A Chronology of the United States Marine Corps, Volumes 1-4Historical Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, 1970 |
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United States. Marine Corps. Introduction Three general classes of American Marines served during the American ... seamen , and Marines were some of the earliest Amer- icans to participate in the war . Before there were any Conti- nental ...
United States. Marine Corps. Introduction Three general classes of American Marines served during the American ... seamen , and Marines were some of the earliest Amer- icans to participate in the war . Before there were any Conti- nental ...
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... sailors and Marines , and sailed to Ticonderoga . ( McClellan , v . I , 1st ed . , 2d Ser , Chap III , P. 4 ) . ( McClellan TICONDEROGA WAS TAKEN BY MEN UNDER ETHAN ALLEN AND BENEDICT ARNOLD ; CROWN POINT WAS TAKEN NEXT DAY ...
... sailors and Marines , and sailed to Ticonderoga . ( McClellan , v . I , 1st ed . , 2d Ser , Chap III , P. 4 ) . ( McClellan TICONDEROGA WAS TAKEN BY MEN UNDER ETHAN ALLEN AND BENEDICT ARNOLD ; CROWN POINT WAS TAKEN NEXT DAY ...
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... Marines is on a payroll of this date for period from 3 May for the Enterprise which lists 1 Marine officer and 17 ... seamen who served on two armed vessels under " Conti- nental risque and pay . ( McClellan , v . I , Chap III , p . 7 ) .
... Marines is on a payroll of this date for period from 3 May for the Enterprise which lists 1 Marine officer and 17 ... seamen who served on two armed vessels under " Conti- nental risque and pay . ( McClellan , v . I , Chap III , p . 7 ) .
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... Marines participated in the recapture of the sloop Ranger by the Lee ... seamen , or so acquainted with maritime affairs as to be able to serve to ... Marines , and that they be considered as part of the number which the Continental Army ...
... Marines participated in the recapture of the sloop Ranger by the Lee ... seamen , or so acquainted with maritime affairs as to be able to serve to ... Marines , and that they be considered as part of the number which the Continental Army ...
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... Marines was 3 officers and 155 enlisted men . ( McClellan , v . I , Chap IX , p . 6 ) , ( Barbary Wars , v . I , p ... seamen . ( McClellan , v . I , Chap . IX , p . 8 ) , ( Quasi - War , v . I , p . 7 ) . 11 The uniform to be worn by Marines ...
... Marines was 3 officers and 155 enlisted men . ( McClellan , v . I , Chap IX , p . 6 ) , ( Barbary Wars , v . I , p ... seamen . ( McClellan , v . I , Chap . IX , p . 8 ) , ( Quasi - War , v . I , p . 7 ) . 11 The uniform to be worn by Marines ...
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1st Battalion 1st Marine Division 2d Battalion 3d Marine Division 4th Marine 4th Marine Division active duty strength airfield Amphibious Corps Army arrived Atoll attack Barbary Wars British brig British ship California Camp Lejeune Camp Pendleton capture Chap China Cited Collum Colonel commanded CONUS---The Da Nang Def Pol Defense Battalion detachment of Marines Early Bird Ellsworth enlisted Fleet Marine Force Frank and Shaw Globe Headquarters Heinl and Crown Helicopter Squadron III Amphibious Corps Infantry Island JAPAN---The Japanese Jun 30 Jun Landing Force Landing Team Lieutenant Marine Aircraft Group Marine Aircraft Wing Marine Brigade Marine detachment Marines and seamen Marines participated Marines Rein McClellan Metcalf Navy Neeser Nichols and Shaw North officers Okinawa OKINAWA---The operation OpHist Pacific Quasi-War schooner Scout Triad troops U. S. frigate U. S. Marine Corps U. S. sloop United USMC Vietnam VIETNAM---Operation VIETNAM---The Washington
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Page 6 - Sea when required : that they be inlisted and commissioned to serve for and during the present War between Great Britain and the Colonies, unless dismissed by order of Congress; that they be distinguished by the names of the first and second Battalions of American Marines, and that they be considered as part of the number which the Continental Army before Boston is ordered to consist of.
Page 62 - In the final analysis, it is their war. They are the ones who have to win it or lose it. We can help them, we can give them equipment, we can send our men out there as advisers, but they have to win it, the people of Vietnam, against the Communists. We are prepared to continue to assist them...
Page 4 - ... to carry out not only the letter, but the spirit of the laws passed by Congress.
Page 38 - Group and assure its responsiveness to the needs of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Office of the Secretary of Defense for operations analysis.
Page 14 - For your information the Marine Corps is the Navy's police force and as long as I am President that is what it will remain. They have a propaganda machine that is almost equal to Stalin's.
Page 6 - ... into said battalions, but such as are good seamen, or so acquainted with maritime affairs as to be able to serve to advantage by sea when required ; that they be...
Page 68 - An act for the better organization of the United States Marine Corps" placing the corps, as a separate service coequal with the United States Navy, within the Naval Establishment and subject to the laws and regulations thereof except when detached, at the direction of the President, for duty with the Army. Law and custom do not constitute the only reasons why the Chief...
Page 6 - November, 1775, it was resolved, "That two battalions of marines be raised, consisting of one colonel, two lieutenant colonels, two majors and other officers as usual in other regiments...
Page 33 - At no period of the naval history of the world, is it probable that marines were more important than during the war of the Revolution. In many instances they preserved the vessels to the country, by suppressing the turbulence of their ill-assorted crews, and the effect of their fire, not only then, but in all the subsequent conflicts, under those circumstances in which it could be resorted to> has usually been singularly creditable to their steadiness and discipline.
Page 38 - Force, the Chief of Naval Operations and the Commandant of the Marine Corps in overseas areas on attache or mission aircraft.