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The 4th Marine Division is a reserve division in the United States Marine Corps. It was raised in 1943 for service during World War II , and subsequently fought in the Pacific against the Japanese. Deactivated after the war, the division was re-formed in 1966 and elements of the division deployed during the Gulf War in 1990–1991, as well as ...
The 4th Marines were deployed with orders to prevent either side from entering the American sector "by means other than rifle fire." [11] Again the 4th Marines were reinforced, this time by the 2d Marine Brigade [note 2] under Brigadier General John C. Beaumont, the units former commanding officer, to which the 4th Marines were attached. [11]
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Of note, the 4th Marines, adopted the motto, "Hold High the Torch" during this period. This legendary phrase served as a symbolic pledge to the warriors of the old 4th Marines who were captured at Corregidor. [citation needed] From 1945 to 1952 the battalion would go through a series of deactivations and reactivations both overseas and in the U.S.
The 4th Combat Engineer Battalion (4th CEB) is a combat engineer battalion of the United States Marine Corps Reserve. The headquarters is in Baltimore, Maryland and the Battalion has units in West Virginia, Alabama, Virginia, and Tennessee. They belong to the 4th Marine Division of the Marine Forces Reserve.
2nd Battalion, 24th Marines was activated on 26 March 1943, as part of the 4th Marine Division. Their first action was the invasion of the Marshall Islands on 1 February 1944, securing the first portion of the Japanese Empire to be conquered by the United States in World War II. Capt.Joseph J. McCarthy of 2/24 G Co..
4th Marine Division (United States) 0–9. 1st Battalion, 14th Marines; 1st Battalion, 23d Marines; 1st Battalion, 24th Marines; 1st Battalion, 25th Marines;
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.