Lineage Of The Twenty First Marine Regiment

1942-1945 Activated 14 July at new River, North Carolina as the 21st Marines Assigned during October 1942 to the 3rd Marine Division Relocated during November 1942 to San Diego, California Deployed during February-March 1943 to Auckland, New Zealand Participated in the following World war II Campaigns Northern Solomons Bougainville Guam Iwo Jima Deactivated 20 December 1945 at Guam, Mariana Islands HONORS Presidential Unit Citation Streamer World War II Iwo Jima-1945 Navy Unit Commendation Streamer World War II Guam-1944 Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Streamer with Four Bronze Stars World War II Victory StreamerPrevious Page 3rd Marine Division Lineage