2nd Battalion, 9th Marines was an infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps. Formed during World War I, the unit played an instrumental role in the defeat of the Japanese forces in the Batt
2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment insignia
Marines trudge forward through calf–deep mud on the Numa Numa Trail, Bougainville—November 1943
Marines of E/2/9 carry a wounded Marine to a MEDEVAC helicopter during Operation Hickory III
2/9 insignia from the Vietnam-era.
Harvey Curtiss Barnum Jr. is a retired United States Marine Corps officer who received the Medal of Honor during the Vietnam War. He was the fourth Marine to receive the medal for actions in Vietnam.
Barnum visiting troops in Iraq, 2007