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2nd Battalion 5th Marines (2/5 or "Two Five") is an infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps consisting of approximately 800 marines and sailors. They are based out of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California and fall under the command of the 5th Marine Regiment and the 1st Marine Division.
He had earned two battle stars by the time of his Medal of Honor action. [3] Simanek was serving with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, when the action occurred on 18 August 1952, during the Battle of Bunker Hill. His patrol had gone well forward of friendly lines to occupy an outpost when the Marines ran into a trap.
3rd Battalion 5th Marines: December 23, 2004 [27] Fallujah (Second Battle) Personally led three separate assaults to rescue a group of trapped Marines, despite being wounded in the process, and killing twenty-four insurgents. [27] Jonathan Yale * Corporal: Navy Cross: 2nd Battalion 8th Marines: April 22, 2008 [28] Ramadi
2nd Battalion, 27th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division: Had earlier played football for the New York Giants: Harry L. Martin * Marine Corps Reserve: First Lieutenant: March 26, 1945: Company C, 5th Pioneer Battalion, 5th Marine Division: Sacrificed his life to help rescue some of his men who had been overrun by the enemy. Joseph J. McCarthy
The SP-MAGTF is composed of 2,300 Marines from Headquarters Company, 5th Marine Regiment, Camp Pendleton, California, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 363, Miramar, Calif. and Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 234, Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas.
Afterwards, he was assigned to G Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines during the invasion of Okinawa which began on April 1, 1945. On May 2, he was wounded in action by shrapnel from three enemy hand grenades [ 1 ] while attending to his wounded platoon commander and at the same time, firing the lieutenant's rifle to protect the lieutenant ...
On August 7, 1942, his raiders, together with the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, landed on Tulagi, British Solomon Islands. Two days of severe fighting secured this strategic island in the Battle of Tulagi. After his battalion relocated to Guadalcanal, they conducted raids on Savo Island and at Tasimboko, on Guadalcanal. He was awarded a Gold Star ...
In November 1966, he joined the 2nd Replacement Company, Staging Battalion, Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, California, for transfer to the Republic of Vietnam. Upon arrival in South Vietnam the following month, Capt Graham joined the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division. He first served as Commanding Officer of Company H, until ...