Linage of the 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment

Lineage
of

1st Battalion, 7th Marines

1921 - 1924

Activated 1 April 1921 at San Diego California

as the 1st Battalion, 7^th Regiment Assigned during October 1921 to the 5^th Brigade Redesignated 1 December 1921 as the 1st Battalion, 5^th Brigade Redesignated 21 March 1922 as the 1st Battalion, 7^th Regiment Deactivated 1 September 1924

1941-1947

Reactivated 1 January 1941 at Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba as the 1st Battalion, 7^th Regiment

Assigned to the 1^st Marine Brigade, Fleet Marine Force Reassigned during February 1941 to the 1^st 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 3^rd Marine Brigade Deployed during April-May 1942 to Samoa

Detached during August 1942 from the 3^rd Marine Brigade

Reassigned to the 1^st 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 5 March 1947

1950-1964

Reactivated 17 August 1950 at Camp Pendleton, California and

Assigned to the 1^st 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 Participated in the Cuban Missle Crisis, November-December 1962

1965-1974

Deployed during June 1965 to Camp Schwab, Okinawa

Participated in the war in Vietnam, August 1965- September 1970,

Operating from:

CHU LAI DA NANG DAI LOC AN HOA

Relocated during October 1970 to

Camp Pendlelton, California and Reassigned to the 5^th Marine Amphibious Brigade Reassigned during April 1971 to the 1^st Marine Division. Fleet Marine Force Deactivated 6 June 1974 1976-1994

Reactivated 1 April 1976 at Camp Pendleton, California and

Assigned to the 1^st Marine Division Fleet Marine Force Participated in the Battalion rotation between the 3^rd Marine Division on Okinawa and Divisions stationed in the United States during the 1980's

Relocated during January 1990 to MCAGCC

Twentynine Palms, California

Participated in Operations Desert Shield And Desert Storm, Southwest Asia

August 1990 - March 1991

Participated in Operation Restore Hope, Somalia, December 1992 - April 1993