Unit History

At the center is the Navy's Fleet Marine Force Officer (Chaplain) insignia: the gold eagle, globe and anchor on ocean swells breaking on a sandy beach. Unlike the officer and enlisted versions, it has no crossed rifles. Lt Vincent Capodanno, the Navy chaplain of the division's 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, received the Medal of Honor for 4 September 1967 in Vietnam.

Activated: Became the 1st Marine Division on 1 February 1941.

Key battles: Guadalcanal (1942), its first fight as a division; Inchon (15 September 1950); the Chosin Reservoir (1950).

Insignia: Its shoulder patch, the first approved in World War II, carries GUADALCANAL under the stars of the Southern Cross.

Honors: Nine Presidential Unit Citations.

Sources: USMC History Division, Lineage and Honors of 1st Marine Division (2015); 1st Marine Division, official history page; U.S. Navy Uniform Regulations, art. 5201, Breast Insignia.

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