The 1st Provisional Marine Brigade was an ad-hoc unit of the United States Marine Corps (Marine Corps logo pictured) that existed periodically from 1912 to 1950. Formed for specific operations and not considered a "permanent" unit, the brigade saw five brief activations for service over forty years. First created for duty in Cuba following the Negro Rebellion, it was next activated in 1941 when it was hastily constructed from the 6th Marine Regiment to garrison Iceland after its occupation by British troops during World War II. The brigade participated in the Battle of Guam in the Pacific War, conducting an amphibious landing on the island and subduing resistance from Japanese troops. It was activated again in a brief organizational shift after the war. The brigade was hastily reformed in 1950 for service in the Korean War. It participated in a counterattack at Masan before reinforcing U.S. Army units during the Battle of Pusan Perimeter, and at the First and Second Battles of Naktong Bulge along the Naktong River. It was deactivated for the last time when it was merged with the 1st Marine Division.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
44 BC:
Dictator Julius Caesar of the Roman Republic was stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus and several other Roman senators. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Julius_Caesar
933:
Franks led by German king Henry I defeated an invading Hungarian army in the Battle of Riade in northern Thuringia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Riade
1820:
As part of the Missouri Compromise, the exclave of Massachusetts known as Maine (map pictured) was given its own U.S. statehood. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine
1917:
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia was forced to abdicate in the February Revolution, ending three centuries of Romanov rule. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_II_of_Russia
1972:
The Godfather, a gangster film based on the novel of the same name by Mario Puzo and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, was released. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Godfather
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
enshrine: 1. (transitive) To enclose (a sacred relic etc.) in a shrine or chest. 2. (transitive) To preserve or cherish (something) as though in a shrine; to preserve or contain, especially with some reverence. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enshrine
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
What comes now? The earth awaits What fierce wonder from the skies? Thunder, trampling through the night? Morning, with illustrious eyes? Morning, from the springs of light: Thunder, round Heaven's opening gates. --Lionel Johnson https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lionel_Johnson
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