to the field
TO the boondocks
TO the river
up the river
hit the beach
we have landed
THE COLORS ARE HERE
WELCOME TO THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS WEBPAGE FROM SAPULPA,OKLAHOMA.
OUR MISSION AND OBJECTIVES ARE CLEAR
WE MAKE MARINES. WE WIN BATTLES.
HERE IS A LITTLE OF HISTORY OF THE MARINE CORPS.
IN 1775 THE CONTENTAL CONGRESS AUTHORIZED
CAPTAIN SAMUEL NICHOLAS TO FORM TWO BATTLIONS OF MARINES TO
BE PLACED ON NAVAL SHIPS TO PROTECT THEM FROM THE BRITISH
ROYAL NAVY.
DURING THE CIVIL WAR THERE WAS MARINES ON BOTH
THE UNION ARMY AND THE CONFEDERATE ARMY FIGHTING FOR WHAT THEY
BELIEVED IN.
DURING WORLD WAR I, THE MARINES WERE A PART OF
THE MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE UNDER THE COMMAND OF THE FRENCH
AND BRITISH ARMY COMMANDERS. THE MOST GLORIOUS MOMENT FOR THE
MARINES AT THAT TIME WAS BELLEAU WOOD IN GERMANY, AND THAT WAS
WHERE THE MARINES GOT THE NAME DEVIL DOGS OR IN GERMAN
TULFENHANDEN.
"EVERY MARINE IS A RIFLEMAN".
ON 7 DECEMBER 1941, THE JAPANESE BOMBED THE
AMERICAN FLEET AT PEARL HARBOR, AND KILLED 1,178 MARINES, SAILORS,
SOLDIERS AND AIRMAN IN A LESS THAN 2 HOURS. ON 8 DECEMBER 1941
FRANLIN D. ROOSEVELT DECLARED WAR ON JAPAN.
FOR THE FIRST 6 MONTHS OF THE WAR THE ALLIES LOST
ALMOST EVERY BATTLE AGAINST THE JAPS. BUT AT GUADALCANAL THE MARINES
ALONG WITH THE NAVY, ARMY, AND AIRFORCE IN SUPPORT, TOOK THE ISLAND
AND THE ALMOST COMPLETE AIR BASE THAT WAS MOST IMPORTANT TO THE JAPS
BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THEY COULD BOMB MAINLAND UNITED STATES
VERY EASY.
THE NEXT BIGGEST BATTLE IN THE PACIFIC WAS THE
BATTTLE OF IWO JIMA ISLAND. THIS ISLAND IS ONLY 600 MILES FROM
MAINLAND JAPAN, AND ALREADY HAD AN AIRFIELD BUILT ON THE FAR SIDE
OF THE ISLAND, BEHIND THE MOUNTAIN. THIS ISLAND WAS ONE OF THE LAST
HOPES THAT JAPAN HAD BEFORE THE MAINLAND WAS INVADED. 6,000 MARINES
DIED BEFORE THE ISLAND WAS SECURED IN LATE MARCH 1945.
THE LAST BATTLE BEFORE MAINLAND JAPAN WAS THE BATTLE OF
OKNAWA. THIS ISLAND WAS ONLY 100 MILES FROM MAINLAND JAPAN AND ALL THE
REMAINING JAPANESE ARMY WAS BASED AT THIS ISLAND. 140,000 JAPANESE DIED
ON THAT ONE ISLAND AND 43,000 ALLIED SOLDIERS DIED IN THAT ONE BATTLE.
THIS WAS BY FAR THE BLOODIES BATTLE OF THE PACIFIC THEATER IN
WORLD WAR II.
AFTER OKNAWA WAS TAKEN THE ENOLA GAY DROPPED AN ATOMIC
BOMB ON THE JAPANESE CITY OF HIROSHIMA AND TWO DAYS LATER DROPPED ANOTHER
ATOMIC BOMB ON THE JAPANESE CITY OF NAGISAKI. ONE MONTH LATER THE JAPANESE
SIGNED A FULL SURENDER ON THE DECKS OF THE USS MISSOURI IN TOKYO HARBOR
ENDING WORLD WAR II.