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2nd Battalion, 4th Marines (2/4) is an infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps.The battalion, nicknamed the Magnificent Bastards from the Vietnam War, is based out of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California and is a part of the 4th Marine Regiment and 1st Marine Division.
English: "May 1968: Moving In: Leathernecks of the 2d Battalion, 4th Marines [2/4] move into Dai Do village after three days of heavy fighting with NVA forces east of Dong Ha during Operation Napoleon Saline (official USMC photo by Private First Class Thurston Bechtel)." From the Jonathan F. Abel Collection (COLL/3611), Marine Corps Archives ...
2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines: Warlords: Camp Lejeune, North Carolina [6] 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines: Betio Bastards: Camp Lejeune, North Carolina [7] 3d Littoral Combat Team: Lava Dogs: MCB Hawaii, Hawaii [8] 1st Battalion, 4th Marines: The China Marines: Camp Pendleton, California [9] 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines: Magnificent Bastards: Camp ...
He then joined Company H, 2nd Battalion 4th Marines, 1st Marine Brigade, in Hawaii where he was promoted to private first class in December 1963 and to lance corporal in October 1964. With that unit, he sailed for the Far East, arriving in Chu Lai, Republic of Vietnam on May 7, 1965, where this unit was redesignated Company H, 2nd Battalion ...
In March 1967, PFC Barker joined Marine Air Base Squadron 21, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, San Francisco, California, and served as group guard until the following June when he was reassigned to Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 3rd Marine Division, in the Republic of Vietnam. Barker was promoted to Lance Corporal ...
In January 1944, he was assigned to the 4th Marine Division at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California where he was attached to the 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment of the division as a Fleet Marine Force hospital corpsman.
The 2nd Marine Division faced heavy resistance during the Battle of Kuwait International Airport. Marine Reserve unit Bravo Company, 4th Tank Battalion, 4th Marine division was assigned to the 2nd Marine Division. [5] Bravo Company went on to destroy 59 tanks, 32 APCs, 26 non-armored vehicles, and an artillery gun. [6]
The 2nd Battalion, 3rd Regiment and the Black Panther Company recaptured the Imperial City against minimal resistance by late afternoon. The last remaining pocket of PAVN at the southwest corner of the Citadel was eliminated in an attack by the 4th Marine Battalion in the early hours of 25 February. [15]: 210–11