Unit History

At the center is the Navy's Fleet Marine Force Officer insignia: a gold eagle, globe and anchor atop two crossed rifles, on ocean swells breaking on a sandy beach, with the eagle, continents and rifles picked out in silver. The American flag and the Marine Corps flag fly behind the division patch.

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.

Print Information:

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