Good morning Leathernecks, and on this the 6th day of October in the history of our beloved Corps:
In 1858, Marines and sailors from the Vandalia defeat a native force on Waya Island in the Fijis, to avenge the earlier murder of two Americans.
In 1912, Marines and sailors drive rebel forces out of Leon, Nicaragua, bringing the civil war to an end.
In 1924, the Ashville lands her Marine Detachment and another 101 Marines from the Philippines at Shanghai. The following month they move on to Tientsin.
In 1943, MAG-31 begins operations in Samoa after its move from the United States
In 1945, the 5th Marines begins landing at Tangku and moving out toward Peiping.
Headquarters of 1st MAW shifts to Tientsin from Okinawa.
IIIAC, in command of Marine forces in north China, accepts the surrender of 50,000 Japanese troops in the Tientsin-Chinwangtao area.
An engineer unit and a rifle platoon of the 1st Marines are fired upon by Chinese Communist forces on the road to Peiping.
In 1949, an HMX-1 Piasecki transport helicopter drops a bomb from an altitude of 8,000 feet in experiments at Edgewater Arsenal, Maryland.
In 1952, the 7th Marines makes another attempt to get back Outpost Seattle and loses 12 dead and 44 wounded without achieving the goal.
That night the Chinese attack and seize Outposts Detroit and Frisco.
A dawn counterattack on 7 October retakes Frisco, but division decides to abandon the exposed position.
The night and morning of fighting costs the Marines 32 killed and missing and 128 wounded.
In 1960, Unaccompanied tours (without dependents) with FMF units in the Far East are reduced from 15 months to 13.
In 1962, five Marines and two Navy medical personnel die in an accidental crash of a Shufly helicopter.
They are the first Marines to die in the Vietnam War.
In 1966, the 3rd Marine Division begins moving north to assume responsibility for Quang Tri and Thua Thien, the two northernmost provinces of South Vietnam.
The division CP opens at Phu Bai on 10 October.
The 1st Marine Division assumes responsibility for the three other provinces of I Corps Zone (Quang Nam, Quang Tin, and Quang Ngai).
In 1968, during the period 6 through 19 October, the 1st Battalion, 1st Marines (1/1), 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines (2/5), 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines (3/5), 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines (2/7), and the 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines (3/7) participated in OPERATION MAUI PEAK, an effort to relieve the Special Forces camp at Thuong Duc in the Quang Nam Province.
Saepius Exertus, Semper Fidelis, Frater Infinitas!
Often Tested, Always Faithful, Brothers Forever!
-Richard W. Pettengill, Corporal USMC
And damn proud of it!