Marine Corps history November 1 November 1918: 4th Marine Brigade participated in action at Meuse- Argonne. 1 November 1943: I Marine Amphibious Corps landed at Cape Torokina on Bougainville; the 3rdMarDiv landed on Bougainville. 1 November 1956: The 3d Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment helped evacuate Americans from Alexandria, Egypt. 2 November 1931: VS-14M on the USS Saratoga and VS-15M on the USS Lexington were the first Marine carrier-based squadrons. 2 November 1962: LtCol John H. Glenn (first American to orbit the earth and the world's only septuagenarian astronaut) became first Marine pilot awarded the Cunningham Trophy. 3 November 1943: A detachment of the 3d Raider Battalion occupied Torokina Island, Solomon Islands, in support operations at Bougainville. 3 November 1950: Chinese Communists attacked the 1st Marine Division northwest of Hungnam, Korea. 4 November 1948: Col Katherine Towle became the first director of women Marines as regulars and not reservists. 4 November 1976: The first Marine Corps Marathon kicked off in Washington, DC. (I was privileged to run - and complete - the Marine Corps Marathon in 1982.) 5 November 1901: Marines participated in the Battle of Sohotan River, Samar, during the Philippine Insurrection. 5 November 1915: Marines under Major Smedley D. Butler captured the stronghold at Fort Capois, Haiti. 5 November 1949: First enlisted pilots to fly "Shooting Star" begin training at El Toro.
6 November 1827: Marines prepared to fight pirates at Andros, Greece. 6 November 1854: The morning report showed the Marine Corps totaled 63 officers and 1,389 enlisted men. 7 November 1941: The Marine Corps Reserve of 23 battalions completed its mobilization. 7 November 1942: Women's Reserve Reestablished. 8 November 1861: Battle of Port Royal, South Carolina. 8 November 1942: The 2nd Raider Battalion began its 150-mile perimeter patrol on Guadalcanal. 8 November 1942: British and American troops land in North Africa. Marines took over enemy ships in Algeria harbor. 9 November 1943: David. M. Shoup promoted to Colonel and assigned as C.O. of 2nd Marines. 9 November 1968: Marine Major Walter Cunningham received Apollo 7 astronaut wings. 9 November 1989: The Berlin Wall began to crumble. 10 November 1775: The Continental Congress authorized the creation of the Marine Corps. 241 years and still counting. 10 November 1992: Flags were lowered at Marine Barracks, Guam for the last time. It was established on 1 August 1899. 11 November 1918: Armistice Day. WW I ended on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of the year. Veteran's Day 12 November 1824: Marines landed at Fajardo, Puerto Rico to protect Americans.
12 November 1946: Gerald C. Thomas, the first Marine to rise from private to general, rank by rank, received his second Legion of Merit. 13 November 1962: 400 Marines (3/4) flew to Guam to assist with typhoon damage. 13 November 1968: Operation Daring Endeavor was commenced by the 7th Marine Regiment in Vietnam. 14 November 1966: First 4 year Jr. ROTC unit is commissioned. 14 November 1967: Major General Bruno Hochmuth, CG, 3rdMarDiv, died in a helicopter accident in Vietnam. 15 November 1923: 50 missionaries protected by Marines at Tungshan, China. 15 November 1950: Elements of the 1stMarDiv reached the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea. 16 November 1856: Marines participated in the Battle of Barrier Forts in China. 16 November 1899: Marines from the USS Castine and the USS Manila captured Zamboanga, Philippines. 16 November 1942: VMF(N)-531 commissioned at Cherry Point, North Carolina. First Night Fighter Squadron. 17 November 1859: Melody utilized in "The Marines' Hymn" premiered in Offenbach's operetta. 17 November 1915: Leatherneck Magazine established. 18 November 1915: Marines participated in the Battle of Fort Riviere during the occupation of Haiti. 18 November 1955: A memorial honoring the 4th Marine Brigade was dedicated at Belleau Wood, France by General Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr.
19 November 1847: Marines repulse an Indian attack - San Jose, Lower California. 19 November 1879: The Argentine Marine Corps was founded. 20 November 1943: The 2ndMarDiv landed at Betio ISland, Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands. 20 November 1947: Major Bill Hendricks and Marine reservists started Toys For Tots in Los Angeles around this date. The Marine Corps Reserve adopted the program one year later. 21 November 1836: Marines and Soldiers took action against the Seminole Indians at Wahoo Swamp, Florida. 21 November 1933: Major C. L. Forndey and a Navy Commander set new balloon record - 61,237 feet. 22 November 1776: Marines raid Canso Harbor. 22 November 1943: Tarawa was secured after 72 hours of bitter fighting. 22 November 1991: Colonel Gary Blair, CO, Marine Barracks GDE, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and BGen George Walls Jr., CG/JTF, gave humanitarian needs for Haitian migrants during Operation "Gitmo." 23 November 1945: V Amphibious Corps relieved 5thMarDiv in Japan. 23 November 1950: Thanksgiving was celebrated in Korea with a temperature of 20 degrees below zero. 24 November 1775: Marines of Washington's fleet board British brig in Boston Bay. 24 November 1942: The 1stMAW established the South Pacific Combat Air Transport(SCAT). 25 November 1855: American interests in Uruguay protected by seagoing Marines.
25 November 1958: The Marine Corps grade structure was revised to make room for additional ranks (E8/E9). 26 November 1918: 14th and 15th Marines formed at Quantico, Virginia. 26 November 1944: Marines participated in the Marshall Island Operations, WW II. 27 November 1941: The 4th Marine Regiment departed Shanghai, China to strengthen forces at Olongapo, Philippines. 27 November 1950: Chinese Communists launched an attack, surrounding Marines at Chosin Reservoir, Korea. 28 November 1812: Marines participated in the "Battle of Red House" in Canada. 29 November 1804: Lt Presley O'Bannon and seven Marines landed in Alexandria, Egypt. 29 November 1948: 9th Marines went to Shanghai to evacuate U. S. nationals. 30 November 1936: 16th CMC Major General John H. Russell, Jr. retired. 30 November 1962: MSgt Catherine Murray was the first woman Marine to transfer to the FMCR.