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Also Known As USMC • Marines
Date 1775 - present
Areas Of Involvement air warfare • amphibious warfare • land warfare
Related People Chesty Puller • George Shultz • Nicole Aunapu Mann • Katherine Amelia Towle • Evans Carlson • Jasmin Moghbeli • Oliver North • Lucy Brewer

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Flag of the United States Marine Corps
Amphibious landing by U.S. Marines
U.S. Marine Corps aircraft
Battle of Guadalcanal
Aleutian Islands: U.S. Marines in training
U.S. Marines in training
U.S. Marines on Saipan, Mariana Islands, 1944
invasion of Tarawa by U.S. Marines
amphibious assault vehicle
U.S. Marines on Saipan, Mariana Islands, 1944
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