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2nd Battalion, 8th Marines was activated on 1 April 1940 in San Diego as the 2nd Battalion 8th Marine Regiment and assigned to the 2nd Marine Brigade. The 2nd Marine Brigade was re-designated 1 February 1941 as 2nd Marine Division. During World War II, the battalion participated in the Battle of Guadalcanal, Battle of Tarawa, Battle of Saipan ...
1st, 3rd and 4th Ranger Battalion Battle of Cisterna: January 30, 1944 (1 day of combat) 767 311 450 761 [18] [19] 99 Germany: 1st, 3rd and 4th Ranger Battalions destroyed. [20] 1st Ranger Battalion reconstituted on 1 September 1948. [21] 3rd Ranger Battalion redesignated on 21 June 1954. 4th Ranger Battalion disbanded. [20] 1st Marine Regiment ...
The 8th Marine Regiment was an infantry regiment of the United States Marine Corps.When last active, it was based at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and fell under the command of the 2nd Marine Division and the II Marine Expeditionary Force.
At 00:35 the 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment and 2nd Battalion, 19th Artillery Regiment in a night defensive position at Firebase Carolyn 7 miles (11 km) south of Katum was attacked. The contact continued until 06:00 when the PAVN withdrew leaving 101 dead and 29 captured and 47 individual and 23 crew-served weapons captured; U.S. losses ...
2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 4th Battalion, 12th Marines and 2nd Battalion, 26th Marines search and destroy operation: Thừa Thiên Province: Aug 7 – 11: Operation Beacon Gate [1] [9]: 168–9 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines sweep operations: Quảng Nam and Quảng Tín Provinces: Aug 11 – 28: Operation Cochise [1] [9]: 109–11
The 2nd Marine Division (including 1/8) remained as an amphibious reserve from 1–10 April 1945, when it was sent back to Saipan to minimize casualties from Kamikaze attacks off the coast of Okinawa. In late May, the 8th Marines of the 2nd Marine Division finally got a meaningful role in the closing weeks of the Okinawa campaign. Colonel ...
On 29 April the PAVN 320th Division attacked An Binh, north of Đông Hà Combat Base, this drew two Battalions of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) 2nd Regiment into a running battle and the 1st Battalion 9th Marines was sent in to support the ARVN resulting in a 7-hour long battle that left 11 Marines, 17 ARVN and over 150 PAVN dead.
During the Tet Offensive attack on Joint General Staff Compound the 2nd Marine Battalion, together with the 6th Airborne Battalion and elements of the 8th Airborne Battalion, fought the VC 2nd Go Mon Battalion attacking the compound. [14]: 342–3 A U.S. CH-46 from MAG-36 drops off South Vietnamese marines into Hue on 23 February 1968