Linage of the 3d Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment

Lineage
of

3rd Battalion, 7th Marines

1941 - 1946

Activated 1 January 1941 at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
as the 3rd 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,

Deactivated 15 April 1946

1950-1964

Reactivated 11 September 1950 at Kobe, Japan 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 1965-1997

Deployed during June 1965 to Camp Schwab, Okinawa

Participated in the war in Vietnam, July 1965- October 1970,

Operating from:

QUI NHON DA NANG CHU LAI DUC PHO AN HOA DAI LOC

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.

Participated in the Battalion rotation between the 3^rd Marine Division on Okinawa and Divisions stationed in the United States during the 1980's and the 1990's

Relocated during January 1989 to Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, and Reassigned to the 7th Marine Expeditionary Brigade.

Reassigned during January 1990 to the 1^st Marine Division

Participated in Earthquake relief operations in the Philippines

July - September 1990

Participated in Operations Desert Shield And Desert Storm, Southwest Asia

January - April 1991

Element Participated in Operation United Shield, Somalia

February - March 1995