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1st Marine Division Class A Patch
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This is the full color patch for the 1st Marine Division. It's headquarters is out of Camp Pendleton, CA. This is the largest and oldest active duty unit in the United States Marine Corps. Class A patches are worn on the Army's Service Green Uniform. Sold individually.
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1st Marine Division
1st Marine Division insignia
Active
1 February 1941 – present
Allegiance
United States of America
Branch
United States Marine Corps
Type
Ground combat element
Size
Marine Division
(Approximately 23,000)
[1]
Part of
I Marine Expeditionary Force
Garrison/HQ
Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton
Nickname(s)
The Old Breed
Blue Diamond
Motto(s)
No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy
March
"
Waltzing Matilda
"
Engagements
Banana Wars
Occupation of Veracruz, Mexico (1914)
Occupation of Haiti (1915–1934)
Occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916–24)
Occupation of Cuba (1917–22)
World War II
Guadalcanal Campaign
Battle of Cape Gloucester
Battle of Peleliu
Battle of Okinawa
Chinese Civil War
Operation Beleaguer
Korean War
Battle of Pusan Perimeter
Battle of Inchon
Second Battle of Seoul
Battle of Chosin Reservoir
First and Second Battles of Wonju
Battle of Hwacheon
Battle of the Punchbowl
Battle of Bunker Hill (1952)
First Battle of the Hook
Battle for Outpost Vegas
Battle of the Samichon River
Cold War
Cuban Missile Crisis
Vietnam War
Operation Starlite
Operation Piranha
Operation Hastings
Operation Union
Operation Union II
Operation Swift
Operation Allen Brook
Tet Offensive
Gulf War
Battle of Khafji
Battle of Kuwait International Airport
Liberation of Kuwait
Somali Civil War
Operation Restore Hope
Iraq War
Invasion of Iraq
Battle of Baghdad
First Battle of Fallujah
Second Battle of Fallujah
War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
Helmand province campaign
Operation Strike of the Sword
Operation Moshtarak
Commanders
Current
commander
MajGen
Robert F. Castellvi
Notable
commanders
Holland Smith
Alexander Vandegrift
William H. Rupertus
Oliver P. Smith
James M. Masters, Sr.
Edwin A. Pollock
Herman Nickerson Jr.
James Mattis
Pedro Del Valle
Robert O. Bare
Edward W. Snedeker
Frank Libutti
Lawrence D. Nicholson
The
1st Marine Division
(1st MARDIV) is a
Marine
infantry
division
of the
United States Marine Corps
headquartered at
Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton
, California. It is the
ground combat element
of the
I Marine Expeditionary Force
(I MEF).
It is the oldest and largest
active duty
division
in the United States Marine Corps, representing a combat-ready force of more than 19,000 men and women. It is one of three active duty divisions in the Marine Corps today and is a multi-role, expeditionary ground combat force. It is nicknamed "The Old Breed".
Contents
1
Mission
2
Organization
3
History
3.1
Pre-World War II
3.2
World War II
3.3
Korean War
3.4
Vietnam War
3.5
Desert Shield and Desert Storm
3.6
1992 Los Angeles riots
3.7
1990s humanitarian relief
3.8
Iraq War
3.9
Afghanistan War
4
Insignia
5
Unit awards
6
See also
7
References
8
External links
Mission
[
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]
The division is employed as the
ground combat element
(GCE) of the I Marine Expeditionary Force or may provide task-organized forces for assault operations and such operations as may be directed. The 1st Marine Division must be able to provide the ground amphibious forcible entry capability to the naval expeditionary force (NEF) and to conduct subsequent land operations in any operational environment.
[2]
Organization
[
edit
]
The 1st Marine Division is currently organized around four regiments and several Battalions which includes the following:
Headquarters Battalion
1st Marine Regiment
5th Marine Regiment
7th Marine Regiment
11th Marine Regiment
1st Tank Battalion
1st Reconnaissance Battalion
1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
1st Combat Engineer Battalion
3rd Combat Engineer Battalion
3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion
Structure of 1st Marine Division
History
[
edit
]
Pre-World War II
[
edit
]
The lineal forebear of the 1st Marine Division is the
1st Advance Base Brigade
, which was activated on 23 December 1913 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Subsequently, the brigade was redesignated on 1 April 1914, as the 1st Brigade, and on 16 September 1935, as the 1st Marine Brigade).
