History of the Second Battalion, Fifth Marines (Classic Reprint) PDF Download

Author: United States Marine Regiment
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780332112121
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 52

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Excerpt from History of the Second Battalion, Fifth Marines During the World War the 5th Regiment marines, as part of the 2d Regular Division, American Expeditionary Forces, fought three of its major five battles as part of the French Army under command of marshal Petain. During each of these battles iisne - Marne Defense, aisne marne Offense (soisscns) and meuse argonne (champagne), the 5th Regiment of Marines distinguished itself as a unit, and for this outstanding service was cited for valor in the Orders of the French Armies of the North and Northeast. In accord ance with the custom in the French Army, the colors of the 5th Regiment were decorated with the Creix de Guerre, and for having received.two Croix de Guerres with Palm, the Reg iment was awarded the French Fourragere. This highly-prized decoration thus became part of the uniform of the 5th Regi ment and all marines who serve in this famous organization are privileged to wear this badge of honor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.