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| This Month's History Lesson, the Marine Corps Way: June | |
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| Flag Day, June 14, commemorates the adoption of the U. S. Flag in 1777. | |
| 1 June 1918: | "Retreat Hell! We just got here," said the 5th Marine Regiment in France. |
| 2 June 1918: | French Croix de Guerre awarded those serving at Belleau Wood, France 2-13 June. |
| 3 June 1918: | The 4th Marine Brigade fought at Les Mares Farm, Belleau Wood, Chateau-Thierry, France. |
| 3 June 1942: | Japan bombed Dutch Harbor in Alaska and occupied Kiska and Attu in the Aleutians. |
| 4 June 1942: | Battle of Midway (June 4-6).
VMSB-241, VMF-221 and the 6th Defense Battalion began the Battle of Midway. |
| 4 June 1944: | Allies entered Rome. |
| 5 June 1944: | LtGen H. M. (Howling Mad) Smith was designated the first FMFPac commander. |
| 6 June 1853: | Marines escorted Commodore Matthew C. Perry ashore at Naha, Okinawa. |
| 6 June 1918: | Battle of Bouresches. |
| 6 June 1944: | D-Day. Allies invaded France in Normandy landings. |
| 7 June 1912: | Company A, 1st Marines landed at Santiago, Cuba. |
| 7 June 1918: | Marines participated in the Battle of Bouresches in France. |
| 8 June 1880: | Captain W. B. Remey was the first Marine appointed Judge Advocate of the Navy. |
| 8 June 1995: | Marine TRAP Team, 24th MEU rescues Air Force Captain Scott O'Grady from Bosnia. |
| 9 June 1864: | Colonel Jacob Zeilin succeeded Colonel J. Harris to become the 7th Commandand of the Marine Corps. |
| 10 June 1871: | A Marine battalion madethe first landing against Korean forts. |
| 10 June 1945: | Australians and Dutch landed on Borneo. |
| 11 June 1927: | Marines held back crowds welcoming Charles Lindbergh home from Paris. |
| 12 June 1948: | President Harry Truman authorized the first women Marines in the regular Corps. |
| 12 June 1961: | Iwo Jima Memorial Flag to fly 24 hours a day. |
| 12 June 1991: | Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines erupted; III MEF and Marines Barracks, Subic Bay, rendered assistance. |
| 13 June 1991: | Marines from Okinawa and Marine Barracks, Subic Bay, Philippines, evacuated 20,000 Americans after Mount Pinatubo erupted. HMH-772, MAGTF 4-91, MAG-36, 15th MEU and other Marine units assisted. |
| 14 June: | Flag Day. |
| 14 June 1898: | Two companies of Marines defeated the Spanish near Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. |
| 14 June 1917: | 5th Marine Regiment sailed for France. |
| 15 June 1944: | The 2d and 4th Marine Divisions made an assualt landing on Saipan (island secured 9 July). |
| 15 June 1946: | 10th Marines help police in Black Market Riot - Nagasaki. |
| 16 June 1941: | The 1st Provisional Marine Brigade was activated for duty in Iceland. |
| 17 June 1898: | Navy Hospital Corps established. This old jarhead says "Thanks guys! You're a great bunch." |
| 17 June 1979: | Colonel Valeria Hilgart became the first woman Marine to assume duty as chief of staff of a major command (Albany, Georgia). |
| 18 June 1912: | War of 1812 began. |
| 18 June 1945: | Army LtGen Simon Buckner was killed and Marine MajGen Roy S. Geiger assumed command of the 10th U. S. Army on Okinawa. |
| 19 June 1888: | Marines landed in Korea and marched 25 miles to protect the Seoul Legation. |
| 19 June 1944: | Battle of the Philippine Sea. |
| 20 June 1866: | 50 Marines and Sailors landed at new Chwang, China, to assure punishment for those who attacked an American official. |
| 20 June 1946: | 2nd Marine Division left Japan. |
| 21 June 1898: | Marines landed on Guam. |
| 21 June 1943: | U. S. Marines landed at Segi Point, New Georgia, opening Central Solomons Campaign (campaign concluded on 25 September). |
| 21 June 1945: | The Battle of Okinawa ended as LtGen Roy S. Geiger raised the American flag. |
| 22 June 1813: | Battle of Craney Island. |
| 22 June 1945: | Okinawa capture marked the end of ground fighting in Pacific. |
| 22 June 1954: | President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorized the first use of the first official Marine Corps Seal. |
| 23 June 1812: | Marine Lt. John Heath became the first casualty of the War of 1812. |
| 24 June 1847: | Garrison at Tabasco, Mexico defended by Marines. |
| 24 June 1900: | Battle of Tientsin.
The Legation Guard joined the Allies to repulse a heavy Chinese Boxer attack. |
| 25 June 1918: | The 4th Marine Brigade secured Belleau Wood, Chateau Thierry,France. |
| 25 June 1950: | Korean War began. |
| 25 June 1981: | HMH-464 at MCAS New River, North Carolina, received its first CH-53E "Super Stallion." |
| 26 June 1891: | The Corps established its first post at Port Royal, South Carolina, later known as Parris Island. |
| 27 June 1916: | The 4th Marine Regiment defeated Dominican rebels in a stand-up bayonet attack. |
| 28 June 1814: | War of 1812, Marines aboard USS Wasp help defeat HMS Reindeer. |
| 28 June 1862: | Civil War, Admiral Farragut's fleet vs. Confederate batteries near Vicksburg, Mississippi. |
| 29 June 1918: | Marines landed at Vladivostok, Russia, to protect the American Consulate. |
| 29 June 1963: | VMF(AW)-314 received the first F4B "Phantom" jets. |
| 30 June 1834: | Congress placed the Marine Corps under Navy jurisdiction. |
| 30 June 1966: | End of Vietnamese Counteroffensive Campaign. |
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