World Wars
WHAT HAPPENED ON DECEMBER 7, 1941?
THE JAPANESE LAUNCHED AN ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR
WHO WAS THE FIRST U.S. MARINE CORPS OFFICER?
CAPTAIN SAMUEL NICHOLAS
WHERE WAS THE FIRST AMPHIBIUS LANDING OF THE U.S. MARINE CORPS?
NEW PROVIDENCE BAHAMAS
IN WHAT YEAR WAS THE MARINE CORPS EMBLEM ADOPTED?
1868
WHAT DOES THE BLOOD STRIPE SYMBOLIZE?
THE BLOOD THAT WAS SHED BY MARINE OFFICERS AND NCO'S AT THE BATTLE OF CHAPULTEPEC IN THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR
WHAT CITY WAS SAVED BY THE BATTLE OF BELLEAU WOOD?
PARIS
THE MAN WHO COINED THE PHRASE "UNCOMMON VALOR WAS A COMMON VIRTUE"
FLEET ADMIRAL CHESTER W. NIMITZ
WHO WAS THE FIRST COMMADANT OF THE MARINE CORPS?
MAJOR WILLIAM WARD BURROWS
A. A. CUNNINGHAM WAS THE FIRST USMC AVIATOR IN WHAT YEAR
1912
THE YEAR THE DRESS BLUE UNIFORM WAS ADOPTED
AUGUST 24, 1797
WHAT WAS THE BLOODIEST BATTLE OF W.W.II FOUGHT BY MARINES?
TARAWA
WHO WAS THE 5TH COMMADANT OF THE MARINE CORPS
ARCHIBALD HENDERSON
THE FIRST AMERICAN OUTPOST TO FALL TO THE JAPANESE
GUAM
IN WHICH YEAR DID CONGRESS ESTABLISH THE RANK OF SERGEANT MAJOR?
1798
CROSS SHAPED BRAID WORN ON TOP OF THE MARINE OFFICER'S COVER TO DISTINGUISH MARINE SHARPSHOOTERS ON BOARD SHIPS FROM FRIEND TO FOE
NAME THREE ISLANDS THAT MARINES LANDED ON DURING WW II
*SOLOMON ISLANDS
*MARINA ISLANDS
*GUADALCANAL
*SAIPAN
*NEW GEORGIA
*TINIAN
*BOUGAINVILLE
*GUAM
*GILBERT ISLANDS
*PALAU ISLANDS
*TARAWA
*PELEIEU ISLANDS
*MARSHALL ISLANDS
*IWO JIMA
WHO WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN MARINE OFFICER?
FREDERICK BRANCH
IN WHICH BATTLE WAS THE FIRST INSTANCE THAT MARINES FOUGHT ALONG SIDE THE ARMY?
BATTLE OF TRENTON
WHAT WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE MARINE CORPS IN JULY, 1798, THE FIRST OF ANY OF THE SERVICES?
THE MARINE CORPS BAND
WHAT HOLDS A SWORD TO THE BELT?
A FROG
THE THREE BATTLES THAT COMPRISED THE THREE CROSSES OF WAR IN WORLD WAR I
BELLEAU WOOD, MOUNT BLANC, AND SOISSONS
WHERE DID JOHN BASILONE WIN THE MEDAL OF HONOR?
GUADALCANAL
WHO THE FIRST MARINE TO LEAD AN ARMY DIVISION INTO BATTLE? (GENERAL)
GENERAL JOHN A. LEJEUNE
NAME FIVE WARS THAT MARINES FOUGHT IN FROM 1775-1940.
REVOLUTIONARY WAR SPANISH AMERICAN WAR
NAVAL WAR WITH FRANCE PHILLIPINE INSURRECTION
*WAR WITH TRIPOLI
*BOXER REBELLION
*FLORIDA INDIAN WAR
*WW I
*MEXICAN WAR
*WAR OF 1812
*CIVIL WAR
*BANANA WARS IN HAITI
*DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
*NICARAGUA
WHAT UNITS ARE AUTHORIZED TO WEAR THE FRENCH FORREGEARE?
FIFTH AND SIXTH MARINE REGIMENTS AND THE SIXTH MACHINE GUN BATTALION