i. Tripoli, first to hoist US flag over old world territory, Mameluke sword
b. BGEN Archibald Henderson - ✔✔Grand Old Man of Marine Corps"
i. Commandant from 1820 til death in 1859
1. Introduced higher standards of appearance, training, and discipline
,c. SGTMAJ John Quick - ✔✔i. MOH - Guantanamo Bay for emergency lift under Spanish/American
shelling
d. SGTMAJ Daniel Daly - ✔✔i. 2 MOH - (1) Chinese Boxer Rebellion, (2) First Caco War in
Haiti ii. Belleau Wood - "Come on you sons of bitches, do you want to live forever"
e. MGEN Smedley Butler - ✔✔i. 2 MOH = (1) Veracruz, (2) First Caco War in Haiti
f. MGEN John Lejeune - ✔✔13th Commandant 1920-1929
i. First Marine to command Army division in combat (WWI, France 1918)
g. LGEN Lewis "Chesty" Puller - ✔✔i. Nicaragua, "Tiger of the Mountains," force of ~30 Marines,
Most decorated Marine
h. CAPT Joseph Foss - ✔✔i. MOH - Pilot at Guadalcanal, #1 Ace w/ 26 kills
i. Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington - ✔✔i. Black Sheep Squadron, WWII ACE
j. CPL Ira Hayes - ✔✔i. Pima Indian, second flag raising at Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima
k. PVT Opha Johnson - ✔✔i. First enlisted woman, 13 AUG 1918
l. CWO Annie Grimes - ✔✔i. 3rd black female Marine, first to retire after "full 20"
,m. BGEN Margaret Brewer - ✔✔i. 1st woman General, 11 MAY 1978
n. Molly Marine - ✔✔i. New Orleans statue honoring female Marines
b. 1815 - ✔✔Battle of New Orleans
i. GEN Andrew Jackson defeats British forces (lost 100, killed 2,000)
a. 1814 - ✔✔Battle of Bladensburg
i. 103 Marine/400 Sailors block force of 4,000 British from advancing on
Marine Corps Emblem = EGA - ✔✔Present form adopted in 1868
Eagle = proud country
Globe = global service
Fouled Anchor = maritime traditions
b. Scarlet Trouser Stripe - ✔✔Blood stripe" (1798, reappeared 1840-59)
i. May represent bloodshed at Battle of Chapultepec
c. Quatrefoil Officer Cover Emblem - ✔✔i. Fashion of the day, may be for sharpshooters to
recognize friendly from above
, Mameluke Sword - ✔✔Officer sword
i. LT O'Bannon heroics at Tripoli
NCO Sword - ✔✔when in charge of troops or in ceremonies"
French Fourragere - ✔✔L shoulder
French Ministry of War to unit cited 2 or more times in French Orders
5th and 6th Marine Regiments in WWI
i. Colors/standards (Branch)
ii. Organization Colors/Standards
iv. Guidons (Co, Battery)= - ✔✔
USMC Birthday - ✔✔1. Parade/formation,
2. Lejeune's message,
3. Cake cutting
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