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| were and when did the marines fight during world war 1 |
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| were and when did marines primarily fight durring ww2 |
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| when did marines fight in the korean war |
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| when did the marines fight in the vietnam war |
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| where and when was the famous flag raiseing photograph taken |
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| on mount surabachi during the battle of iwo jima in world war 2 |
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| who are the only two marines to recive the metal of honor twice |
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| major general smedley butler and sergeant major dan daly |
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| first commadant of the marine corps |
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| robert mullan owner of tun taveren |
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| sergeant major archibald summers |
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| brigadear general archibald henderson |
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| first medal of houner recipeant |
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| lieutenant alfred cunninghamm |
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| first african american marines |
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| alfred masters and george thompson |
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first sjt maj of the marine corps
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| brigadear gen margaret brewer |
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| in 1775 he became the first commadant of the marine corps.he led the marines in the first battle agianst an enemy.he sucecfully captured two british forts captureing in new providence in the bahhamass he captured 24 barels of black powder and 73 artialry pieces |
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first lieutenant presly O'Bannon
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in 1805 he led a mixed force of marines and other service men 600 miles across the libyan desert to attack the fortress at derna{near tripoli} his hand full of marines captured the fort and raised the u.s.colors over foreign soil for the first time |
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| brigadear general Archibald Henderson |
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the fith commadant of the marine corps.he earned the title of grand old man of the marine corps by serving as the commadont of the marine corps for 39 years under 10 diffrent pressedents he retired when made to a age 70
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| in the civil war he became the first marine to get the medal of honer |
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| at age 13 he joined the corps he is the most famous marine band instructer in history |
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| as a sergeant ,he earned the medal of honer during the spanish american war by exposeing himself to both american and spanish bombardment to send emergency semaphore flag signals to U.S ships. |
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| achived the medal of honer twice |
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| lieutenant alfred cunningham |
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in 1912 ,he became the marine corps first aviator.
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| major general smedley butler |
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| major general john lejeune |
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| indevidual most responcible for developing the anphibious marines would succecfully employ during ww2 |
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| alfred masters and george thompson |
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| first black men in the marines |
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| sergent major gilbert johnson |
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after being in the army and navy "hashmark" johnson transfered to the marine corps in 1942. he was legendery for being tuff
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| gunnery sjt john basilone |
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| he was awarded medal of houner for single handedly devending his position he made a bound around the us for volenters after wards then was asked to have a desk job in washington he refused and whent back to his old squad were he was killed in the invasion of iwa jima |
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he was a leading marine pilot in the "cactus air force" he shot down 26 japanese aircraft includeing 23 in a single month he was forced to make three dead stick or no power landings
he was presented the medal of honer. |
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| colonel gregory "pappy" boyington |
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