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LINEAGE
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3D BATTALION, 3D MARINES
1942 -- 1945
ACTIVATED 1 JUNE 1942 AT NEW RIVER, NORTH CAROLINA, AS THE 5TH TRAINING BATTALION, DIVISION SPECIAL TROOPS, 1ST MARINE DIVISION, FLEET MARINE FORCE
REDESIGNATED 16 JUNE 1942 AS THE 3D BATTALION, 3D MARINES, FLEET MARINE FORCE
DEPLOYED DURING AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1942 TO TUTUILA, AMERICAN SOMOA, AND REASSIGNED TO THE 2D MARINE BRIGADE
3D MARINES REASSIGNED DURING MARCH 1943 TO FLEET MARINE FORCE
REDEPLOYED DURING MAY 1943 TO AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND
REASSIGNED DURING JUNE 1943 TO THE 3D MARINE DIVISION
REDEPLOYED DURING JULY-AUGUST 1943 TO GUADALCANAL
PARTICIPATED IN THE FOLLOWING WORLD WAR II CAMPAIGNS
BOUGAINVILLE
NORTHEN SOLOMONS
GUAM
IWO JIMA
REDEPLOYED DURING MARCH 1945 TO GUAM
DETACHED DURING NOVEMBER 1945 FROM THE 3D MARINE DIVISION
DEACTIVATED 20 DECEMBER 1945
1951 -- 1964
REACTIVATED 8 AUGUST 1951 AT CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA, AND ASSIGNED TO THE
3D MARINE BRIGADE, FLEET MARINE FORCE
REASSIGNED DURING JANUARY 1952 TO THE 3D MARINE DIVISION
DEPLOYED DURING JULY-AUGUST 1953 TO CAMP FUJI-MCNAIR, JAPAN
REDEPLOYED DURING MARCH 1957 TO CAMP SUKIRAN, OKINAWA
DEPLOYED DURING MARCH-APRIL 1962 ON BOARD THE USS BAYFIELD TO THE WATERS OF QUEMOY AND MATSU ISLANDS
1955 -- 1974
DEPLOYED DURING MAY 1965 TO CHU LAI, REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
PARTICIPATED IN THE WAR IN VIETNAM, MAY 1965
-- OCTOBER 1969, OPERATING FROM
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CHU LAI |
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CAMP CARROLL |
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DA NANG |
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QUANG TRI |
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DONG HA |
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CAM LO |
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PHU BAI |
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RELOCATED DURING OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 1969 TO CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA, AND REASSIGNED TO THE 5TH MARINE AMPHIBIOUS BRIGADE, FLEET MARINE FORCE
REASSIGNED DURING APRIL 1971 TO THE 1ST MARINE DIVISION, FLEET MARINE FORCE
DEACTIVATED 1 JUNE 1974
1975 -- 2003
REACTIVATED 1 OCTOBER 1975 AT KANEOHE BAY, HAWAII, AND ASSIGNED TO THE
1ST MARINE BRIGADE, FLEET MARINE FORCE
PARTICIPATED IN NUMEROUS TRAINING EXERCISES DURING THE 1970s AND 1980s
ELEMENTS DEPLOYED TO THE WESTERN PACIFIC AT VARIOUS TIMES DURING
THE 1970s AND 1980s
PARTICIPATED AS AFLOAT SUPPORT TO THE MULTINATIONAL PEACE-KEEPING FORCE, LEBANON, SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1983
1ST MARINE BRIGADE REDESIGNATED 30 AUGUST 1985 AS THE 1ST MARINE AMPHIBIOUS BRIGADE
1ST MARINE AMPHIBIOUS BRIGADE REDESIGNATED 6 FEBRUARY 1988 AS THE
1ST MARINE EXPEDITIONARY BRIGADE
PARTICIPATED IN OPERATIONS DESERT SHIELD AND DESERT STORM, SOUTHWEST ASIA, AUGUST 1990
-- MARCH 1991
REASSIGNED DURING OCTOBER 1994 TO THE 3D MARINE DIVISION
PARTICIPATED IN
OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, AFGHANISTAN,
OCTOBER 2004 - JUNE 2005 PARTICIPATED
IN OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, IRAQ
MARCH - OCTOBER 2006
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