History Flashcards
THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS IS A DIRECT DESCENDENT OF THE ___WHO WERE FOUNDED IN ___
BRITISH ROYAL MARINES, 1664
WHERE IS THE BIRTH PLACE OF THE U. S. MARINES?
TUN TAVERN, PHILIDELPHIA, PA
WHAT IS THE BIRTHDAY OF THE U. S. MARINE CORPS?
NOVEMBER 10™ 1775
WHO WAS THE FIRST U. S. MARINE CORPS OFFICER?
CAPT SAMUEL NICHOLAS
THE NICKNAME LEATHERNECK GOES BACK TO THE LEATHER COLLAR, OR NECKPIECE WHICH WAS A PART OF THE UNIFORM FROM _____TO ___
1775 TO 1875
WHERE WAS THE FIST AMPHIBIOUS LANDING OF THE U. S. MARINE CORPS?
NEW PROVIDENCE BAHAMMAS
IN WHICH BATTLE WAS THE FIRST INSTANCE THAT MARINES FOUGHT ALONG SIDE THE ARMY?
BATTLE OF TRENTON
WHO WAS THE FIRST COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS?
MAJOR WILLIAM WARD BURROWS
IN WHICH YEAR DID CONGRESS ESTABLISH THE RANK OF SERGEANT MAJOR?
1798
WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE QUATREFOIL?
CROSS SHAPED BRAID WORN ON TOP OF THE MARINE OFFICER’S COVER TO DITINGUISH MARINE SHARPSHOOTERS ON BOARD SHIPS FROM FRIEND OF FOE.
WHO ADOPTED THE MARINE CORPS EMBLEM?
COMMANDANT JACOB ZEILIN
IN WHAT YEAR WAS THE MARINE CORPS EMBLEM ADOPTED?
1868
WHAT DOES THE EAGLE, GLOBE, AND ANCHOR STAND FOR?
EAGLE-NATION GLOBE-WORLDWIDE SERVICE ANCHOR-NAVAL TRADITIONS
WHAT IS THE MARINE CORPS MOTTO AND, WHAT DOES IT TRANSLATE TO IN ENGLIGH?
SEMPER FIDELIS-ALWAYS FAITHFUL
WHO PRESENTED LIEUTENANT PRESLEY O’BANNON WITH THE MAMELUKE SWORD?
PASHA HEMET OR PRINCE HEMET
WHO IS AUTHORIZED TO STILL CARRY THE NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER’S SWORD?
ONLY U S MAINE NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
WHAT CAUSED THE BARBARY PIRATES WAR?
WHEN PRESIDENT JEFFERSON ORDERED AMERICAN MERCHANT MEN TO CEASE PAYMENT OF RANSOM TO THE PIRATES IN 1801.
IN WHICH WAR DID MARINES FIRST EARN A REPUTATION FOR DEADLY MARKSMANSHIP?
THE WAR OF 1812
WHO WAS THE 5°” COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS?
ARCHIBALD HENDERSON
WHAT DOES THE BLOODSTRIPE SYMBOLIZE?
THE BLOOD THAT WAS SHED BY MARINE OFFICERS AND MARINE NCOSAT THE BATTLE OF CHAPULTIPEC IN THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR
WHAT WAS THE BLOODIEST BATTLE OF THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR?
THE HALLS OF MONTEZUMA
WHAT HAPPENED AT HARPER’S FERRY?
PRIOR THE CIVIL WAR MARINES UNDER THE COMMAND OF GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE STORMED THE UNITED STATES ARSENAL AT HARPER’S FERRY TO PUT DOWN AN ATTEMPTED SLAVE REVOLT LED BY THE ABOLITIONIST, JOHN BROWN.
WHO WAS THE FIRST MARINE TO BE AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR?
CORPORAL JOHN MACKIE
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE US SHIP THAT SANK IN HAVANNA HARBOR IN 1898?
USS MAINE
HOW MANY MARINES WERE AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR FOR THEIR ACTIONS IN THE BOXER REBELLION?
33
WHO WAS THE MOST NOTED MARINE FOR HIS ACTIONS IN THE BOXER REBELLION?
PRIVATE DAN DALY
NAME THE SIX COUNTRIES IN WHICH THERE WAS A CONFLICT IN WHAT WAS KNOWN AS THE BANANNA WARS?
PANAMA, CUBA, NICARAGUA, VERA CRUZ MEXICO, HAITI, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
WHO WAS THE FIRST MARINE CORPS AVIATOR?
LT ALFRED A. CUNNINGHAM
IN WHAT YEAR DID WORLD WAR I BEGIN?
1917
UNDER WHICH PRESIDENT DID WORLD WAR I BEGIN?
WOODROW WILSON
WHO WAS THE COMMANDER OF THE AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE WHICH LANDED IN LIVERPOOL WHEN THE UNITED STAES ENTERED WORLD WAR I?
