Good morning Leathernecks, and on this the 18th day of July in the history of our beloved Corps: In 1779, the Ranger, the Queen of France, and the frigate Providence use the cover of heavy fog to cut out and capture 10 ships of a large convoy near the Newfoundland Banks. Continental Marines attacked British forces in Maine. (Maine became the 23rd state on 15 March, 1820 as part […]
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History of Our Corps – July 17
Good morning Leathernecks, and on this the 17th day of July in the history of our beloved Corps: In 1862, Marines and sailors from the Potomac land at Pascagoula, Mississippi, and destroy the telegraph. Back aboard a launch, they skirmish with Confederate troops ashore. In 1943, AirSols executes a 192-plane strike against shipping concentrated at the southern end of Bougainville Island. Marine fighters claim 41 of the 52 […]
History of Our Corps – July 16
Good morning Leathernecks, and on this the 16th day of July in the history of our beloved Corps: In 1861, Major J. G. Reynolds commanded 350 Marines in the first Battle of Bull Run in Virginia. In 1863, the Marine detachment of the sloop Wyoming participates in her battle with Japanese shore batteries and ships in the straits of Shimonoseki. In 1869, fifty Marines from the Brooklyn Navy Yard take […]
History of Our Corps – July 15
Good morning Leathernecks, and on this the 15th day of July in the history of our beloved Corps: In 1862, Marine gun crews participate in the fleet’s battle with the Confederate ram Arkansas and in a second duel with the Vicksburg forts. In 1900, at Peking, Private Dan Daly distinguishes himself in holding a secondary barricade against a strong Chinese attack. In 1927, the forces of Sandino, launch a night […]
History of Our Corps – July 14
Good morning Leathernecks, and on this the 14th day of July in the history of our beloved Corps: In 1813, Marine Lieutenant John Gamble, captain of the prize Greenwich, defeats the British armed whaler Seringapatam near the Galapagos Islands. In 1853, Commodore Perry goes ashore at Uraga, Japan, to deliver President Fillmore’s letter and open negotiations with the closed nation. One hundred Marines under Major Jacob Zeilin land first […]
History of Our Corps – July 13
Good morning Leathernecks, and on this the 13th day of July in the history of our beloved Corps: In 1863, a battalion of Marines forms part of the naval brigade that helps restore order during antidraft riots in New York City. In 1900, on the 13th and 14th of July, the allied contingents, now totaling 5,650 men, attack the old, walled, Chinese portion of Tienstin. The Marines fight next […]