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03-31-10, 06:17 PM #1
This Month in History (April)
This Month's History Lesson, the Marine Corps Way: April Semper Fidelis 1 April 1945: Easter Sunday and April Fool's Day. U. S. Marines and Army troops landed on Okinawa (island secured 22 June). 1 April 1968: End of Tet Counteroffensive, Vietnam. 2 April 1944: The 22nd Marine Regiment secured Majit Island in the Marshall Islands. 1st day of operation for newly formed 9thMAW, Cherry Point. 3 April 1817: "Peace Establishment Act" reduced Corps to 50 officers and 942 enlisted. 3 April 1847: Marines and Sailors from the USS Portsmouth landed and captured San Lycas, Mexico. 4 April 1854: Battle of Shanghai, China. Marines and Sailors from the USS Plymouth landed at Shanghai to protect the American Consulate. 4 April 1967: "CHINOOK II" ended in Vietnam (17 Feb - 4 Apr). 5 April 1947: Five Marines were killed at Hsin Ho by Communist Chinese. 5 April 1967: "Big-Horn" RVN (5-22 Apr). 6 April 1776: Continental Marines on the USS Alfred participated in the first naval engagement. 6 April 1967: "Canyon" search and destroy, RVN (6-10 Apr). 7 April 1917: Marines participated in the Battle of Las Canitas in the Dominican Republic. 7 April 1966: "JACK-STAY" ended, RVN. 7 April 1991: The 24th MEU participated in Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational relief effort to aid Kurdish refugees on the Iraqi-Turkish border. 8 April 1782: Marines participated in the sea battle between the USS Hyder Ally and HMS General Monk. 8 April 1823: Marines chased pirates east of Havana, Cuba. 8 April 1966: Operation "IOWA," RVN (8-9 Apr). 9 April 1942: Bataan, Philippines, fell to Japan. Battery C, 4th Marine Regiment surrendered with American forces. 9 April 1953: Marines regained "Carson" Hill during fighting in Korea. 9 April 2003: Marines remove statue of Saddam Hussein in downtown Bagdad signifying the regime collapse and Iragi freedom. 10 April 1945: VMB-612 launched night attacks from Iwo Jima against the Japanese coast. 10 April 1959: LtCol John H. Glenn, Jr. one of the 1st space pilots selected. 11 April 1904: One officer and 20 enlisted men became the first Marines to garrison Midway Island. 11 April 1966: Operation "Orange" southwest of DaNang, Vietnam, ended. 11 April 1992: The 24th MEU (SOC) CH-53H "Super Stallions" helped stem lava flow from Mount Etna, Italy. 12 April 1966: Multi-Bn operation NEVADA started south of Chu Lai, RVN. 12 April 1975: Marines evacuated nearly 300 Americans and foreign nationals from Cambodia during Operation Eagle Pull. 13 April 1847: Marines captured LaPaz, California, during the Mexican War. 13 April 1885: Marines guarded the rail line to Panama City. 14 April 1865: Marines guarded the body of John Wilkes Booth after Abraham Lincoln's assassination. 14 April 1961: 1/5 Transplacement Battalion left Pendleton for Okie. 15 April 1971: III MAF Redeployed to Okinawa after six years of service in Vietnam. 16 April 1898: The Secretary of the Navy ordered MGen Charles Heywood, 9th Commandand of the Marine Corps, to organize a battalion for duty in Cuba. 17 April 1849: Marines were aboard the USS Preble when she became the first American warship to visit Okinawa. 17 April 1966: Operation "Virginia" RVN (17 Apr - 1 May). 18 April 1864: Marines joined sea battle as four Union ships attacked Confederate ram Albermarle near New Bern, North Carolina. 18 April 1942: Shangri-La raid (B-25's flying off U.S. carrier Hornet) struck Tokyo and other Japanese cities. 18 April 1961: Marines in goodwill tour to North African Ports "SOLANT AMITY II". 19 April 1778: Marines participated in the USS Ranger's capturing and sinking of a British schooner off the coast of Ireland. 19 April 1966: Helicopter Training Unit HTG-30 formed at Santa Ana, California. 20 April 1861: Marines helped burn Norfolk Navy Yard to prevent Confederate seizure. 20 April 1945: 4th and 29th Marines secured Motobu, Okinawa. 21 April 1951: Carrier-based Marine planes downed three Yaks in the first air-to-air contact of Marine air with the North Korean Air Force. 21 April 1966: "GEORGIA" operation southwest of DaNang started (21 Apr - 10 May). 22 April 1778: Marines from the USS Ranger landed with John Paul Jones at Whitehaven, England. 22 April 1944: U.S. Army landed at Hollandia and Aitape in New Guinea. 23 April 1914: The 3rd Marine Regiment joined in a show of force at Vera Cruz, Mexico, after an insult to the American flag. 24 April 1814: Battle of Bladensburg, Maryland. 24 April 1862: Marines helped capture New Orleans, Lousiana. 24 April 1962: Marine helicopters (Shufly) supported the 21st Army of the Republic of Vietnam Division during Operation Nightingale near Can Tho. 25 April 1913: The formal charter of the Marine Corps Association was established. 27 April 1805: Lieutenant Presley O'Bannon raised the American flag over the Fortress at Derne, Tripoli. 28 April 1965: 3/6 was helo-lifted from the USS Boxer to secure the American Embassy in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. 29 April 1862: Marines raised the flag, symbolizing the Union's capture of New Orleans during the Civil War. 29 April 1946: 1st Special Marine Brigade formed at Camp Lejeune. 29 April 1975: Marines helos HMH-462, HMH-463 and HMM-165 with BLT 2/4 evacuated 6,968 people from Vietnam during Operation Frequent Wind. 30 April 1947: 11th Marines returned to the States after 5 years in the Far East. 30 April 1969: U.S. military personnel in Vietnam reached 543,300.
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