And still as mean as ever.
Happy birthday USMC!!
During World War II, Marines performed a central role in the Battle of the Pacific, along with the U.S. Army.
The Battles of Guadalcanal, Bougainville, Tarawa, Guam, Tinian, Cape Gloucester, Saipan, Peleliu, Iwo Jima, Okinawa saw fierce fighting between the Marines and the Imperial Japanese Army.
Some 600,000 Americans served in the Marines during the war.
The Battle of Iwo Jima, which began on February 19, 1945, was arguably the most famous Marine engagement of the war. The Japanese had learned lessons from their defeats during the Marianas Campaign and prepared many fortified positions on the island, including pillboxes and a huge network of tunnels.
They put up a fierce resistance, but American forces reached the top of Mount Suribachi on 23 February 1945. The mission was accomplished with high losses of 26,000 Americans and 22,000 Japanese.
--GreGen
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