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  2. 1st Battalion, 24th Marines - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. 24th Marine Regiment (United States) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Austin R. Brunelli - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. List of United States Marine Corps battalions - Wikipedia

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    The ground combat element (GCE) consists of those combat and combat support units whose primary mission is to, (1) engage with and destroy the enemy by fire and/or maneuver, and/or shock effect, performed by infantry, field artillery, and tank units, (2) provide close battlefield support to other GCE units by assault amphibian, combat assault, light armored reconnaissance, reconnaissance, and ...

  6. Aquilla J. Dyess - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. George D. Webster (USMC) - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  8. Jacklyn H. Lucas - Wikipedia

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    United States Marine Corps United States Army: Years of service: 1942–1945 (U.S. Marine Corps) 1961–1965 (U.S. Army) Rank: Private first class (US Marine Corps) Captain (U.S. Army) Unit: 1st Battalion, 26th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division 82nd Airborne Division: Battles / wars: World War II. Battle of Iwo Jima; Awards: Medal of Honor ...

  9. Category:4th Marine Division (United States) - Wikipedia

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    1st Battalion, 25th Marines; 2nd Battalion, 14th Marines; 2nd Battalion, 23d Marines; 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines; 2nd Battalion, 25th Marines; 3d Battalion, 23d Marines; 3rd Battalion, 14th Marines; 3rd Battalion, 24th Marines; 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines; 4th Assault Amphibian Battalion; 4th Combat Engineer Battalion; 4th Light Armored ...