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In July 1962, the Marines became Headquarters & Service Company of the 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment when the 4th Marine Division was reactivated. 1/24 was mobilized for nine months in support of Operation Desert Shield in December 1990 for the first time since 1954. The unit was sent to Okinawa and the Philippines where they were the ...
1st Battalion, 24th Marines formed on 19 October 1942; 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines on 20 January 1943; 3rd Battalion, 24th Marines on 1 February 1943. In August of that same year the regiment was attached to the newly created 4th Marine Division.
Austin Roger Brunelli (August 20, 1907 – September 23, 1989) was a highly decorated American combat veteran of World War II and the Korean War.As the commanding officer of the 1st Battalion, 24th Marines during the Battle of Iwo Jima, he was awarded the Navy Cross, the United States military's second-highest decoration awarded for valor in combat.
Lieutenant Colonel Aquilla James Dyess (January 11, 1909 – February 2, 1944) was a United States Marine Corps officer who was a posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor for "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life" at the head of his troops during World War II, in the Battle of Kwajalein, on Namur Island, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands on February 2, 1944.
2nd Battalion (Pioneers) (Major John H. Partridge) [7] 23rd Marine Regiment (Colonel Louis R. Jones) [10] 1st Battalion (Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Haas) [10] 2nd Battalion (Lieutenant Colonel Edward J. Dillon) [10] 3rd Battalion (Major Paul S. Treitel) [10] 24th Marine Regiment (Colonel Franklin A. Hart) [10] 1st Battalion (Lieutenant Colonel ...
Then-Captain George D. Webster (standing second from left) and officers of D Company, 1st Battalion, 24th Marines, February 1944 Webster was appointed commanding officer of Company D in October 1943 and participated in the amphibious exercises along the Santa Margarita River , where regiment practiced night attacks and pillbox assaults .
He was a first lieutenant with Company B, 1st Battalion, 24th Marines during the Battle of Roi-Namur. [1] Lownds was wounded while leading Company B, 1/24 Marines during the Battle of Saipan. [1] During the Battle of Iwo Jima, Lownds was attached to Headquarters Company, 1/24 Marines and was again wounded in the battle. [1]
In January 1943, Power joined Company E, 3rd Separate Battalion, and deployed with that unit in March to Camp Pendleton, California. The designation of his unit was changed to Company K, 3rd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, and the unit subsequently joined the newly formed 4th Marine Division. He was promoted to first lieutenant on August 31, 1943.