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  2. 1st Battalion, 9th Marines - Wikipedia

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    However, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, proudly and defiantly adopted "The Walking Dead" as its nickname due to the unit's persistence and resilience. In late 2005, the battalion was reactivated and attached to the 8th Marine Regiment at MCB Camp Lejeune ; additionally, Motor Transport Drivers and Mechanics were assigned to Headquarters Company ...

  3. Operation Buffalo (1967) - Wikipedia

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    On the morning of 2 July, Alpha and Bravo Companies, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines made their way up north on Highway 561 and secured a crossroad as their first objective. As they went further north between Gia Binh and An Kha, near a place called "The Market Place" (), they made contact with the elements of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) 90th Regiment when sniper fire began to break

  4. 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines - Wikipedia

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    The 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines (3/9) is an infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps. Formed during World War I it served until the early 1990s when it was redesignated as 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines (3/4) during a realignment and renumbering of the Marine Corps' infantry battalions, following the deactivation of the 9th Marine Regiment .

  5. 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines - Wikipedia

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    2nd Battalion, 9th Marines (2/9) was an infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps.Formed during World War I, the unit played an instrumental role in the defeat of the Japanese forces in the Battles of Guam and Iwo Jima during World War II.

  6. 9th Marine Regiment - Wikipedia

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    The 9th Marines were part of the first redeployments from Vietnam in the summer of 1969. In July 1969 the regiment deployed to Camp Schwab, Okinawa and was reassigned in August 1969 to the 9th Marine Amphibious Brigade. The 9th MAB was then reassigned during November 1969 to the 3rd Marine Division (3 MarDiv).

  7. List of United States Marine Corps battalions - Wikipedia

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    The ground combat element (GCE) consists of those combat and combat support units whose primary mission is to, (1) engage with and destroy the enemy by fire and/or maneuver, and/or shock effect, performed by infantry, field artillery, and tank units, (2) provide close battlefield support to other GCE units by assault amphibian, combat assault, light armored reconnaissance, reconnaissance, and ...

  8. Walking Dead - Wikipedia

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    Walking Dead, a 2009 novel in the Walker Papers series by C. E. Murphy; ... 9th Marines, nicknamed "The Walking Dead", an infantry battalion of the U.S. Marine Corps;

  9. Walter K. Singleton - Wikipedia

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    Walter Keith Singleton (December 7, 1944 – March 24, 1967) was a United States Marine Corps sergeant who was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously by President Lyndon B. Johnson, for his actions above and beyond the call of duty in Vietnam on March 24, 1967, during the Vietnam War.