January 27 in U.S. military history
1837: U.S. soldiers and Marines under the command of Col. Archibald Henderson — a serving Marine Corps commandant — defeat
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U.S. Marine Corps
November 29 in U.S. military history
1804: Marine Corps 1st Lt. Presley O’Bannon, William Eaton, Navy Midshipman George Mann, and seven Marines land at Alexandria, Egypt
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November 10 in U.S. military history
1775: The Continental Congress decrees that two battalions of Marines be raised in Philadelphia, consisting of “good seamen, or so
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October 20 in U.S. military history
1922: Lt. Harold R. Harris (Army Air Service) performs the world’s first emergency parachute jump when the wings of his
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June 4 in U.S. military history
1919: U.S. Marines land in Costa Rica to protect American interests when the government is overthrown by a coup. 1934:
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