China Marines
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The term China Marines, originally referred to the United States Marines of the 4th Marine Regiment, who were stationed in Shanghai, China from 1927 to 1941 to protect American citizens and their prop
A detachment of U.S. China Marines, in a relief party, in Peiping, China, during the Boxer Rebellion of 1900.
Marines observing a Beiyang Army parade, October 1916
Operation Beleaguer
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Operation Beleaguer was the codename for the United States Marine Corps' occupation of northeastern China's Hebei and Shandong provinces from 1945 until 1949. The Marines were tasked with overseeing t
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Marines in Qingdao during Operation Beleaguer
A Marine Corps Grumman F7F-3N Tigercat at Beijing's Nan Yuan Airfield in December 1945
USS Princeton off Qingdao in 1948
A United States Navy Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk scout plane over Shanghai in 1948. This aircraft was assigned to the cruiser USS Duluth. It was transported through the streets of Shanghai and fitted with landing gear instead of its normal floats.