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Marine division of the United States Marine Corps headquartered at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California.
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United States Marine Corps
18 linksMaritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through combined arms, implementing its own infantry, artillery, aerial, and special operations forces.
Maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through combined arms, implementing its own infantry, artillery, aerial, and special operations forces.
The U.S. Army's X Corps, which included the 1st Marine Division and the Army's 7th Infantry Division regrouped and inflicted heavy casualties during their fighting withdrawal to the coast, known as the Battle of Chosin Reservoir.
Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton
12 linksMajor West Coast base of the United States Marine Corps and is one of the largest Marine Corps bases in the US.
Major West Coast base of the United States Marine Corps and is one of the largest Marine Corps bases in the US.
By October 1944, Camp Pendleton was declared a "permanent installation," and by 1946 it became the home of the 1st Marine Division.
7th Marine Regiment
12 linksInfantry regiment of the United States Marine Corps based at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California.
Infantry regiment of the United States Marine Corps based at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California.
Nicknamed the "Magnificent Seventh", the regiment falls under the command of the 1st Marine Division and the I Marine Expeditionary Force.
Guadalcanal campaign
15 linksMilitary campaign fought between 7 August 1942 and 9 February 1943 on and around the island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific theater of World War II.
Military campaign fought between 7 August 1942 and 9 February 1943 on and around the island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific theater of World War II.
In preparation for the offensive in the Pacific in May 1942, U.S. Marine Major General Alexander Vandegrift was ordered to move his 1st Marine Division from the United States to New Zealand.
1st Marine Regiment
9 linksInfantry regiment of the United States Marine Corps based at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California.
Infantry regiment of the United States Marine Corps based at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California.
The regiment is under the command of the 1st Marine Division and the I Marine Expeditionary Force.
5th Marine Regiment
11 linksInfantry regiment of the United States Marine Corps based at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California.
Infantry regiment of the United States Marine Corps based at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California.
It is the most highly decorated regiment in the Marine Corps and falls under the command of the 1st Marine Division and the I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF).
Battle of Peleliu
9 linksFought between the United States and Japan during the Mariana and Palau Islands campaign of World War II, from September 15 to November 27, 1944, on the island of Peleliu.
Fought between the United States and Japan during the Mariana and Palau Islands campaign of World War II, from September 15 to November 27, 1944, on the island of Peleliu.
US Marines of the 1st Marine Division and then soldiers of the US Army's 81st Infantry Division, fought to capture an airfield on the small coral island of Peleliu.
Battle of Chosin Reservoir
11 linksImportant battle in the Korean War.
Important battle in the Korean War.
After the landing at Wonsan, the US 1st Marine Division of the X Corps engaged the defending PVA 124th Division on 2 November; the ensuing battle caused heavy casualties among the Chinese.
11th Marine Regiment
6 linksArtillery regiment of the United States Marine Corps based at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California.
Artillery regiment of the United States Marine Corps based at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California.
Known as the "Cannon Cockers", the regiment falls under the command of the 1st Marine Division and the I Marine Expeditionary Force.
Battle of Inchon
11 linksAmphibious invasion and a battle of the Korean War that resulted in a decisive victory and strategic reversal in favor of the United Nations Command (UN).
Amphibious invasion and a battle of the Korean War that resulted in a decisive victory and strategic reversal in favor of the United Nations Command (UN).
He also faced the challenge that the USMC, reduced in size following World War II, had to rebuild the 1st Marine Division, using elements of the 1st Provisional Marine Brigade fighting at Pusan as well as the 1st Marine Regiment and the 7th Marine Regiment, which pulled US Marines from as far away as the Mediterranean Sea to Korea for the task.