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2007-06-18 Iraq

Marne Torch air assault yields five detainees

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Posted by Fred 2007-06-18 10:13|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top
File under: Iraqi Insurgency

#1 I can understand Operation Chosin if the Marines were involved (doesn't appear to be) but Marne Torch? Marne was the Brits and the French versus the Germans. Anyway, I wonder how the jarheads feel about the DoD giving the Army an operation in Iraq named Chosin????

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2007-06-18 14:51|| 2007-06-18 14:51|| Front Page Top

#2 The 3rd ID is known as "The Rock of The Marne".

Posted by Jacko 2007-06-18 15:33|| 2007-06-18 15:33|| Front Page Top

#3 2nd Marne, Belleau Wood and Chateau Theiry

Posted by Shipman 2007-06-18 16:30|| 2007-06-18 16:30|| Front Page Top

#4 A Marine Brigade was attached to 3rd ID in 1917.

Posted by Shipman 2007-06-18 16:31|| 2007-06-18 16:31|| Front Page Top

#5 It's where 2 regiments of Marines picked up that funky gold shoulder rope.

Posted by Shipman 2007-06-18 16:33|| 2007-06-18 16:33|| Front Page Top

#6 Ship,

"The 3rd Infantry Division was activated at Camp Greene, North Carolina, in November 1917. Eight months later, at midnight on July 14, 1918 the Division went into combat for the first time. During World War I, as a member of the American Expeditionary Force to Europe the Division earned its name as the "Rock of the Marne," when surrounding units retreated, the 3rd Infantry Division remained. Although the stand was quite successful, the unit suffered many casualties."

Posted by Jacko 2007-06-18 16:50|| http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/3id.htm]">[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/3id.htm] 2007-06-18 16:50|| Front Page Top

#7 Jacko, the 5th and 6th Marine Regiments were attached to the 3rd ID for all those actions and frankly did a shit load of the heavy lifting. :> Got all the PR too.

Posted by Shipman 2007-06-18 18:52|| 2007-06-18 18:52|| Front Page Top

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