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The history of the United States Marine Corps (USMC) begins with the founding of the John Martin's enlistment gave him the role as the first black American Marine. The Marine presence was withdrawn in , but returned briefly in to evacuate Saigon and attempt to rescue the crew of the Mayagüez. 13,
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As the country demobilizes, all but a few servicewomen are mustered out, even though the United States, now a world power, is forced to maintain the largest peacetime military in the history of the nation. Executive Order ends racial segregation in the armed services. The first African-American women enlist in the Marine Corps.


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Korean War : Servicewomen who had joined the Reserves following World War II are involuntarily recalled to active duty during the war. More than Army nurses serve in the combat zone and many more are assigned to large hospitals in Japan during the war.

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One Army nurse dies in a plane crash en route to Korea on July 27, , shortly after hostilities begin. Navy nurses serve on hospital ships in the Korean theater of war as well as at Navy hospitals stateside.

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Eleven Navy nurses die en route to Korea when their plane crashes in the Marshall Islands. Air Force nurses serve stateside, in Japan and as flight nurses in the Korean theater during the conflict. Three Air Force nurses are killed in plane crashes while on duty. Many other servicewomen are assigned to duty in the theater of operations in Japan and Okinawa.

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Military nurses are assigned to the hospitals which deploy during the crisis to support over 10, troops. Later, she is the first woman Marine to serve under hostile fire. Vietnam War : Some 7, American military women serve in Southeast Asia, the majority of them nurses. An Army nurse is the only US military woman to die from enemy fire in Vietnam. An Air Force flight nurse dies when the C-5A Galaxy transport evacuating Vietnamese orphans she was aboard crashes on takeoff.

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Six other American military women die in the line of duty. A staff sergeant becomes the first female technician in the Air Force Reserve. The first Navy women earn military pilot wings. The first woman in the history of the armed forces is promoted to major general.

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The Navy accepts its first woman chaplain. The Supreme Court rules unconstitutional inequities in benefits for the dependents of military women. Until then, military women with dependents were not authorized housing nor were their dependants eligible for the benefits and privileges afforded the dependents of male military members, such as medical, commissary and post exchange, etc. Previous policies required women be discharged upon pregnancy or the adoption of children.

The Air Force places the first woman on operational crew status. The Navy promotes the first woman line officer to rear admiral. The Air Force selects the first woman reservist for the undergraduate pilot training program. The Marine Corps promotes its first woman to brigadier general. The first Army woman is promoted to two-star general. She is also the first woman officer to command a major military installation. Judge John Sirica rules the law banning Navy women from ships to be unconstitutional.

Congress amends the law by opening non combat ships to women.

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The USS Vulcan , a repair ship, receives the first of many Navy women to be assigned shipboard under the amended law. The first woman Naval aviator obtains carrier qualification.

The Marine Corps assigns women as embassy guards. The first woman is assigned to command a Naval Training Command. The Marine Corps prohibits women from serving as embassy guards. Women serve on air crews, as military police, and as transportation specialists. The first woman in any reserve component, an Air Force Reserve officer, is promoted to brigadier general.

The first Air Force Reserve nurse is promoted to brigadier general. A Navy woman becomes the first female jet test pilot in any service. Marine women are again assigned as embassy guards. Two women command Army companies in the operation and three women Army pilots are nominated for Air Medals. NASA selects its first Army woman as an astronaut. The Navy assigns its first woman as Command Master Chief at sea. July 26, May 23, November 10, November 18, June 25, August 2, September 15, November 2, November 28, April 9, June 20, July 27, May 8, April 8, July 15, January 16, April 17, February 20, October 20, November 22, March 8, April 28, February 28, January 20, January 31, July 5, June 8, February 19, April 30, March 30, August 8, August 19, April 12, July 2, November 4, November 21, April 24, May 12, June 6, June 23, April 18, October 23, October 25, July 31, November 9, December 20, August 5, January 4, February 24, April 14, December 21, December 9, September 20, March 3, May 30, September 11, October 7, March 19, March 20, March 23, March 28, March 29, April 2, April 3, April 4, April 5, April 7, April 10, April 13, History of Marines-Part 3.

Contact About us Privacy Policy. Search website. Other Events. Inclusive Date s. Marine disarmament of Japanese. Marines assaulted Chinese. French Indochinese war began. French invaded Vietnam. National Security Act of President Truman signed National Security Act, which organized the armed forces under a single Secretary of Defense , and established a separate Air Force. First Marine amphibious helicopter exercise.

First Marines were brought ashore by helicopter for amphibious exercise at New River, North Carolina.


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    7. First eight enlisted women were sworn in as regular marines. Vacancies filled throughout Marine Corps. All male marines, regardless of race, were assigned to vacancies in any unit. North Korean forces invaded South Korea. North Korean invasion of South Korea started a civil war.

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    Marines landed at Pusan. Korean War. Marines took on the Chinese in North Korea. Marines controlled Yudam-ni. Marines gained momentum against the Chinese. After repulsing eight Chinese divisions, Marines began an epic "breakout" on December 1. Douglas MacArthur. Due to egotistical tendencies, MacArthur was ordered to step down as commanding officer of UN forces.