The Marine Corps has been in the fore front of every American war since its creation, serving around the world. The motto First to fight, is commonly associated with Marines. • The Marine Corps fought in battles with France, landing in Santo Domingo and fighting with the Barbary pirates at Tripoli. The Marines’ Hymn and a later Marine flag would reference the Marines’ service on the “Shores of Tripoli.” • Marines fought alongside Andrew Jackson in the defeat of the British in the War of 1812. • During the Mexican American War, a battalion of Marines marched and fought through to Mexico City with General Winfield Scott’s army. After this battle the “Halls of Montezuma” was added to The Marines’ Hymn and to a Marine flag. • More than 100,000 Marines were killed or wounded in France in World War I. • Nearly 87,000 Marines were killed or wounded during World War II. Eighty-two earned the Medal of Honor. • During the Korean War, Marines numbered at 192,000 in 1951, and grew to nearly 250,000 two years later. • More than 13,000 Marines were killed in the Vietnam War, and 88,000 were wounded. • Marines evacuated American citizens and foreign nationals during unrest in Cyprus in 1974. • Between 1990 and 1991, more than 92,000 Marines (the largest movement of Marines since WWII) were deployed to the Persian Golf as part of Operation Desert Shield. • In 1994 Marines evacuated 142 American citizens from Rwanda, since the country was in civil unrest. • More than 9,200 Marines were killed or wounded in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom as of July 7, 2007.
Posted on: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 18:05:11 +0000
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