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USMC 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion memorial, center marble stone is for Medal of Honor recipients, red bricks above and below: team "Flight Time" Ocala, Florida. On 4 June 1969, the 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion lost an entire 6 man recon team, call sign "Flight Time". [6] No other full team was lost during the remaining six years of the Vietnam ...
3rd Marine Division, 2nd Raider's sign on Bougainville A young Marine waits on the beach at Da Nang in Vietnam during the Marine landing, March 8, 1965. U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Eric Kassow, a rifleman with 3d Marine Division, provides security during the 3d Marine Division Rifle Squad Competition at Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan U.S. Marines with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine ...
3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, ARVN 5th Airborne Battalion and Republic of Vietnam Marine Corps combined reaction force operation landing near An Hoa to encounter the 60th and 90th battalions of the 1st VC Regiment and the 11th Battalion, 21st NVA Regiment: An Hoa: 623: 99 Mar 20 – 28
3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment reconnaissance in force: north of Nui Dat, Phước Tuy Province: Aug 29 – Sep 9: Operation Sussex Bay [1] [7]: 381–3 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines and 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines clear and search operation: Quảng Nam Province: Sep: Operation Homestead [6]: 170
2nd Battalion 4th Marines, 3rd Battalion 4th Marines, 3rd Battalion 3rd Marines and 3rd Battalion 7th Marines operation: Van Tuong peninsula (south of Chu Lai), Quảng Trị Province: 700: 242 Aug 19–22: Operation Cutlass [1] 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division and 5th Special Forces Group search and destroy operation: south of Nha Trang ...
PFC Jenkins was transferred to the Republic of Vietnam in July 1968, and assigned to Headquarters and Service Company, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division. Later that month, he was reassigned as a scout and driver with Company C, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion. [1]
In November 1968, Anderson was reassigned duty with the 3rd Marine Division in the Republic of Vietnam, and served initially as a rifleman with Company D, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines. In January 1969, he assumed duty as a scout, and later, Assistant Fire Team Leader with Company E, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division. Anderson was ...
The United States Marine Corps Reconnaissance Battalions (or commonly called Marine Division Recon) are the special operations capable forces assets of Marine air–ground task force (MAGTF) that provide division-level amphibious reconnaissance, counter reconnaissance, direct action, ground reconnaissance, irregular warfare, long-range penetration, maneuver warfare, and special reconnaissance ...