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redirect 4th Marine Division is a reserve infantry division of the United States Marine Corps . It is headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana and has units throughout the United States.
Mission
Provide trained combat and combat support personnel and units to augment and reinforce the active component in time of war, national emergency, and at other times as national security requires; and have the capability to reconstitute the Division, if required.
History
World War II
This division was formed by the organization and redesignation of several other units. The
23rd Marine Regiment began as infantry detached from the
3rd Marine Division in February 1943 , the same month that an artillery battalion of the
12th Marines became the genesis of the
14th Marines and engineer elements of the
19th Marines formed the nucleus of the
20th Marines. In March the
24th Marine Regiment was organized, and then in May it was split in two to supply the men for the
25th Marines .
This war-time shuffling provided the major building blocks for a new division. The units were originally separated, however, with the 24th Marines and a variety of reinforcing units (engineer, artillery, medical, motor transport, special weapons, tanks, etc.) at Camp Pendleton in California . The rest of the units were at Camp Lejeune , North Carolina . This East Coast echelon moved to Pendleton by train and transit of the Panama Canal in July and August. When all the units were finally together, the 4th Marine Division was formally activated on 14 August 1943, with Major General Harry Schmidt in command.
After intensive training, it shipped out on 13 January 1944 , and in 13 months made four major amphibious assault s, in the battles of Kwajalein (Roi-Namur ), Saipan , Tinian , and Iwo Jima , suffering more than 17,000 casualties. It was awarded two Presidential Unit Citations and a Navy Unit Commendation , and then deactivated 28 November 1945 .
In February 1966 , it was reactivated as the lead division in the Marine Forces Reserve , and major units later served with distinction in the Persian Gulf.
Organization
As of 2006 , the 4th Division comprises
External links
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