1st Battalion, 5th Marines
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1st Battalion, 5th Marines is an infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps based out of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California consisting of approximately 800 Marines and sailors. Nic
Leader of the 1st squad, 3rd Platoon, Company C, 1/5 Marines, runs under Viet Cong fire during Operation Tippecanoe, 14–16 March 1967
Marines from 1/5's Charlie Company at MCB Twentynine Palms in 1985
Marines from A/1/5 engage insurgents in Fallujah during Operation Vigilant Resolve on 7 April 2004.
Marines with A/1/5 peer over a building top to fix enemy targets in Al Fallujah, Iraq 7 April 2004.
Battle of Belleau Wood
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The Battle of Belleau Wood was a major battle that occurred during the German spring offensive in World War I, near the Marne River in France. The battle was fought by the U.S. 2nd and 3rd Divisions a
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…Marine Regiment 1st Marine Division Garrison/HQ Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Nickname "Geronimo" Motto "Make peace or die" Engagements World War I Battle of Belleau Wood Battle of Soissons Battle of Saint-Mihiel Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge Meuse-Argonne Offensive World War II Guadalcanal Campaign Battle of Cape Gloucester…
U.S. Army Infantrymen, 2nd Infantry Division, Battle of Belleau Wood, June 1918
U.S. Marines in Belleau Wood (1918).
"The Trail to Belleau Wood" US Army Soldiers in Belleau Wood by Andre J. Smith, 1918
The Bulldog fountain