LINEAGE
OF
III MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE SUPPORT BATTALION
1943 – 1946
ACTIVATED 18 JANUARY 1943 AS SPECIAL AND SERVICE BATTALION NOUMEA,
NEW CALEDONIA, AND ASSIGNED TO CORPS TROOPS, I MARINE AMPHIBIOUS CORPS
REDESIGNATED 1 SEPTEMBER 1943 AS HEADQUARTERS AND SERVICE BATTALION
RELOCATED DURING OCTOBER 1943 TO GUADALCANAL
I MARINE AMPHIBIOUS CORPS REDESIGNATED 15 APRIL 1944 AS III AMPHIBIOUS CORPS
PARTICIPATED IN THE FOLLOWING WORLD WAR II CAMPAIGNS
BOUGAINVILLE
NORTHERN SOLOMONS
GUAM
PALAU ARCHIPELAGO
OKINAWA
REDEPLOYED DURING SEPTEMBER 1945 TO TIENTSIN, CHINA
PARTICIPATED IN THE OCCUPATION OF NORTH CHINA, SEPTEMBER 1945 – JUNE 1946
DEACTIVATED 10 JUNE 1946
2018 – 2019
REACTIVATED 22 MARCH 2018 AT OKINAWA, JAPAN, REDESIGNATED AS III MARINE
EXPEDITIONARY FORCE SUPPORT BATTALION AND REASSIGNED TO
III MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE