3rd Battalion, 1st Marines

Lineage

1941 - 1949

March 1941
Activated at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba as the 3d Battalion, 1st Marines,
assigned to the 1st Marine Division.

April 1941
Relocated to Parris Island, South Carolina.

18 June 1941
Deactivated.

16 February 1942
Re-activated at New River, North Carolina.

June-July 1942
Deployed to Wellington, New Zealand and Participated in the following World War II Campaigns:
Guadalcanal
Eastern New Guinea
New Britain
Peleliu
Okinawa

September 1945 - April 1946
Participated in the occupation of North China.

15 April 1946
Deactivated at Tientsin, China

1950 - 1964

4 August 1950
Re-activated at Camp Pendleton, California.

September 1950
Deployed to Kobe, Japan.

September 1950 - July 1953
Participated in the Korean War operating from:
Inchon-Seoul
Chosin Reservoir
East Central Front
Western Front

July 1953 - April 1955
Participated in the defense of the Korean Demilitarized Zone.

April 1955
Re-located to Camp Pendleton, California.

October-December 1962
Participated in the Cuban Missile Crisis.

1965 - 1991

September 1965
Deployed to Camp Schwab, Okinawa.

January 1966 - May 1971
Participated in the war in Vietnam operating from:
Chu Lai
Da Nang
Thang Binh
Thanh Thuy
CA LU Combat Base
Hoa Vang

May 1971
Re-located to Camp Pendleton, California.

1980s and 1990s
Designated as Battalion Landing Team 3/1 and deployed to Okinawa for training exercises at various periods.

December 1990 - April 1991
Participated in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Southwest Asia.

1992 - 2008

May 1992
Participated in Riot Control Operations, Los Angeles, California.

February-March 1995
Participated in Operation United Shield, Somalia.

December 1996 - January 1997
Partcipated in Operations Southern Watch and Vigilent Sentinel, Iraq

October 2000 - November 2000
Participated in Operation Determined Response, Yemen

October 2001
Participated in Operation Enduring Freedom.

February 2003
Deployeed to Kuwait in support of Operation Enduring Freedom

March 2003
Participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq

March - May 2003
Participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq

June 2004 - January 2005
Participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom II, Iraq

September 2005 - March 2006
Participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom II, Iraq

April 2007
Designated as Battalion Landing Team 3/1 and deployed with the 13th MEU to Iraq

July 2008
Designated as Battalion Landing Team 3/1 and deployed with the 31st MEU to Okinawa