Approximately 391,000 US Marines served in the Vietnam War; approximately 14,838 US Marines died in Vietnam.
I have numerous books on D-Day which say US Marines did not fight there. All 4 Marine divisions were active in the Pacific at that
In 1970 there were approximately 249000 Marines serving in the U.S. Marine Corps. This was the highest number of Marines since the end of World War II. Below is a breakdown of the Marine Corps personnel numbers in 1970: Active Duty: 237000 Active Reserve: 11000 Inactive Reserve: 1000The Marine Corps has continued to grow since then and as of 2019 there were over 186000 active duty Marines and 38500 reserve Marines.
I believe the United States Marine Corp were formed during the the American Revolutionary War to combat the British, in particular the British Royal Marines.
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The country of Vietnam had divided into communist North Vietnam and democratic South Vietnam, and was fighting a civil war to determine if the country would be reunified as a communist nation, or if it would remain a divided nation. Untimately, North Vietnam prevailed.
They wanted communism.
A war fought in Southeast Asia to stop communist aggression from 1955 to 1975.
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I have numerous books on D-Day which say US Marines did not fight there. All 4 Marine divisions were active in the Pacific at that
13,095 U.S Marines were wounded in action during the Vietnam War.
Australia, New Zealand, the Phillipenes, South Korea and South Vienam.
During World War II male marines often referred to female marines as being BAMs which stood for BROAD ASSED MARINES. The female marines returned the favor by referring to male marines as HAMs which stood for HAIRY ASSED MARINES.
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Nearly 14,000 US Marines were killed in Vietnam, and over 50,000 US Marines were wounded in the war.
According to the Almanac there was 71,254 Marines who served in the Persian Gulf War!