[3]
The brigade consisted of the Fixed Defense Regiment and the Mobile Defense Regiment, later designated as the
1st
and
2nd Regiments
, 1st Brigade, respectively. In 1916, while deployed in Haiti, the two regiments were again redesignated, exchanging numerals, to then become the 2nd and 1st Regiments, 1st Brigade. Between April 1914 and August 1934, elements of the 1st Brigade participated in operations in Mexico, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Cuba, receiving campaign credit for service in each nation. While the 1st Brigade did not serve ashore in the European theater during the First World War, the brigade was awarded the World War I Victory Medal Streamer, with one bronze star, in recognition of the brigade's service during that conflict.
[4]
On 16 September 1935, the brigade was redesignated as the 1st Marine Brigade and deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in October 1940.
World War II
[
edit
]
A Marine of the
1st Marine Regiment
on
Guadalcanal
.
Marines of 1st Marine Division
fighting on Okinawa
, 1945.
The 1st Marine Division was activated aboard the
USS
Texas
on 1 February 1941.
[5]
In May 1941, the 1st MARDIV relocated to
Quantico, Virginia
and
Parris Island
,
South Carolina
and in April 1942, the division began deploying to
Samoa
and
Wellington, New Zealand
. The division's units were scattered over the Pacific with the support elements and the 1st Marine Regiment transported en route to
New Zealand
on three ships, the USATs
Ericsson
,
Barnett
and
Elliott
from
Naval Reserve Air Base Oakland
to
New Zealand
,
[6]
and later were landed on the island of
Guadalcanal
, part of the
Solomon Islands
, on 7 August 1942.
Initially only the 7th Marine Regiment was in
garrison
on
British Samoa
,
[7]
with the 5th Marine Regiment having just encamped at
Wellington, New Zealand
after disembarking from USAT
Wakefield
, and the 1st Marine Regiment not scheduled to arrive in New Zealand until 11 July.
[8]
The
1st Raider Battalion
was on
New Caledonia
, and the
3rd Defense Battalion
was in
Pearl Harbor
. All of the division's units, with the 11th Marines (artillery) and
75mm howitzer
armed
10th Marines
battalion would rendezvous at
Fiji
.
[8]
Due to the change in orders and shortage of attack and combat cargo vessels, all of the division's 2.5 ton trucks,
M1918 155-mm howitzers
[9]
and the sound and flash-ranging equipment needed for counter-battery fire had to be left in Wellington. Also, because the Wellington dock workers were on strike at the time, the Marines had to do all the load reconfiguration from administrative to combat configuration.
[10]
After 11 days of logistical challenges, the division, with 16,000 Marines, departed Wellington in eighty-nine ships embarked for the Solomon Islands with a 60-day combat load which did not include tents, spare clothing or bed rolls, office equipment, unit muster rolls or pay clerks. Other things not yet available to this first wave of Marine deployments were
insect repellent
and
mosquito netting
.
[11]
Attached to the division was the
1st Parachute Battalion
, which along with the rest of the division, conducted landing rehearsals from 28 to 30 July on
Koro Island
, which Major General
Alexander Vandegrift
described as a "disaster".
[12]
On 31 July the entire Marine task force was placed under the command of Vice Admiral
Frank J. Fletcher
's
Task Force 61
. The division as a whole would fight in the
Guadalcanal Campaign
until relieved at 1400 on 9 December 1942 by
Alexander Patch's
Americal Division
.
[13]
[14]
This operation won the Division its first of three World War II
Presidential Unit Citations
(PUC). The battle would cost the division 650 killed in action, 1,278 wounded in action with a further 8,580 contracting malaria and 31 missing in action.
[13]
Others were awarded for the battles of
Peleliu
and
Okinawa
.
[2]
Following the Guadalcanal Campaign, the division's Marines were sent to Melbourne, Australia for rest and refit.
[15]
It was during this time that the division took the traditional Australian folk song "
Waltzing Matilda
" as its battle hymn. To this day, 1st Division Marines still ship out to this song being played.
[16]
The division would next see action during
Operation Cartwheel
which was the codename for the campaigns in
Eastern New Guinea
and
New Britain
. They came ashore at the
Battle of Cape Gloucester
on 26 December 1943
[17]
and fought on
New Britain
until March 1944 at such places as
Suicide Creek
and
Ajar Ridge
. During the course of the battle the division had 310 killed and 1,083 wounded. Following the battle they were sent to
Pavuvu
in the
Russell Islands
for rest and refitting.
[18]
The next battle for the 1st Marine Division would be the bloodiest yet at the
Battle of Peleliu
. They landed on 15 September 1944 as part of the
III Amphibious Corps
assault on the island. The division's commanding general, Major General
William H. Rupertus
had predicted the fighting would be, "...tough but short. It'll be over in three or four days – a fight like
Tarawa
. Rough but fast. Then we can go back to a rest area."
[19]
Making a mockery of the prediction, the first week of the battle alone cost the division 3,946 casualties, during which time they secured the key airfield sites.
[20]
The division fought on Peleliu for one month before being relieved.
[21]
Some of the heaviest fighting of the entire war took place in places such as
Bloody Nose Ridge
and the central ridges of the island that made up the
Umurbrogol Pocket
.
[22]
The month of fighting against the
14th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
on Peleliu cost the 1st Marine Division 1,252 dead and 5,274 wounded.
[23]
The final campaign the division would take part in during World War II would be the
Battle of Okinawa
. The strategic importance of
Okinawa
was that it provided a fleet anchorage, troop staging areas, and airfields in close proximity to Japan. The division landed on 1 April 1945 as part of the
III Amphibious Corps
. Its initial mission was, fighting alongside the
6th Marine Division
, to clear the northern half of the island – that they were able to do expeditiously. The Army's
XXIV Corps
met much stiffer resistance in the south, and on 1 May 1945 the Marine division was moved south where it relieved the Army's
27th Infantry Division
. The division was in heavy fighting on Okinawa until 22 June 1945, when the island was declared secure. The 1st Marine Division slugged it out with the
Japanese 32nd Army
at such places as Dakeshi Ridge, Wana Ridge, "Sugarloaf Hill" and
Shuri Castle
. Fighting on Okinawa cost the division 1,655 killed in action.
During the war the division had five Seabee Battalions posted to it. the 6th NCB was attached to the 1st Marine Division on Guadalcanal. They were followed by the 19th Naval Construction Battalion (NCB) which was assigned to the
17th Marines
as the third battalion of the regiment. They landed at Cape Gloucester with the division. The 17th Marines were inactivated with the 19th NCB being reassigned. After them the 33rd NCB was posted to the 1st for the assault on Peleliu and they were replaced by the 145th NCB for the invasion of Okinawa. (see:
Seabees
) On Peleliu the 17th Special NCB(segregated) was assigned to the 1st Pioneers as shore party. Together with the 16th Marines Field Depot(segregated) they helped evacuate wounded and bury the dead for the 7th Marines. On the first night of the assault nearly all of the 17th Seabees volunteered to hump ammo to the frontlines. They also reinforced the Marines in sections where directed, were used to crew a 37mm and were utilized for several days. For their efforts they received an official "well done".
[24]
[25]
[26]
[27]
The 33rd NCB also had 202 Men assigned to the shore party.
[28]
Following the
surrender of Japan
, the division was sent to Northern China as the lead combat element of the
III Amphibious Corps
with the primary mission of repatriating more than 650,000 Japanese soldiers and civilians still resident in that part of China. They landed at
Taku
on 30 September 1945 and would be based in
Hopeh Province
in the cities of
Tientsin
and
Peiping
, and also on the
Shandong Peninsula
,
[29]
with the
Chinese Civil War
between the
Kuomintang
and
Chinese Communist Party
raging around them. Most Marines in the division would be charged with guarding supply trains, bridges and depots to keep food and coal moving into the cities. During this time they increasingly fought skirmishes with soldiers from the
People's Liberation Army
who saw the railways and other infrastructure as attractive targets to ambush, raid, and harass.
[30]
[31]
By the summer of 1946 the division was suffering the effects of demobilization and its combat efficiency had dropped below wartime standards; however, its commitments in China remained. As it became increasingly apparent that a complete collapse of truce negotiations among the Chinese factions was apparent, plans were laid for the withdrawal of all Marine units from Hopeh. The last elements of the division finally left China on 1 September 1947.
[30]
Korean War
[
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]
Marines of 1st Marine Division at the
Battle of Chosin Reservoir
.
Following the end of World War II and the postwar drawdown of forces, by 1950 the division only possessed the strength of a reinforced regimental combat team.
[32]
The division would be assembled on the battle field and would participate in the
amphibious assault at Inchon
under the orders of
United Nations Command
(UN) commander
General MacArthur
.
[33]
The division was the unit chosen to lead the Inchon landing on 15 September 1950. At Inchon, the division faced one of its most daunting challenges, deploying so hurriedly it still lacked its third infantry regiment and ordered to execute an amphibious assault under the worst tidal conditions they had ever faced. After the landing they moved north and after heavy fighting in
Seoul
they
liberated the city
.
After the liberation of Seoul, the division was put back on ships and taken to the eastern side of the Korean peninsula and
landed at
Wonsan
on 26 October. As part of
X Corps
commanded by Army Major General
Edward Almond
the division was ordered to push north towards the
Yalu River
as fast as possible.
[34]
The then commanding officer of the division, Major General
O.P. Smith
, did not agree with his superiors and had become convinced that they were stretched thin and that the Chinese Forces had entered the war. He purposely slowed his advance and consolidated along the way at every opportunity.
[35]
The 1st Marine Division was attacked by ten Chinese
People's Volunteer Army
(PVA) infantry divisions on 27 November 1950. They fought their way out of the
Chosin Reservoir
against seven PVA divisions suffering over 900 killed and missing, over 3,500 wounded and more than 6,500 non-battle casualties mostly from
frostbite
during the battle. The greater part of the PVA 9th Army was rendered ineffective as they suffered an estimated 37,500 casualties trying to stop the Marines' march out of the "Frozen Chosin". The division was
evacuated from Hungnam
in mid-December and then landed in
Pusan
.
[36]
[37]
Beginning in early 1951 the division participated in several UN offensives in east-central Korea. This was followed by defending against the
Chinese Spring Offensive
. By June 1951 the 1st Marine Division had pushed northward and
secured the Punchbowl
and then settled into a defensive line 11 miles (18 km) long.
[38]
In mid-March 1952 the
8th Army
, to whom the Marines were attached, instituted
Operation Bootdrop
. The operation was a massive redeployment of UN forces designed to put more
Republic of Korea Army
units on the
Jamestown Line
, the UN's
Main line of resistance
(MLR).
[39]
The 1st Marine Division was reassigned to the far western end of the MLR defending a 35 miles (56 km) line that encompassed the Pyongyang to Seoul corridor. For much of the next year, in what would be termed the "
Outpost War
", action along this line consisted of small, localized actions because much of the fighting revolved around the holding and retaking of various combat outposts along the MLR, including the Battles of
Bunker Hill
,
First Hook
and
Outpost Vegas
. Fighting continued until the
Armistice
took effect on 27 July 1953.
[38]
During the Korean War the division suffered combat casualties of 4,004 dead and 25,864 wounded.
Vietnam War
[
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]
See also:
Operation Starlite
and
Tet Offensive
In 1965, the
7th Marine Regiment
participated in Operations
Starlite
and
Piranha
, the first major engagements for American ground troops in
South Vietnam
.
[40]
March 1966 saw 1st Marine Division Headquarters established at
Chu Lai
.
[41]
By June, the entire Division was in
South Vietnam
, its zone of operation—the southern two provinces of
I Corps
—
Quang Tin
and
Quang Ngai
.
[
citation needed
]
Between March and October 1966 to May 1967, the division conducted 44 named operations. During the 1968
Tet Offensive
, the division was involved in fierce fighting with both
Vietcong
and
North Vietnamese Army
elements. It was successful in beating back enemy assaults in its operation areas, most particularly in the City of
Huế
. The division received its 7th Presidential Unit Citation for service from 29 March 1966 to 15 September 1967.
[42]
and an 8th one for the period 16 September 1967 to 31 October 1968.
[43]
After six hard years of combat, and after suffering 7,012 men killed in action, the 1st Marine Division returned home to
Camp Pendleton
in 1971.
[44]
In 1975, the division supported the
resettlement of South Vietnamese refugees
by providing food and temporary shelter at Camp Pendleton for Vietnamese refugees as they arrived in the United States.
[45]
Desert Shield and Desert Storm
[
edit
]
See also:
Battle of Khafji
In 1990, the 1st Marine Division formed the nucleus of the massive force sent to the Middle East in response to
Iraq
's invasion of
Kuwait
. During
Operation Desert Shield
, the division supported
I Marine Expeditionary Force
(I MEF) in the defense of
Saudi Arabia
from the Iraqi threat. In 1991, the division went on the offensive with the rest of Coalition Forces in
Operation Desert Storm
. The 1st Marine Division destroyed around 60 Iraqi tanks near the Burgan oil field without suffering any losses.
[46]
1st Marine Division Task Force Ripper (RCT-7)
M60A1 RISE Passive
Patton tanks destroyed about 100 Iraqi tanks and armored personnel carriers, including about 50 top-of-the-line Soviet
T-72
tanks.
[47]
These efforts were instrumental in the liberation of Kuwait from Iraqi forces.
1992 Los Angeles riots
[
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]
On 2 May 1992, the 1st Marine Division took part of
Operation Garden Plot
to help local and state law enforcement as well as the
California Army National Guard
in quelling the
Rodney King riots
in
Los Angeles County, California
. It was part of the 3,500 federal military force sent to
Los Angeles
. The Marine Corps contingent included the
1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
, commanded by Marine Corps General
John F. Kelly
. As part of the Joint Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force Los Angeles, Marines took up positions in
Compton
and
Long Beach
to prevent further rioting and disorder. No rioters or civilians were killed or injured by the Marines, nor did the Marines themselves suffer any casualties. On 10 May, six days after the riots ended, Marines formally withdrew from the city and returned to Camp Pendleton.
[48]
1990s humanitarian relief
[
edit
]
Letter by Gen Mattis distributed throughout division before the 2003 invasion of Iraq
Immediately following the Persian
Gulf War
, the Division sent units to assist in relief efforts following a
typhoon
in Bangladesh (
Operation Sea Angel
) and the eruption of
volcano
Mount Pinatubo
in the Philippines (Operation Fiery Vigil).
[2]
In December 1992,
Operation Restore Hope
, bringing relief to famine-stricken
Somalia
, kicked off with the early morning amphibious landing of Marines from the
15th Marine Expeditionary Unit
, which was supported by
2nd Battalion, 9th Marines
. More than 15,000 metric tons of food was successfully distributed from 398 different food sites in the city during the operation. The final phase of the operation involved the transition from a U.S. peacemaking force to a United Nations peacekeeping force. U.S. Marine involvement in Operation Restore Hope officially ended on 27 April 1993, when the humanitarian relief sector of Mogadishu was handed over to
Pakistani Armed Forces
.
[2]
Iraq War
[
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]
The 1st Marine Division, then under the command of
Major General James Mattis
, was one of the two major U.S. land forces that participated in the
2003 invasion of Iraq
as the land component of the
1st Marine Expeditionary Force
. In December 2002, Mattis was quoted as saying, "The
President
, the
National Command Authority
and the American people need speed. The sooner we get it over with the better. Our overriding principle will be speed, speed, speed."
[49]
Initially, the division fought through the Rumaila oil fields, feinted an attack towards
Basrah
[50]
then moved north on Iraq Highway 1 to
An Nasariyah
– a moderate-sized, Shi'ite dominated city with important strategic significance as a major road junction and proximity to nearby Talil Airfield. The division then fought its way to
Baghdad
and pushed further to secure
Tikrit
by forming
Task Force Tripoli
after the
fall of Baghdad
. The division covered 808 kilometers in 17 days of sustained combat,
[51]
the deepest penetrating ground operation in Marine Corps history. After the invasion the division settled in to conduct security and stabilization operations in Baghdad, Tikrit, and then in south-central Iraq from May to October 2003. For actions during the war as part of
I MEF
the division was awarded its 9th Presidential Unit Citation.
[2]
The division returned to Iraq in February 2004 and took control of the
Al Anbar
province in western Iraq; it was the lead unit in
Operation Vigilant Resolve
and
Operation Phantom Fury
in 2004. During February and March 2005, the division was relieved by the
2nd Marine Division
concluding the largest relief in place in the history of the Marine Corps.
