Lineage Of

HEADQUARTERS BATTALION, 3D MARINE DIVISION

1942 – 1945

ACTIVATED 16 SEPTEMBER 1942 AT CAMP ELLIOTT, CALIFORNIA, AS HEADQUARTERS BATTALION, 3D MARINE DIVISION, FLEET MARINE FORCE

DEPLOYED DURING JANUARY – FEBRUARY 1943 TO AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND

PARTICIPATED IN THE FOLLOWING WORLD WAR II CAMPAIGNS

BOUGAINVILLE

NORTHERN SOLOMONS

GUAM

IWO JIMA

DEACTIVATED 28 DECEMBER 1945

1951 – 1964

REACTIVATED 1 JUNE 1995 AT CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA, AS HEADQUARTERS BATTALION, 3D MARINE BRIGADE, FLEET MARINE FORCE

REDESIGNATED 7 JANUARY 1952 AS HEADQUARTERS BATTALION, 3D MARINE DIVISION, FLEET MARINE DIVISION

DEPLOYED DURING AUGUST 1953 TO CAMP GIFU, JAPAN

REDEPLOYED DURING 1956 TO CAMP COURTNEY, OKINAWA

1965 – 1996

REDEPLOYED DURING APRIL – JULY 1965 TO REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM

PARTICIPATED IN THE WAR IN VIETNAM, APRIL 1965 – NOVEMBER 1969,

OPERATING FROM

QUANG TRI

QUANG NAM

THUA THIEN

REDEPLOYED DURING NOVEMBER 1969 TO CAMP COURTNEY, OKINAWA

ELEMENT PARTICIPATED IN THE SOUTHEAST ASIA EVACUATIONS, MARCH-APRIL 1975

PARTICIPATED IN NUMEROUS TRAINING EXERCISES AND DEPLOYMENTS THROUGHOUT THE 1970s AND 1980s

ELEMENTS PARTICIPATED IN OPERATIONS SEA ANGEL, BANGLADESH, AND FIERY VIGIL, PHILIPPINES, MAY – JULY 1991