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United States Marine Corps in World War II

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Battle of Midway
1942 World War II naval battle
Battle of Iwo Jima
1945 major battle in which US Forces captured the island of Iwo Jima from Japan during World War II
Battle of Okinawa
1945 major battle of the Pacific War
Guadalcanal campaign
1942-1943 series of battles fought on and around Guadalcanal as part of World War II
Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
photograph taken during the Battle of Iwo Jima of World War II
Battle of Peleliu
1944 battle between the United States and the Empire of Japan in the Pacific Theater of World War II
Philippines Campaign
Japanese invasion of the Philippines, fought 8 December 1941 – 8 May 1942
Operation Downfall
codename for the Allied plan for the invasion of Japan near the end of World War II
Bataan Death March
forced transfer of American and Filipino prisoners of war by the Imperial Japanese Army in 1942
Battle of Saipan
1944 battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II on the island of Saipan in the Mariana Islands
Battle of Guam
1944 World War II battle
Battle of Guam
1941 World War II battle
Battle of Wake Island
1941 battle of World War II
code talker
people in the 20th century who used obscure languages as a means of secret communication during wartime; e.g. United States service members during the world wars who used their knowledge of Native American languages to transmit coded messages
Battle of the Tenaru
1942 battle of World War II
Battle of Eniwetok
1944 World War II battle
Battle of Bataan
1942 intense phase of Imperial Japan's invasion of the Philippines during World War II
Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign
1945 campaign
Bougainville Campaign
allied reconquest of the island of Bougainville in the South Pacific from the Japanese forces who occupied it in 1942
Battle of Edson's Ridge
1942 WW2 battle in the Solomon Islands
Battle of Corregidor
1942 culmination of the Japanese invasion of the Philippines during World War II
Battle of Kwajalein
1944 battle of the Pacific War
Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu–Tanambogo
1942 battle
New Britain campaign
World War II campaign between Allied and Imperial Japanese forces
Battle for Henderson Field
1942 World War II battle
Battle of Makin
engagement of the Pacific Campaign of World War II from 20 to 23 November 1943
Bombing of Rabaul
air raid
Makin Island raid
1942 raid of WWII in the Pacific Theater
New Georgia Campaign
1943 series of land and naval battles of the Pacific campaign of World War II
Battle of Cape Gloucester
1943 WWII battle in the Pacific Theater
Japan campaign
1942–45 campaign in Japan during the Second World War
Battle of Arawe
1943 battle of New Britain Campaign
Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse
World War II battle
Koli Point action
1942 Japan-US engagement
Matanikau Offensive
1942 World War II battle on the Solomon Islands
Actions along the Matanikau
battles during the Guadalcanal campaign in WWII
Carlson's patrol
WWII anti-Japanese operation in 1942
Battle of Balikpapan
1945 battle of World War II
Land Battle of Vella Lavella
1943 battle
Battle of Talasea
1944 military engagement on New Britain, Pacific Ocean
Raid on Choiseul
WWII American Marines action in the Solomon Islands campaign
10th Marine Regiment
artillery regiment of the United States Marine Corps based at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
2nd Marine Regiment
infantry regiment of the United States Marine Corps
Landing on Emirau
1944 landing operation
Landings at Cape Torokina
1943 landing on the Solomon Islands
7th Marine Regiment
infantry regiment of the United States Marine Corps
8th Marine Regiment
infantry regiment of the United States Marine Corps