Author: Jo Zurwell

Good morning Leathernecks, and on this the 21st day of November in the history of our beloved Corps: In 1775, Marines join in the raid by Hancock and Franklin on Canso Harbor, Nova Scotia. In 1798, the French frigates L’Insurgente and Volontaire force the outgunned Navy schooner Retaliation and her Marines to surrender.           She is the only ship lost by the United States in the Quasi-War. In 1856, a […]

Good morning Leathernecks, and on this the 20th day of November in the history of our beloved Corps: In 1775, Marines join in the raid by Hancock and Franklin on Canso Harbor, Nova Scotia. In 1798, the French frigates L’Insurgente and Volontaire force the outgunned Navy schooner Retaliation and her Marines to surrender.           She is the only ship lost by the United States in the Quasi-War. In 1856, a […]

Good morning Leathernecks, and on this the 19th day of November in the history of our beloved Corps: In 1775, The first discord between the Army and the Marines occurs when General Washington takes issue with orders from Congress to supply personnel from his force for the Marine battalions authorized on 10 November.           The general noted that since the men “must be acquainted with maritime affairs, “ he would […]

Good morning Leathernecks, and on this the 18th day of November in the history of our beloved Corps: In 1903, a detachment of 20 Marines lands at Djibouti, French Somaliland, to escort a U.S. diplomatic mission to Addis Ababa for negotiations with the Emperor of Ethiopia.           They return to the coast on 15 January 1904. In 1915, during the Battle of Fort Riviere, Marines under Butler seize the fort, […]

Good morning Leathernecks, and on this the 17th day of November in the history of our beloved Corps: In 1775, Marines from the Hancock (Washington’s fleet) make an unopposed landing at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. In 1847, a Marine and Navy landing force of 65 men from the Dale drives 300 Mexican soldiers out of Guaymas. In 1854, the sloop Vincennes sends Marines and seamen ashore on Okinawa to enforce […]

Good morning Leathernecks, and on this the 16th day of November in the history of our beloved Corps: In 1856, the landing force in Canton, China begins to return to its ships. Upriver from the city, a ship’s boat is fired upon from one of the Barrier Forts.           The Portsmouth engages the forts with cannon fire, and a Marine is wounded. In 1899, Marines from the USS Castine and […]