Marine Corps History 2 Flashcards
Origins of the Mameluke sword (Officers’ Sword)
Presented to Lieutenant O’ Bannon by Pasha (Prince) Hemet during the Barbary Pirate Wars
-“SHORES OF TRIPOLI” from the Hymn.
First Marine Recruiter
Robert Mullens in 1775
First Female Marine
Opha Mae Johnson in 1918
Father of Marine Aviation
Captain Alfred Cunningham (aka A.A. Cunningham) in 1912
Who was the first Marine to receive the Medal of Honor?
John Mackie, 1861
What is the name of the Marine Corps Officers’ sword?
Mameluke
In what battle did the Marines receive the nickname Tuefel Hunden (Devil Dogs)?
Belleau Wood (WWI)
- German Officers gave them this nickname in their war reports as a result of the ferocity with which the Marines fought.
- After three weeks of brutal tree-to-tree fighting, including multiple charges on German machine gun nests with fixed bayonets and hand-to-hand combat, and after trading possession of the forest with the Germans six times, the Marines cleared Belleau Wood of the German Army entirely.
- “Retreat hell, we just got here!” - Major Lloyd W. Williams, USMC.
“Grand Old Man of the Marine Corps”
5th Commandant Archibald Henderson
- He helped prevent President Andrew Jackson from transferring the Marines into the Army in 1829.
- Served as Commandant over 38 years until the day of his death.
What caused the Barbary Pirates War?
When President Jefferson ordered American merchant men to cease payment of ransom to pirates in 1801.
Which war did Marines earn a reputation for deadly marksmanship?
War of 1812
Number of Marines awarded Medal of Honor in Boxer Rebellion
33
Name of US ship that sank in Havana Harbor in 1898
USS Maine
Name 6 countries involved in Banana Wars
Panama, Nicaragua, Vera Cruz Mexico, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Cuba
Under which president did WW1 begin?
Woodrow Wilson
