Early Days
Activated 11 April, 1941 as 4th Bn, 10th Marines
Deployed to Iceland with 6th Marines from Spring ’41 – Spring ’42
Deployed to Pacific theater in November 1942
Redesignated as 2d Bn, 10th Marines on 20 July 1945
World War II
•Participated in the following:
–Tarawa
–Guadalcanal
–Saipan
–Tinian
–Okinawa
–Occupation
of Japan
Post-WWII
•Relocated to Camp LeJeune, NC July 1946
•Participated in LF6F deployments from 1951 to present
•Participated in Cuban Missile Crisis (October - November 1962)
•Intervention in Dominican Republic (April - May 1965)
•Operations
Desert Shield and Desert Storm (December 1990 – April 1991)
Honors
Awarded
•Presidential Unit Citation Streamer – WWII Tarawa 1945
•Navy Unit Commendation Streamer – SWA 1990-1991
•American Defense Service Streamer
•Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Streamer w/ 4 Bronze Stars
•WWII Victory Streamer
•Navy Occupation Service Streamer w/ Asia
•National Defense Service Streamer w/ 2 Bronze Stars
•Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamer w/ one Bronze Star
•Southwest Asia Service Streamer w/ 3 Bronze Stars