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U.S. Marine Corps

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Two First Cavalry men support a wounded third as they advance along Route #9 en route to Khe Sanh.

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Khe Sanh

Defending Khe Sanh The U.S. military presence at Khe Sanh began in 1962, when Army Special Forces built a small camp near the village, located some 14 miles south of the demilitarized zone (DMZ) between North and South Vietnam and 6 miles from the Laotian border on Route 9, the principal road from South Vietnam […]

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Beach On Iwo Jima American landing craft and armoured vehicles on a beach during the Battle of Iwo Jima, February 1945. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Iwo Jima

Iwo Jima Before the Battle According to postwar analyses, the Imperial Japanese Navy had been so crippled by earlier World War II clashes in the Pacific that it was already unable to defend the empire’s island holdings, including the Marshall archipelago. In addition, Japan’s air force had lost many of its warplanes, and those it […]

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U.S. Marine Corps

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7 Things You May Not Know About the U.S. Marine Corps

On the anniversary of its creation, explore seven surprising facts about one of the most storied branches of the armed forces.

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Okinawa hills, a Marine rifleman resorts to cat-and-mouse tactics to pick off enemy snipers in the surrounding ridges, June 1945

Remembering the Battle of Okinawa

The nearly three-month battle for Okinawa was the last—and the bloodiest—clash between Japanese and U.S. forces in the Pacific during World War II.

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How US Marines Won the Battle of Iwo Jima

A look back at one of the most hard-fought battles of World War II.

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9 Things You May Not Know About the U.S. Armed Forces

Delve into the history of America’s military.

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This Day in History


1982

U.S. Marines deployed to Lebanon

Middle Eastern History
1805

U.S. agent William Eaton leads U.S. forces “to the shores of Tripoli”

19th Century
1984

Last U.S. Marines leave Beirut

Middle Eastern History
1992

U.S. Marines storm Mogadishu, Somalia

1990s
1945

U.S. Marines invade Iwo Jima

World War II
1775

Birth of the U.S. Marine Corps

American Revolution
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