RE-NAMED THE WOOD “THE WOOD OF THE BRIGADE OF MARINES”, GERMAN INTELEGANCE GAVE THEM THE RATING OF “STORM TROOPER”, GAINED THE NICKNAME “TEUFELHUNDEN OR DEVILL DOG”

Question 19

BATTLE OF GUADALCANAL

Answer 19

7 AUG 1942,LAUNCHED FIRST UNITED STATES LAND OFFENSIVE OF WW2IN ON THE BEACHES OF GUADALCANAL IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS

Question 20

BATTLE OF TARAWA

Answer 20

20 NOV 1943, MARINES LANDED AND SECURED THE ISLAND IN 76 HRS, LANDED ON THE GILBERT ISLANDS, PRIME OBJECTIVE WHAS THE TARAWA ATOLL AND BETIO ISLAND. BECAUSE OF REEF LANDING CRAFT COULD NOT LAND AND WHERE OFF LOADED HUNDREDS OF YARDS FROM LAND

Question 21

BATTLE OF MARIANA ISLANDS

Answer 21

19 FEB 1945,DUE TO THE NEED FOR ADVANCED NAVAL BASES, LANDINGS ON SAIPAN, GUAM, AND TINIAN ACCOMPLISHED THIS, IN JULY OF 1943 LGEN. HOLLAND M. SMITH LEAD A COMBINED INVASION FORCE OF MARINES AND SOLDIERS THAT TOTALED OVER 136000. LARGEST GROUP TO DATE UNDER MARINE COMMAND

Question 22

BATTLE OF IWO JIMA

Answer 22

19 FEB 1945, LARGEST AND BLOODIEST ALL MARINE BATTLE IN HISTORY, SUFFERING 23000 CASUALTIES. ADM. CHESTER W. NIMITZ SAID “AMONG THE AMERICANS WHO SERVED ON IWO ISLAND, UNCOMMON VALOR WAS A COMMON VIRTUE.”

Question 23

BATTLE OF CHOSIN RESERVIOR

Answer 23

NOV 1950,CUT OFF CHINESE COMMUNIST FORCESES, CRUSHING 7 OUT OF 10 DIVISION SIZE FORCES ON THEIR MARCH FROM THE CHOSIN RESERVOIR, MAJOR SIGNIFIGANCE: RETROGRADE MOVEMENT WAS THAT MARINES BROUGHT OUT ALL OPERABLE EQUIPMENT, PROPERLY EVACUATED THEIR WOUNDED AND DEAD, AND MAINTAINED TACTICAL INTEGRITY.

Question 24

BATTLE OF HUE CITY

Answer 24

JAN 1968, NVA LAUNCHED AN ATTACK ON THE HOLIDAY OF TET INTO HUE CITY, SOUTH VIETNAM. MARINES FOUGHT IN BUILT UP AREAS FORGOING APPLICATION OF HEAVY ARMS TO MINIMIZE CIVILIAN CASUALTIES. FIGHTING WAS HOUSE TO HOUSE WITH PROGRESS MEASURED IN YARDS, CITY WAS SECURED 25 FEB 1968

Question 25

ARCHIBALD HENDERSON

Answer 25

BGEN. “GRAND OLD MAN OF THE MARINE CORPS” BECAME COMMANDANT IN 1820 AND HELD COMMAND FOR 39 YEARS. INTRODUCED HIGER STANDARDS OF PEROSNAL APPEARANCE, TRAINING, AND DISCIPLINE

Question 26

JOHN QUICK

Answer 26

SGTMAJ, MOH RECIPIENT, EARNED ATCUZCO WELL, REMEMBERED FOR SEMAPHORING FOR AN EMERGENCY LIFT OF THE NAVAL BOMBARDMENT WHILE UNDER SPANISH AND AMERICAN SHELLFIRE.

Question 27

DAN DALY

Answer 27

HEARNED 2 MOH, 1CHINESE BOXER REBELLION AND 2 FIRST CACO WAR IN HAITI. HE SAID “COME ON YOU SONS OF A BITCH, DO YOU WANT TO LIVE FOREVER?”

Question 28

LOUIS B. “CHESTY” PULLER

Answer 28

LED 32 MARINES THROUGH NICARAGUA TO HOUDURAN BORDER ENGAGING REBEL GROUPS. BECAME KNOWN AS THE “TIGER OF THE MTNS”

Question 29

GREGORY R. “PAPPY” BOYINGTON

Answer 29

MAJ. COMMANDED VMH-214 “BLACK SHEEP” DURING WW2. TOP RANKING ACE WITH 28 KILLS

Question 30

IRA H. HAYES

Answer 30

PIMA INDIAN, HELPED RAISE 2ND FLAG ON IWA JIMA.

Question 31

OPHA MAE JOHNSON

Answer 31

FIRST ENLISTED WOMAN ON 13 AUG 1918, BETTER KNOWN AS “MARINETTES OR SKIRT MARINES”

Question 32

MARGARET A. BREWER

Answer 32

BGEN. FIRST GENERAL OFFICER, WAS DIRIECTOR OF WOMAN MARINES, SEVENTH AND LAST DIRECTOR OF WOMAN MARINES,