Originally Posted November 23, 2024 Good morning Leathernecks, and on this the 23rd 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 […]
Author: Jo Zurwell
History of Our Corps – November 22
Originally Posted November 22, 2024 Good morning Leathernecks, and on this the 22nd 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 […]
History of Our Corps – November 21
Originally Posted November 21, 2024 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 […]
History of Our Corps – November 20
Originally Posted November 20, 2024 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 […]
History of Our Corps – November 19
Originally Posted November 19, 2024 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 […]
History of Our Corps – November 18
Originally Posted November 18, 2024 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 […]
History of Our Corps – November 17
Originally Posted November 17, 2024 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 […]
History of Our Corps – November 16
Originally Posted November 16, 2024 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 […]