1st Marine Division

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Medal_of_Honor_recipients
gptkbp:branch gptkb:United_States_Marine_Corps
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decorations gptkb:Meritorious_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkbp:engagedIn gptkb:Gulf_War
gptkb:Iraq_War
gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkb:War_in_Afghanistan
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:established 1 February 1941
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Marine_Corps_Base_Camp_Pendleton
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1st Marine Division
gptkbp:insignia blue diamond with white '1' and five stars
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Major_General_Benjamin_T._Watson
gptkbp:motto No better friend, no worse enemy
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Old_Breed
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Guadalcanal
gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkb:Battle_of_Peleliu
Battle of Chosin Reservoir
Battle of Hue
Battle of Inchon
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Alexander_Vandegrift
gptkb:Oliver_P._Smith
James Mattis
gptkbp:notableEvent first major U.S. ground offensive in WWII
oldest and largest active duty division in the USMC
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:United_States_Marine_Corps
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:I_Marine_Expeditionary_Force
gptkbp:size gptkb:division
gptkbp:subordinateUnit gptkb:7th_Marine_Regiment
gptkb:11th_Marine_Regiment
gptkb:1st_Combat_Engineer_Battalion
gptkb:1st_Light_Armored_Reconnaissance_Battalion
gptkb:1st_Marine_Regiment
gptkb:1st_Reconnaissance_Battalion
gptkb:1st_Tank_Battalion
gptkb:3rd_Assault_Amphibian_Battalion
gptkb:5th_Marine_Regiment
gptkbp:website https://www.1stmardiv.marines.mil/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Marine_Corps_Base_Camp_Pendleton
gptkb:Marine_Corps_Base_Twentynine_Palms
gptkb:Guadalcanal_campaign
gptkb:I_Marine_Expeditionary_Force
gptkb:Guadalcanal_Campaign
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5