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The 1st Marine Division Band was organized during World War II when the division was based in Australia to participate in the Pacific War.On the occasion of President George Washington's birthday in February 1943, the 1st MARDIV Band played Waltzing Matilda, an Australian bush ballad which would later be the official march of the division.
Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton is the major West Coast base of the United States Marine Corps and is one of the largest Marine Corps bases in the United States. It is on the Southern California coast in San Diego County and is bordered by Oceanside to the south, San Clemente in Orange County to the north, Riverside County to the northeast, and Fallbrook to the east.
Clint Eastwood paid a visit to Camp Pendleton to show his appreciation for the U.S. Marine Corps and screen his new film.
The 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Band performing at Yankee Stadium.The band is one of ten field bands sponsored by the program. The Marine Corps Musician Enlistment Option Program (MEOP) is the central organized body overseeing the active-duty military bands of the United States Marine Corps.
First responders in Menifee, California, lined up on a highway overpass on September 15 to salute US Marines coming home from Afghanistan.Footage released by the City of Menifee shows first ...
On D-Day+1, in a cold rain, the 2nd Battalion, 28th Marines prepared to assault the mountain. The Second Battalion's commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel Chandler W. Johnson, set the tone for the morning as he deployed his tired troops forward: "It's going to be a hell of a day in a hell of a place to fight the damned war!" [4]
On 25 September 1942, the area presently known as Marine Corps Air Station, Camp Pendleton, California was designated an auxiliary landing field and served as a sub-unit of Marine Corps Air Station El Toro. [2] The airfield was 6,000 ft by 400 ft and began operating in November 1942.
Okay, so if you haven't heard of that new Disney movie taking the world by storm - you've been living under a rock. Yes, we mean "Frozen." And the film's song "Let It Go," which skyrocketed to ...