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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