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  2. History of the United States Marine Corps - Wikipedia

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    Marines from the 24th MEU, based on the USS Kearsarge, rescued him from western Bosnia on 8 June. Marines would support the IFOR, SFOR, and KFOR until 1999. On 3 February 1998, an EA-6B Prowler from VMAQ-2, deployed to Aviano Air Base to support the peacekeeping effort, hit an aerial tram cable and killed 20 European passengers. [171]

  3. Eagle, Globe, and Anchor - Wikipedia

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    Eagle, Globe, and Anchor. The Eagle, Globe, and Anchor (commonly referred to as an EGA) is the official emblem and insignia of the United States Marine Corps. [1] [2] The current emblem traces its roots in the designs and ornaments of the early Continental Marines as well as the United Kingdom's Royal Marines.

  4. List of historic United States Marines - Wikipedia

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    Peter Pace – first Marine to become the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Frank E. Petersen – first African-American aviator Marine, first African-American Marine general, first African-American to command a fighter squadron, a fighter air group, an air wing and a major base. [12]

  5. Continental Marines - Wikipedia

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    The Continental Marines were the amphibious infantry of the American Colonies (and later the United States) during the American Revolutionary War.The Corps was formed by the Continental Congress on November 10, 1775, and was disbanded in 1783.

  6. Samuel Nicholas - Wikipedia

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    Samuel Nicholas (1744 – August 27, 1790) was an American Marine and military officer who was the first officer commissioned in the United States Continental Marines (predecessor to the United States Marine Corps) and by tradition is considered to be the first Commandant of the Marine Corps.

  7. United States Marine Corps birthday - Wikipedia

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    John A. Lejeune, author of Marine Corps Order 47. Prior to 1921, Marines celebrated the recreation of the Corps on 11 July with little pomp or pageantry. [7] On 21 October 1921, Major Edwin North McClellan, in charge of the Corps's fledgling historical section, sent a memorandum to Commandant John A. Lejeune, suggesting the Marines' original birthday of 10 November be declared a Marine Corps ...

  8. Presley O'Bannon - Wikipedia

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    Presley O'Bannon, from Naval Documents [2] Presley O'Bannon's grave monument in Frankfort Cemetery. Presley O'Bannon (c. 1776 – September 12, 1850) was a first lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps, famous for his exploits in the First Barbary War (1801–1805).

  9. Marines' Hymn - Wikipedia

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    The "Marines' Hymn" is the official hymn of the United States Marine Corps, introduced by the first director of the USMC Band, Francesco Maria Scala.Its music originates from an 1867 work by Jacques Offenbach with the lyrics added by an anonymous author at an unknown time in the following years.

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