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World War 1
World War I 1917-1918
Battle of Bouresches June 6-7, 1918
Battle of Belleau Wood June 6-26, 1918
Legend has it that Germans began referring to Marines as "Teufelhunden" or Devildog; Marines rated as "storm troops"
Belleau Wood renamed "Bois de la Brigade de Marine" wood of the Marine Brigade.Battle of the Aisne-Marne (Soissons) July 18-20, 1918 28 July, 1918 Gen. John A. Lejeune, assumed command of the Second Division (Army), marking the first time that a Marine officer would lead an Army Division Aug. 13, 1918 Opha Mae Johnson, first female enlisted Marine; Women Marines were known as "skirt Marines" or "Marinettes."Battle of St. Mihiel Sept. 12-16, 1918 Battle of Blanc Mont Oct. 2-9, 1918 5th and 6th Marine regiments awarded French Fourragere; to this day, members of those regiments still authorized to wear the award.
Battle of Meuse-Argonne Nov. 1-11, 1918 305 "Reservists (Female)" entered the Marine Corps as clerks to "Free a Marine to Fight"
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1919 all women ordered out of the Reserve Corps
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1923 Lt. Col. Earl H. "Pete" Ellis dies under mysterious circumstances in Palau Islands; his research and prescient thinking on war in the Pacific, contained in "Marine Corps Operations Plan 712, Advanced Base Operations in Micronesia," of 1921, forecast requirements for war in the Pacific, including sizes of forces necessary to take objectives, and the future of amphibious warfare.
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1927-1933
Occupation of Nicaragua -- Marines gained a fighting reputation during this time; Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller a.k.a. "Tiger of the Mountains," awarded Navy Cross for actions while in Nicaragua; was awarded five Navy Crosses before retiring in 1955 as a Lt. Gen.
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