Originally Posted December 16, 2024 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, […]
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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 […]
History of Our Corps – December 11
Originally Posted December 11, 2024 Good morning Leathernecks, and on this the 11th 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 […]
History of Our Corps – December 10
Originally Posted December 10, 2024 Good morning Leathernecks, and on this the 10th day of December in the history of our beloved Corps: In 1835, four Marines from the frigate Brandywine go ashore in Peru and proceed to Lima to protect the American Consulate. The remainder of the Marine detachment would join them on 17 December. The force would return to its ship on 24 January. In 1941, […]
History of Our Corps – December 9
Originally Posted December 9, 2024 Good morning Leathernecks, and on this the 9th day of December in the history of our beloved Corps: In 1776, Marines participate in the action between the Alfred and the British frigate Milford. The American ship outsails its better-armed opponent and escapes unharmed. In 1942, General Vandegrift turns command of Guadalcanal over to Major General Alexander M. Patch of the Army’s Americal Division. […]