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Marines Celebrate 175 Years of Battle History
On November 10 1775 Congress authorized two Marine battalions and the Corps began a long record of combat. Under Captain Samuel Nicholas about 200 Marines and 50 sailors seized Forts Montagu and Nassau in the Bahamas. Marines fought in Tripoli 1804 the 1812 era Civil War Cuba and Spanish American War battles in Mexico World War I Chateau Thierry and World War II campaigns at Guadalcanal Bougainville Saipan Iwo Jima Okinawa and other Pacific fronts.
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Continental Congress
Continental Marines
Samuel Nicholas
Montagu
Nassau
Bahamas
America
Tripoli
Mexico
Monterey
Yerba Buena
San Francisco
Mazta Jan
Cuba
Chateau Thierry
Guadelcanal
Bougainville
Saipan
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Pacific