[2]
In 2006, the division again deployed to Iraq as the ground combat element for I MEF in the Al Anbar province. It returned to MCB Camp Pendleton in early 2007.
[
citation needed
]
Afghanistan War
[
edit
]
This article needs to be
updated
.
Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.
(
December 2011
)
Battalions from the 1st Marine Division have been regularly deployed to
Afghanistan
since 2008. The division headquarters and staff were sent forward in March 2010 to take command of all Marine forces in the
Helmand Province
operating in support of
Operation Enduring Freedom
.
[52]
This will be a year-long deployment for the division.
Insignia
[
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]
Originally termed a
battle blaze
, the
shoulder sleeve insignia
of the 1st Marine Division was designed by Lt. Col
Merrill Twining
, Division
D-3
in February 1943 while the division was stationed in
Victoria, Australia
.
[53]
The blue diamond with the
Southern Cross
is similar to the
Flag of Victoria
. The red numeral one in the middle denotes the division's first action on
Guadalcanal
. A commercial firm in Melbourne first produced the shoulder patch with every Marine issued two of them
[54]
that was sewn on his
battle jacket
.
The
2nd Marine Division
originally had a similar battle blaze of the same design with a red snake in the shape of a "2" also reading GUADALCANAL.
[55]
Marine Corps shoulder sleeve insignia were officially authorized on 15 March 1943.
[56]
Some in the division who served on Guadalcanal wore their "battle blaze" on the right shoulder to distinguish themselves from replacements who had not been on "The Canal".
[
citation needed
]
Unit awards
[
edit
]
A unit citation or commendation is an award bestowed upon an organization for the action cited. Members of the unit who participated in said actions are allowed to wear on their uniforms the awarded unit citation. The 1st Marine Division has been presented with the following awards:
[57]
Streamer
Award
Year(s)
Additional Info
Presidential Unit Citation Streamer
with one Silver and three Bronze Stars
1942, 1944, 1945, 1950, 1950, 1951, 1966–1967, 1967–1968, 2003
Guadalcanal, Peleliu-Ngesebus, Okinawa, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq
Joint Meritorious Unit Award Streamer
1992–1993
Somalia
Navy Unit Commendation Streamer
with one Bronze Star
1952–1953, 1990–1991
Korea, Southwest Asia
Mexican Service Streamer
April–November 1914
Vera Cruz
Dominican Campaign Streamer
June–December 1916
Haitian Campaign Streamer
with one Bronze Star
August 1915 – August 1934
Marine Corps Expeditionary Streamer
World War I Victory Streamer
with one Bronze Star
American Defense Service Streamer
with one Bronze Star
1941
World War II
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Streamer
with one Silver and one Bronze Star
Guadalcanal, Eastern New Guinea, New Britain, Peleliu, Okinawa
World War II Victory Streamer
1941–1945
Pacific War
Navy Occupation Service Streamer
with "ASIA"
China Service Streamer
with one Bronze Star
September 1946 – June 1947
North China
National Defense Service Streamer
with three Bronze Stars
1950–1954, 1961–1974, 1990–1995, 2001–present
Korean War
,
Vietnam War
,
Gulf War
,
War on Terrorism
Korean Service Streamer
with two Silver Stars
1950–1953
Inchon-Seoul, Chosin Reservoir, East-Central Front, Western Front
Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamer
1992–1993
Somalia
Vietnam Service Streamer
with two Silver and three Bronze Stars
July 1965 – April 1971, April–December 1975
Chu Lai, Da Nang, Dong Ha, Qui Nhon, Huế, Phu Bai, Quang Tri, Operation New Arrival
Southwest Asia Service Streamer
with two Bronze Stars
September 1990 – February 1991
Desert Shield, Desert Storm
Iraq Campaign Streamer
March 2004 – March 2005, March 2006 – February 2007
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Streamer
March–May 2003
Global War on Terrorism Service Streamer
2001–present
Korea Presidential Unit Citation Streamer
Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm Streamer
Vietnam Meritorious Unit Citation Civil Actions Streamer
See also
[
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]
19th Naval Construction Battalion Plaque as the third Battalion 17th Marines with the 1st Marine Division Seabee Museum Archives
History of the United States Marine Corps
List of 1st Marine Division Commande