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2nd Battalion, 4th Marines (2/4) is an infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps.The battalion, nicknamed the Magnificent Bastards from the Vietnam War, is based out of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California and is a part of the 4th Marine Regiment and 1st Marine Division.
2nd Battalion 4th Marines and 3rd Battalion 4th Marines clear and search and security operations: around Vandegrift Combat Base: 23: 10 Jul 5: Operation Waiouru [3] 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment/Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment and 1st Armoured Regiment road clearing operation along Route 15: between Ba Ria and Phú Mỹ: Jul 12
3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, ARVN 5th Airborne Battalion and Republic of Vietnam Marine Corps combined reaction force operation landing near An Hoa to encounter the 60th and 90th battalions of the 1st VC Regiment and the 11th Battalion, 21st NVA Regiment
1st Battalion, 1st Marines, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 2nd Battalion 5th Marines and 1st and 2nd Battalions, 26th Marines search and destroy operation: Quảng Nam Province: Feb 1 – 15: Operation Gatling [1] 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division search and destroy operation: Lâm Đồng, Bình Tuy and Bình Thuận Provinces: Feb 1 – Mar 18
Task Force Hotel (consisting of 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines and 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines) search and destroy operation using airmobile tactics to prevent an attack on Khe Sanh and northern Quảng Trị Province: Quảng Trị ...
4th Marine Regiment commander Col. Donald W. Sherman developed a combined operation with the ARVN 1st Division that called for the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines to be landed on the O Lau River, while the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines were landed 6 km southeast to establish blocking positions, the 4th Marines command group and 3rd Battalion, 12th ...
The operation began on 1 March 1969 with the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines sweeping north of Firebase Russell, the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines moving north of Firebase Neville and the 1st Battalion, 4th Marines clearing the area north of Elliot Combat Base.
The Marines' operation plan would consist of 3 phases: first Marine reconnaissance units and an artillery battery would be landed at Ba Tơ Special Forces Camp and a company from 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines with units from the ARVN 2nd Division would reconnoiter the landing beach (named Red Beach) 3.5 miles (5.6 km) northeast of Đức