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Made for a relaxed vibe, this incredibly soft, comfortable fleece is elevated by a unique vintage-inspired pigment dye for a lived-in look and feel.

 

  • 10.9-ounce, garment-dyed 80/20 combed ring spun cotton/recycled polyester

  • 100% ring spun cotton face

  • 2x2 rib knit neck

  • Side seamed

  • 2x2 rib knit cuffs and hem

 

Unit History

India Company Marines have earned at least three Medals of Honor: SSgt William Windrich near Yudam-ni at the Chosin Reservoir on 1 December 1950, PFC Fernando Garcia in Korea on 5 September 1952, and LCpl Richard Pittman near the DMZ in Vietnam on 24 July 1966. The side banners read 浪人 and RONIN, the Japanese word for a masterless samurai.

Activated: 1 June 1917.

Key battles: Belleau Wood (World War I); the Pusan Perimeter, Inchon, Seoul and the Chosin Reservoir (Korea); Operation Swift (Vietnam, 1967).

Name: The Marine Corps' official history of the Chosin Reservoir campaign calls the battalion "Darkhorse."

Honors: 13 Presidential Unit Citations. Sgt Lawrence Peters and Navy chaplain Lt Vincent Capodanno were killed in action during Operation Swift on 4 September 1967, and both received the Medal of Honor.

 

Sources: USMC History Division, Lineage and Honors of 3d Battalion, 5th Marines; 1st Marine Division, official 3/5 page; Congressional Medal of Honor Society; Encyclopaedia Britannica, "rōnin".

3/5 India Company Crew Neck Black Ink

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