Author: Jo Zurwell

History of Our Corps – February 4

Originally Posted February 4, 2025 And on the 13th of January through the 9th of February in the history of our beloved Corps: In 1969, during the period 13 January through 9 February 1969, Marines of HMM-362, SLF-A, ARVN 2nd Division, the 2nd Battalion, 26th Marines (2/26), and HMM-164 participated in OPERATION BOLD MARINER, a part of OPERATION GAME WARDEN, a cordon, search, and sweep operation in the Batangan Peninsula, Quang Ngai Province. This was the […]

History of Our Corps – February 3

Originally Posted February 3, 2025 And on the 13th of January through the 9th of February in the history of our beloved Corps: In 1969, during the period 13 January through 9 February 1969, Marines of HMM-362, SLF-A, ARVN 2nd Division, the 2nd Battalion, 26th Marines (2/26), and HMM-164 participated in OPERATION BOLD MARINER, a part of OPERATION GAME WARDEN, a cordon, search, and sweep operation in the Batangan Peninsula, Quang Ngai Province. This was the […]

History of Our Corps – February 2

Originally Posted February 2, 2025 And on the 13th of January through the 9th of February in the history of our beloved Corps: In 1969, during the period 13 January through 9 February 1969, Marines of HMM-362, SLF-A, ARVN 2nd Division, the 2nd Battalion, 26th Marines (2/26), and HMM-164 participated in OPERATION BOLD MARINER, a part of OPERATION GAME WARDEN, a cordon, search, and sweep operation in the Batangan Peninsula, Quang Ngai Province. This was the […]

History of Our Corps – February 1

Originally Posted February 1, 2025 And on the 13th of January through the 9th of February in the history of our beloved Corps: In 1969, during the period 13 January through 9 February 1969, Marines of HMM-362, SLF-A, ARVN 2nd Division, the 2nd Battalion, 26th Marines (2/26), and HMM-164 participated in OPERATION BOLD MARINER, a part of OPERATION GAME WARDEN, a cordon, search, and sweep operation in the Batangan Peninsula, Quang Ngai Province. This was the […]

History of Our Corps – December 15

Originally Posted December 15, 2024 Good morning Leathernecks, and on this the 15th day of December in the history of our beloved Corps: In 1824, Marines serve aboard Navy Lieutenant Thomas Catesby Jones’s small squadron of gunboats, which battle a larger British fleet of small craft and delay the enemy’s advance on New Orleans. In 1899, Major Littleton W. T. Waller’s Third Marine Battalion, with15 officers and 325 enlisted men, […]

History of Our Corps – December 14

Originally Posted December 14, 2024 Good morning Leathernecks, and on this the 14th day of December in the history of our beloved Corps: In 1843, following a dispute with slave traders, Perry’s Marines burn a town in the Ivory Coast. In 1941 Wake Island defenders were left with one aircraft surviving Japanese attacks. In 1944, MAG-12 attacks enemy airfields on Luzon and Masbate Islands to reduce Japanese aerial opposition to […]

History of Our Corps – December 13

Originally Posted December 13, 2024 Good morning Leathernecks, and on this the 13th day of December in the history of our beloved Corps: In 1847, a Marine night patrol surprises and defeats a Mexican force at Palos Prietos, outside Mazatlan. In 1918, the Marines occupy their portion of the bridgehead east of the Rhine, near Coblenz, Germany. In 1944, a kamikaze strikes the cruiser Nashville (CL-43) during the movement of […]

History of Our Corps – December 12

Originally Posted December 12, 2024 Good morning Leathernecks, and on this the 12th day of December in the history of our beloved Corps: In 1846, Lieutenant Jacob Zeilin and Marines and sailors of Stockton’s squadron march to the relief of Kearney. In 1914, the 4th Regiment headquarters and its 2nd Battalion move into a model camp at the Panama-California Exposition in Balboa Park in San Diego. In 1918, the Marine […]