2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment
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2/7 Lineage
- 1941-1947
- Activated 1 January 1941 at Guantanamo Bay, as the 2d Battalion, 7th Marines and assigned to the 1st Marine Brigade, Fleet Marine Force
- Reassigned during February 1941 to the 1st Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force
- Relocated during April 1941 to Parris Island, South Carolina
- Relocated during September 1941 to New River, North Carolina
- Attached during March 1942 to the 3d Marine Brigade
- Deployed during April 1942 to Samoa
- Detached during August 1942 from the 3d Marine Brigade and reassigned to the 1st Marine Division
- Participated in the following World War II Campaigns
- Guadalcanal
- Eastern New Guinea
- New Britain
- Peleliu
- Okinawa
- Participated in the occupation of North China, September 1945-January 1947
- Relocated during January 1947 to Camp Pendleton, California
- Deactivated 26 February 1947
- 1940-1964
- Reactivated 17 August 1950 at Camp Pendleton, California, and assigned to the 1st Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force
- Deployed during September 1950 to the Republic of Korea
- Participated in the Korean War, September 1950-July 1953, Operating from
- Inchon-Seoul
- Chosin Reservoir
- East Central Front
- Western Front
- Participated in the defense of the Korean Demilitarized Zone, July 1953-March 1955
- Relocated During March 1955 to Camp Pendleton, California
- 1965-2007
- Deployed during June 1965 to Camp Schwab, Okinawa
- Participated in the war in Vietnam, July 1965-October 1970, Operating from
- Qui Nhon
- Chu Lai
- Da Nang
- Dai Loc
- An Hoa
- Relocated during October 1970 to Camp Pendleton, California, and reassigned to the 5th Marine Amphibious Brigade
- Reassigned during April 1971 to the 1st Marine Division
- Participated in the battalion rotation between the 3d Marine Division on Okinawa and divisions stationed in the United States during the 1980s
- Relocated during January 1990 to Twentynine Palms, California
- Participated in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Southwest Asia, August 1990-March 1991
- Participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq, March-October 2004, July 2005-January 2006, and February-August 2007
- 2008 - Current
- Participated in Operation Enduring Freedom - Afghanistan, March 2008 through November 2008, Operating from:
- Camp Bastion
- Sangin
- Gereshk
- Musa Qaleh
- Now Zad
- Delaram
- Golestan
- Bakwa
- Farah Rud