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

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

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

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

Good morning Leathernecks, and on this the 12th day of July in the history of our beloved Corps: In 1798, the President commissions William Ward Burrows as a major and second Commandant of the Marine Corps. In 1840, Marines and sailors of the Wilkes Expedition seize and burn a village in the Fiji Islands in retaliation for an attack on a small party making scientific observations. In 1854, a landing

Good morning Leathernecks, and on this the 11th day of July in the history of our beloved Corps: In 1798, President John Adams signs an act “Establishing and Organizing a Marine Corps,” giving the Corps an institutional footing. In 1814, the brig Rattlesnake and her Marines are defeated and captured by the British frigate Leander in the Atlantic Ocean. In 1854, Admiral Perry lands at Okinawa with an escort of