| This Month's History Lesson, the Marine Corps Way: February |
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| 1 February 1944: |
The 23rd and 24th Marine Regiments landed at Roi-Namur
Islets, Kwajalein Atoll (Islets secured February 2, 1944). |
| 1 February 1967: |
Operation Prairie II Cam Lo area Vietnam began. |
| 2 February 1961: |
1st day at sea - 3rdBn 1st Marines Transplacement
Bn to Okinawa. |
| 2 February 1968: |
Operation Hue City, Tet Offensive began in Vietnam. |
| 3 February 1852: |
Marines landed at Buenos Aires, Argentina, to
protect American lives. |
| 3 February 1967: |
M16E1 introduced to III MAF - RVN. |
| 4 February 1868: |
Marines landed at Osaka, Japan, to protect
foreign nationals. |
| 4 February 1955: |
3rd Engineer Bn moved from Japan to Okinawa. |
| 5 February 1918: |
The 1st Marine Replacement Battalion sailed for
France in WW I. |
| 6 February 1780: |
Continental Marines helped defend Charleston from
the British. |
| 6 February 1832: |
Battle of Quallah Batto, Sumatra. |
| 6 February 1968: |
1/1 and 2/5 recaptured Thua Thien Province
Headquarters, Hue City, Vietnam. |
| 7 February 1832: |
250 Marines defeated Malay pirates in Sumatra,
Indonesia. |
| 7 February 1862: |
Roanoke Isle, N.C. seized by Marines and Soldiers in
battle with Confederates. |
| 8 February 1910: |
Boy Scouts of America founded. |
| 8 February 1944: |
Kwajalein was secured; the 14th and 23rd Marine
Regiments with 2/24 departed. |
| 8 February 1955: |
Marines aided 300,000 refugees to escape Viet-Minh
forces, North Vietnam. |
| 9 February 1904: |
Captain A. W. Catlin's 49 Marines established the
first permanent Marine garrison in Honolulu. |
| 9 February 1948: |
The first Marine helicopters (HO3S-1s) were
delivered to the Corps. |
| 10 February 1862: |
Battle of Fort Cobb. |
| 10 February 1945: |
Task Force 58, with Marine Fighter Squadrons
123, 216, 217, 212, and 451 on board carriers, attacked Tokyo and provided
air cover support for Iwo Jima landing forces. They also bombed and
strafed Okinawa. |
| 11 February 1904: |
Marines landed at Santo Domingo, Dominican
Republic. |
| 12 February 1809: |
Abraham Lincoln's Birthday. |
| 12 February 1918: |
WW I Marines landed at Scapa Flow, Great Britain. |
| 13 February 1943: |
The U.S. Marine Corps Women's Reserve was formed. |
| 14 February 1885: |
Marines were authorized to retire after 30 years
of service. |
| 15 February 1898: |
28 Marine lives were lost when USS Maine sank
in Havana Harbor, Cuba. |
| 15 February 1955: |
Green Islands Landing. |
| 16 February 1953: |
Marine Captain Ted Williams, Boston Red Sox baseball legend,
crash landed his F9F Pantherjet after his aircraft was shot up during a bombing raid on
North Korea. Williams walked away from the wheels-up landing. |
| 17 February 1944: |
Marines landed on Engibi Islet in Marshall Islands
(Islet secured February 18, 1944). |
| 17 February 1988: |
Marine LtCol William Higgins, assigned to the U.N.
Truce Supervision Organization, was abducted by pro-Iranian terrorists. |
| 18 February 1814: |
The British schooner Phoenix fell to Marines of the
USS Constitution. |
| 19 February 1944: |
Marines joined US Army assault on Eniwetok in Marshall Islands
(Island secured February 20, 1944). |
| 19 February 1945: |
The 4th and 5th Marine Divisions stormed ashore
at Iwo Jima (Island secured March 26, 1945). |
| 20 February 1962: |
Marine LtCol John Glenn made three orbits in a
manned space capsule. First American to orbit the earth. |
| 21 February 1991: |
VMA-331 conducted the first combat missions for AV-8B,
operating from the helicopter assault ship USS Nassau, LHA-4. |
| 22 February 1732: |
George Washington's Birthday. |
| 22 February 1943: |
The 3rd Raider Battalion consolidated positions
on Pavuvu Island. |
| 23 February 1945: |
Five Marines and a Navy corpsman raised the American
flag on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima. |
| 24 February 1945: |
The 3rdMarDiv joined the 4th and 5th Divisions
in the capture of Iwo Jima. |
| 24 February 1991: |
The 1st and 2nd Marine Divisions breached Iraqi
minefields and spearheaded the Desert Storm gound offensive. |
| 25 February 1861: |
The Confederate Marine Corps was organized in
Richmond, Virginia. |
| 26 February 1919: |
The 15th Marine Regiment landed to help quell
bandits in the Dominican Republic. |
| 26 February 1991: |
A Marine recon unit was the first U.S. force to
enter Kuwait City and retake the American Embassy. |
| 27 February 1991: |
Desert Storm offensive operations ceased. Marines
captured or damaged 1,060 tanks, 608 APCs, 432 artillery pieces and two Scud
launchers during 100 hours of combat. |
| 28 February 1928: |
Marines participated in the Battle of Bromaderos,
Nicaragua. |
| 28 February 1968: |
Elements of the 1st Marine Brigade landed at
DaNang. |
| 28 February 1991: |
Operation Desert Storm ended. 23 Marines were
killed in action or died of wounds. |
Return to "Semper Fi, Mac!"