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LINEAGE OF
2D BATTALION 3D MARINES
1942-1945
ACTIVATED 1 MAY
1942 AT NEW RIVER, NORTH CAROLINA, AS THE 3D TRAINING BATTALION, DIVISION
SPECIAL TROOPS, 1st MARINE DIVISION, FLEET MARINE FORCE
REDESIGNATED 17
JUNE 1942 AS THE 2D TRAINING BATTALION, 3D MARINES, FLEET MARINE FORCE
DEPLOYED DURING
AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1942 TO TUTUILA, AMERICAN SAMOA, AND REASSIGNED
TO THE 2D MARINE BRIGADE
3D MARINES
REASSIGNED DURING MARCH 1943 TO FLEET MAINE FORCE
REDEPLOYED DURING
MAY 1943 TO AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND
REASSIGNED DURING
JUNE 1943 TO THE 3D MARINE DIVISION
REDEPLOYED DURING
JULY-AUGUST TO GUADALCANAL
PARTICIPATED DURING
THE FOLLOWING WORLD WAS II CAMPAIGNS
BOUGANVILLE
NORTHERN SOLOMONS
GUAM
IWO JIMA
RELOCATED DURING
DECEMBER 1945 TO CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA
DEACTIVATED 31
DECEMBER 1945
1951-1960
REACTIVATED 20 JULY
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
REDEPLOYED DURING MARCH 1958 TO CAMP KINSER, OKINAWA
RELOCATED DURING NOVEMBER 1959 TO CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA AND REASSIGNED TO THE 1st MARINE DIVISION FLEET MARINE FORCE
1961-1969
REDEPLOYED DURING
JANUARY 1961 TO CAMP SCHWAB, OKINAWA, AND REASSIGNED
TO THE 3D MARINE DIVISION, FLEET MARINE FORCE
DEPLOYED AT VARIOUS TIMES BETWEEN 1961-1967 AS THE BATTALION LANDING TEAM OF THE SEVENTH FLEET
DEPLOYED DURING
APRIL 1965 TO DA NANG, REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
PARTICIPATED IN THE
WAR OF VIETNAM, APRIL 1965-OCTOBER 1969, OPERATING FROM
DA NANG
CAMP CARROLL
QUANG TRI
CAM LO
A SHAU
KHE SANH
RELOCATED DURING
OCTOBER 1969 TO CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA, AND REASSIGNED
TO THE 5th MARINE AMPHIBIOUS BRIGADE, FLEET MARINE FORCE
1970-PRESENT
REASSIGNED DURING
APRIL 1971 TO THE 1st MARINE DIVISION, FLEET MARINE FORCE
RELOCATED DURING MAY-JUNE 1971 TO KANEOHE BAY, HAWAII, AND REASSIGNED TO THE
1st
MARINE BRIGADE, FLEET MARINE FORCE
1st
MARINE BRIGADE REDESIGNATED 30 AUGUST 1985 AS THE 1st AMPHIBIOUS
BRIGADE
1st
MARINE AMPHIBIOUS BRIGADE REDESIGNATED 5 FEBRUARY 1988 AS THE 1st
MARINE EXPEDITIONARY BRIGADE
PARTICIPATED IN
OPERATIONS DESERT SHIELD AND DESERT STORM, SOUTHWEST ASIA, JANUARY-MARCH 1991
REASSIGNED DURING
OCTOBER 1994 TO THE 3D MARINE DIVISION