Good morning Leathernecks, and on this the 10th day of June in the history of our beloved Corps:
In 1775, The Continental Congress passes a resolution bringing all American forces, (including Marines), operating on and around Lake Champlain under the control of Congress and providing that they be paid from 3 May.
In 1871, during the 10th and 11th of June in response to Koreans firing on a survey party, four Marine officers and 105 enlisted men lead the landing of a naval brigade on the banks of the Salee River near Inchon.
In two days of fighting, the force assaults and destroys four large forts and captures hundreds of cannons.
Six Marines earn the Medal of Honor.
Later renamed the Han River, this would be the scene of more Marine battles roughly 80 years in the future
In 1898, Lieutenant Colonel Robert Huntington’s battalion lands at Guantanamo Bay and occupies a hill nearby.
In 1900, U.S. sailors reinforced by a handful of Marines participate in the first relief column destined for the entrapped foreign legations in Peking.
The 2,000-man force of several nationalities, under the command of British Vice Admiral Edward Seymour, finds slow going against the Chinese.
In 1901, Headquarters Marine Corps moves from Marine Barracks 8th and I to the Bond Building at 14th Street and New York Avenue in Northwest Washington, D.C.
In 1912, the 2nd Battalion of the 2nd Regiment arrives off Havana.
The two Marine regiments are formed into a brigade.
Marines fan out around Santiago and Guantanamo Bay to guard towns, trains, and plantations.
Elements of the brigade remain in Cuba until August.
In 1945, Australian and Dutch troops landed on Borneo.
In 1946, the headquarters of IIIAC is disbanded and the headquarters of the 1st Marine Division assumes a dual role as Marine Forces, China.
The headquarters of the 3rd Marine Brigade in Tsingtao is also disbanded, with the 4th Marines (reinforced) assuming its functions.
The 5th Military Police Battalion (Provisional) is redesignated Marine Barracks Saipan.
VMSB-343 is deactivated.
In 1951, using a well-coordinated artillery and close air support from VMF-214 during the day and VMF(N)-513 at night, the 1st Marines finally seizes the ridge near the Hwachon Reservoir in close combat with grenades and bayonets.
After six days of inconclusive fighting for key terrain overlooking the Punchbowl (a gigantic volcanic crater), the 1st KMC conducts a night attack that sweeps away the NKPA defenders.
The 7th Marines is engaged in equally tough fighting to capture the ridgeline between the 1st Marines and the 1st KMC.
In 1953, during the period 10 through 17 June, as Communist forces launch a large offensive against ROK forces in the center of the U.N. line, 1st MAW squadrons conduct an unusually high number of sorties, including a one-day record of 283 on 15 June.
In 1960, White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty and Ambassador Douglas MacArthur II are rescued from a stone-throwing crowd in Tokyo by a Marine helicopter.
The 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade (2nd MEB-composed of BLTs 2/6, 3/6, 3/2, and 3/8, VMA-225, and Provisional MAG-30) deploys to the Caribbean for a training exercise.
Saepius Exertus, Semper Fidelis, Frater Infinitas!
Often Tested, Always Faithful, Brothers Forever!
-Richard W. Pettengill, Corporal USMC
And damn proud of it!