Category: History

Good morning Leathernecks, and on this the 18th day of December in the history of our beloved Corps: In 1903, Marines escorted American diplomats to Addis Ababa, Abyssinia. In 1950, the 1st Marine Division is assigned to Eighth Army reserve. In 1957, RLT 3 and HMR(L)-162 deploy from Okinawa toward the waters off Indonesia for possible evacuation of U.S. citizens during continued unrest there.           BLT 3 remains offshore until […]

Good morning Leathernecks, and on this the 17th day of December in the history of our beloved Corps: In 1914, Marines from the gunboat Machias (PG-5) escort the Haitian government’s gold stocks from Port-au-Prince onto the ship for transport to New York and safekeeping there. In 1919, the 8th Regiment is reactivated in the States and shipped to Haiti to reinforce the Brigade. In 1941, 17 SB 2U-3s of Marine […]

Good morning Leathernecks, and on this the 16th 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, lands at Cavite to reinforce […]

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, lands at Cavite to reinforce […]

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 the pending Mindoro landing. In […]

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 Army forces to Mindoro.           […]