the famed 1st Marine Division — the oldest, largest and most decorated division of the U.S. Marine Corps — defeated Japanese forces in a turning point of WWII. 1ST TO FIGHT: PACIFIC WAR ...
The "Sledge" title is in honor of its namesake, Pfc. Eugene Sledge, who fought in the Battle of Peleliu with the 1st Marine Division and later authored one of the key Marine memoirs of the war ...
When World War II Marine Corps hero Gunnery Sgt ... where he served as a machine gun section leader with the 1st Battalion, 27th Marines, Fifth Marine Division during the initial assault on ...