#ThisDayInUSMCHistory 1863, John F. Mackie and Pinkerton R. Vaughn receive the first Marine Corps Medals of Honor. Cpl Mackie for actions on May 15, 1862 aboard USS Galena and Sgt Vaughn for actions aboard USS Mississippi on March 14, 1863. #USMC
#ThisDayInUSMCHistory 1944, Saipan is officially declared secure, although a small group of Japanese held out for an additional sixteen months (three months after the official Japanese surrender). #USMC #WW2 #IslandHopping
#ThisDayInUSMCHistory 2002, Ted Williams passes away. He was a Marine fighter pilot in WWII and Korea, and we heard he was a decent baseball player too. “The Splendid Splinter” said the two things he was most proud of was being a US Marine and being in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
#ThisDayInUSMCHistory 1999, The Marine Corps officially closed MCAS El Toro and MCAS Tustin. As a result of the closures, MCAS Miramar, California, would house eight F/A-18 squadrons, one KC-130, four CH-53E squadrons, and four CH-46E squadrons. #USMC #BeforeTheAliens #TeamKrulak
#ThisDayInUSMCHistory 10 May 1945. In Awacha Draw Okinawa, dubbed "Death Valley", 2nd Bn 5th Marines suffered over 120 casualties in only a few hours of fighting. PhM2 William Halyburton was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions that day. #USMC #CorpsmanUp #WWII
#ThisDayInUSMCHistory 1945, 1stLt Harold Schrier led Marines from E/2/28 on a patrol to the top of Mt. Suribachi. They raised the first flag to much fanfare across the island. Hours later Joe Rosenthal would photograph the second raising. #UncommonValor #OurFlagsUnfurled
#ThisDayInUSMCHistory 1945, elements of MAG-24 land on Luzon and provide CAS to Army forces fighting on the island. In 3 months, along with MAG-32, they will fly 8,842 sorties and drop 19,000 bombs in support of Sixth Army.
#ThisDayInUSMCHistory 1995, The Pentagon announces that 2,600 U.S. Marines will deploy to Somalia for Operation United Shield to assist in the final withdrawal of UN peacekeeping troops from Somalia. The decision was based on a UN request for assistance. #USMC
#ThisDayInUSMCHistory 1919, 4th Marine Brigade, as part of the American Expeditionary Force, began its march to the Rhine River, passing through Belgium and Luxembourg, as part of the American forces occupying a defeated Germany. #USMC #Teufelhunden
In 1983, #ThisDayInUSMCHistory the 22d MAU departs Carriacou island for Beirut to relieve the 24th MAU. The day before, during Operation URGENT FURY, two companies from the 22d MAU conducted an amphibious and heliborne raid to the Island.
#ThisDayInUSMCHistory Beirut, 23 Oct 1983 at 0622: a suicide bomber killed 220 US Marines, 18 Sailors, and 3 Soldiers. It was the most Marines lost in a single day since the Battle of Iwo Jima. Minutes later a second bomber killed 58 French Paratroopers. #NeverForget #USMC
#ThisDayInUSMCHistory in 1951, the Marine Corps conducted the first heliborne assault when HMR-161 lifted 3/7 and its equipment northeast of Yanggu, Korea during Operation Bumblebee. HMR-161 flew the HRS-1 during the mission, today VMM-161 operates the MV-22B. #USMC
