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One of the satellite facilities of Camp Lejeune served for a while as a third boot camp for the Marines, in addition to Parris Island and San Diego. That facility, Montford Point, was established after Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8802. Between 1942 and 1949, a brief era of segregated training for black Marines, the camp at ...
Veteran of Vietnam War and Gulf War; Previously served as commanding general of Camp Lejeune; Navy Cross, Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Silver Star, two awards of Legion of Merit, four awards of Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V", five awards of Purple Heart: 45 Emil R. Bedard: Major general: July 25, 1997: June 29, 1999
John Archer Lejeune (/ l ə ˈ ʒ ɜːr n / lə-ZHURN; [2] January 10, 1867 – November 20, 1942) was a United States Marine Corps lieutenant general and the 13th Commandant of the Marine Corps. Lejeune served for nearly 40 years in the military, and commanded the U.S. Army's 2nd Division during World War I.
The 2nd Marine Division (2nd MARDIV) is a division of the United States Marine Corps, which forms the ground combat element of the II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF). The division is based at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina and headquartered at Julian C. Smith Hall.
1st Battalion, 8th Marines (1/8) is an infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps based out of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.The battalion consists of approximately 1000 Marines and Sailors and is nicknamed "The Beirut Battalion."
The study found that military personnel who served at Camp Lejeune had at least a 20% greater risk of developing those types of cancer compared with those at Camp Pendleton in California.
More than 93,000 people have filed claims under the Camp Lejeune Justice Act, which allows people to seek a payout for injuries caused by exposure to toxic water at the Marine Corps Base from mid ...
Nov. 8—From the 1950s through the mid-1980s, water at and around Camp Lejeune, a Marine base on the coast of North Carolina, was contaminated with numerous carcinogenic and harmful chemicals. In ...