#ThisDayInMarineCorpsHistory 1991, Marines of 4th MEB begin a NEO of 281 US and foreign diplomats and 30 civilians from Mogadishu. A 282nd name was added to the list when one of the evacuees gave birth aboard USS Guam. #USMC #TeamKrulak
#ThisDayInMarineCorpsHistory 1944, Maj Gregory “Pappy” Boyington shoots down 3 and passes WWI Ace Eddie Rickenbacker’s record of 26 Aeriel Victories. On the same mission, he’s shot down over Rabaul and became a POW until Aug 1945. #USMC #FlyingLeathernecks #BaaBaaBlackSheep
#ThisDayInMarineCorpsHistory 1989 OPERATION JUST CAUSE begins. One Marine, Corporal Garreth C. Isaak was killed, and 3 others injured. 1stLt Robert Paz, USMC was killed 5 days earlier, one of the catalysts to the invasion. #NotForgetten #USMC
#ThisDayInMarineCorpsHistory 1948, SECNAV John Sullivan, signed a Memorandum of Agreement with the State Department, creating the basis of the Marine Security Guard program. The first detachments were established months later in Tangier and Bangkok. #InEveryClimeAndPlace
