Lineage
February 1941, 2d Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force Elements deployed to Iceland
July 1941 - March 1942, Deployed to the South Pacific
January 1942 - January 1943, Participated in the following World War II campaigns: GUADALCANAL, SOUTHERN SOLOMONS, TARAWA, SAIPAN, TINIAN, OKINAWA
September 1945 - June 1946, Deployed to Nagasaki Japan and participated in the occupation of Japan
June - July 1946, Relocated to Camp Lejeune, NC
July - October 1958, Elements participated in the landings in Lebanon
October - December 1962, Participated in the Cuban Missile Crisis
April - June 1965, Elements participated in the intervention in the Dominican Republic
August 1982, Elements participated as part of the Multinational Peace Keeping Force in Lebanon
October - November 1983, Elements participated in the landing on Grenada-Carriacou
1990 - 1991, Participated in Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Persian Gulf
January - May 2003, Participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Southwest Asia
August 2004 - Present, Participating in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom 2, 04-06
Honors
PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION STREAMER with two BRONZE STARS
NAVY UNIT ACCOMMODATION STREAMER
CHINA SERVICE STREAMER
AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE STREAMER with one BRONZE STAR
EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN STREAMER
ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN STREAMER with one SILVER STAR and two BRONZE STARS
WORLD WAR II VICTORY STREAMER
NAVY OCCUPATION SERVICE STREAMER with "ASIA" and "EUROPE" CLASPS
NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE STREAMER with one BRONZE STAR
ARMED FORCES EXPEDITIONARY STREAMER with three BRONZE STARS
MARINE CORPS EXPEDITIONARY STREAMER with one BRONZE STAR
SOUTHWEST ASIA SERVICE STREAMER with two BRONZE STARS