Marine Corps History: The Early Years

On November 10, 1775, the Second Continental Congress passed a resolution that "two Battalions of Marines be raised," and the Corps was born.

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Marine Corps History: The Early Years

The First Leathernecks: A Combat History of the U.S. Marines from

US Marines History: How the Marine Corps Was Founded Twice

PI118: The 80 Year History of Women Marines at Parris Island

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The First Leathernecks: A Combat History of the U.S. Marines from Inception to the Halls of Montezuma: Burzynski, Don, Charles, Waterhouse: 9781944353087: Books

For the first time in Marine Corps history, a woman is in charge of an infantry platoon