The 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines (2/7) is a light infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps. They are based at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms and consist of approximately 800 marines and sailors. The battalion falls under the command of the 7th Marine Regiment and the 1st Marine Division.
Weapons Company, in line with Headquarters and Service Company, 2d Battalion, 7th Marines, trying to contact the temporarily cut off Company F in a glancing engagement to permit the 5th and 7th Marines to withdraw from the Yudam-ni area 27 November 1950.
Marines from Company E, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines patrol in Zaidon, Iraq.
Marines from Company F, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines conduct combat operations against the enemy in Now Zad, Helmand.
William Richard Charette was a United States Navy master chief hospital corpsman who received the nation's highest military decoration for valor, the Medal of Honor. He was awarded the medal for heroic actions "above and beyond the call of duty" on March 27, 1953, while assigned to a Marine Corps rifle company during the Korean War. He retired from the Navy after 26 years of service.
Charette stands with two other Medal of Honor recipients shortly after receiving their medals from President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1954. From left: Edward R. Schowalter, Jr., Ernest E. West, Eisenhower, and Charette
Charette selects a coffin for burial in the World War II Tomb of the Unknown from the three coffins representing World War II (Pacific and European theaters) and Korea during ceremonies on board the USS Canberra, May 26, 1958