12TH MARINES

1927 – 1928

Activated 4 October 1927 at Tientsin, China, as the 12^th Regiment and assigned to the 3D Marine Brigade.

1942 – 1946

Reactivated 1 September 1942 at San Diego, California, as the 12^th Marines and assigned to the 3D Marine Division.

Relocated during October 1942 to Camp Dunlap, California.

Deployed during March 1943 to Auckland, New Zealand.

Redeployed during July 1943 to Guadalcanal.

Participated in the following World War II. Campaigns:

Bougainville

Northern Solomons

Guam

Iwo Jima

Relocated during December 1945 to Camp Pendleton, California.

1952 – 1969

Reactivated 17 March 1952 at Camp Pendleton, California, and assigned to the 3D Marine Division.

Deployed during August 1953 to Camp McNair, Japan.

Redeployed during February 1956 to Okinawa.

Redeployed from March-July 1965 to the Republic of Vietnam.

Participated in the War in Vietnam, May 1965 – November 1969, operating from:

Da Nang

Phu Bai

Chu Lai

Hue

Redeployed from August-November 1969 to Camp Hansen, Okinawa.

1970 – 1998

Relocated during august 1971 to Camp Hauge, Okinawa.

Elements participated in the Southeast Asia Evacuations, April-June 1975.

Elements participated in the recovery of the SS Mayaguez, May 1975.

Relocated during August 1976 to Camp Zukeran, Okinawa.

Camp Zukeran renamed Camp Foster during March 1980.

Participated in numerous training exercises throughout the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s.

Elements participated in the operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Southwest Asia, September 1990-April 1991.

Relocated during July 1998 to Camp Hansen, Okinawa