MAJ GEN JOHN J. (BLACKJACK) PERSHING
WHAT ARE THE TWO MARINE REGIMENTS WHO WERE MOST INSTREMENTAL IN THE BATTLES OF BELLEAU, SOISSONS, AND BLANC MONT RIDGE IN WORLD WAR I?
5TH AND 6TH MARINE REGIMENTS
WHAT DOES “TEUFELHUNDEN” MEAN?
DEVIL DOGS
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE TREATY THAT ENDED WORLD WAR I?
THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES
WHO WAS THE VERY FIRST WOMAN IN THE MARINE CORPS?
OPHA MAE JOHNSON
IN WHAT YEAR DID THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY AUTHORIZE THE COMMANDANT TO ENLIST WOMEN INTO THE MARINE CORPS?
1918
WHEN THE SERIOUS STUDY OF AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT WAS UNDERTAKEN DURING THE BANNANA WARS AND AFTER WORLD WAR I, THE FIRST MANUAL FOR WAS MADE. (FILL IN THE BLANK).
LANDING OPERATIONS
IN WHICH WAR DID GENERAL JOHN A. LEJEUNE SEE COMBAT FOR HIS VERY FIST TIME?
MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR
GENERAL JOHN A. LEJEUNE WAS THE COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS. (FILL IN THE BLANK)
13TH
HOW MANY YEARS DID GENERAL LEJEUNE SERVE AS THE COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS?
9
IN WHICH WAYS DID GENERAL LEJEUNE FORMALIZE THE MARINE CORPS BALL?
BIRTHDAY MESSAGE, TROOP FORMATIONS, MARINE CORPS BALL
WHAT ARE THE OFFICIAL COLORS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND WHAT DO THEY REPRESENT?
SCARLET-BLOOD THE MARINES HAVE SHED, GOLD- SHOWS THE WORLD THE MARINES ARE BOLD
WHO IS AUTHORIZED TO WEAR THE FRENCH FOURRAGERE?
5TH AND 6TH MARINE CORPS REGIMENTS
WHERE WAS RADAR USED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MARINE CORPS HISTORY ?
ICELAND
ON WHICH DATE DID THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR HAPPEN?
7-Dec-41
IN WHICH THREE OTHER PLACES DID THE JAPANESE ATTACK AND CAPTURE AFTER THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR?
GUAM, WAKE ISLAND, THE PHILLIPINES
THE TERM DESCIBES THE STRATEGY USED BY THE MARINES TO MAKE AMPHIBIOUS LANDINGS DURING WORLD WAR II. (FILL IN THE BLANK)
ISLAND HOPPING, 63
WHERE WAS THE FIRST AMPIBIOUS LANDING IN THE PACIFIC THEATRE MADE BY THE MARINES?
GUADALCANAL
WAS THE LONGEST MARINE ENGAGEMENT OF WORLD WAR II. (FILL IN THE BLANK)
GUADALCANAL
THE MARINE AVIATORS AT HENDERSON FIELD NICKNAMED THEMSELVES WHICH WAS THE CODNAME FOR GUADALCANAL.
THE CACTUS AIR FORCE
CAPTAIN GEIGER WAS THE MARINE TO EARN HIS WINGS. (FILL IN THE BLANK)
4TH
THE BATTLE OF EDSON’S RIDGE IS ALSO KNOWN AS (FILL IN THE BLANK)
BLOODY RIDGE
WHAT IS THE FAMOUS QUOTE THE ADMIRAL NIMITZ SAID DURING THE BATTLE OF IWO JIMA?
UNCOMMON VALOR WAS A COMMON VIRTUE
ON WHICH TWO JAPANESE CITIES WAS THE ATOMIC BOMB DROPPED ON?
HIROSHIMA, NAGASAKI
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE PLANE THAT WAS USED TO DROP THE ATOMIC BOMB?
ENOLA GAY
WHAT WAS THE3 BLOODIEST BATTLE OF WORLD WAR II?
TARAWA
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE DECLARATION THAT ENDED WORLD WAR II WITH JAPAN?
POTSDAM
WHERE WERE THE FIRST BLACK MARINES TRAINED AT FOR BOOT CAMP?
MONTFORD POINT, NC
WHO WAS THE FIRST BLACK MARINE OFFICER TO LEAD MARINES INTO COMBAT?
LT WILLIAM K. JENKINS
ON WHAT DATE DID WOMEN OFFICER CANDIDATES BEGIN TRAINING IN MASSACHUSETTS FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME?
March 13, 1943
WHO WAS THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN OFFICER TO RETIRE FROM THE MARINES WITH 20 YEARS OF SERVICE?
ANNIE L. GRIMES
WHERE IS THE LOCATION OF THE “MOLLY MARINE”?
THE INTERSECTION OF ELK PLACE AND CANAL STREET IN NEW ORLEANS, LA
