2nd Battalion 1st Marines

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2nd Battalion 1st Marines

2nd Battalion 1st Marines Insignia
Active August 1, 1922
Country United States
Branch USMC
Type Infantry battalion
Role Locate, close with and destroy the enemy with fire and maneuver
Part of 1st Marine Regiment
1st Marine Division
Garrison/HQ Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton
Motto No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy
Battles/wars World War II
* Battle of Guadalcanal
* Battle of Peleliu
* Battle of Okinawa
Korean War
* Battle of Inchon
* Battle of Chosin Reservoir
Vietnam War
Operation Desert Storm
Operation Enduring Freedom
Operation Iraqi Freedom
* Operation Vigilant Resolve
Commanders
Current
commander
LtCol Francis L. Donovan

2nd Battalion 1st Marines (2/1) is an infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps based out of Camp Pendleton, California consisting of approximately 1000 Marines and Sailors. They fall under the 1st Marine Regiment and the 1st Marine Division.

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[edit] History

  • Activated August 1, 1922 at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, as the 2d Battalion, 1st Regiment and assigned to the 2d Brigade.
  • Participated in the occupation of the Dominican Republic, Deactivated 20 July 1924

[edit] World War II

[edit] Korean War & early 1960s

[edit] Vietnam War

  • Deployed during November 1965 to the Republic of Vietnam, and assigned to the 3rd Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force
  • Participated in the War in Vietnam, November 1965-May 1971,
    • Hue/Phu Bai
    • Da Nang
    • Quang Tri
    • Thua Thien
    • Quang Nam
  • Detached during April 1971 from the 1st Marine Division, and reassigned to the 3d Marine Amphibious Brigade, Fleet Marine Force
  • Relocated during June 1971 to Camp Pendleton, CA, and reassigned to the 1st Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force

[edit] Post War & the 1980s

  • Participated during April - May 1975 in Operation New Arrival, the relocation of refugees from Indochina
  • Participated in the Battalion rotation between the 3rd Marine Division on Okinawa and Divisions stationed in the United States during the 1980's
  • Deactivated January 24, 1989
  • Reactivated September 9, 1994 at Camp Pendleton, CA, and assigned to the 1st Marine Division

[edit] Global War on Terror

Deployed to Fallujah, Iraq in March of 2004 and took part in Operation Vigilant Resolve. Battalion returned to Camp Pendleton in September of 2004.

The battalions next deployment was as the groun combat element of the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

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