3rd Marine Division

GPTKB entity

Statements (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf United States Marine Corps division
gptkbp:activeYearsStart September 16, 1942
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:emblem 3rd Marine Division insignia
gptkbp:engagedIn gptkb:Operation_Starlite
gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Operation_Dewey_Canyon
gptkb:Operation_Prairie
gptkb:Battle_of_Bougainville
gptkb:Battle_of_Guam
Battle of Iwo Jima
Operation Desert Storm
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Camp_Courtney,_Okinawa,_Japan
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 3rd Marine Division
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Major_General_Christian_F._Wortman
gptkbp:motto Fidelity, Honor, Valor
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Fighting_Third
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Bruno_Hochmuth
gptkb:Charles_D._Barrett
gptkb:Raymond_G._Davis
gptkbp:notableEvent Deployed to Vietnam in 1965
Reactivated in 1952 for Korean War
Returned to Okinawa in 1971
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:III_Marine_Expeditionary_Force
gptkbp:role Expeditionary warfare
Amphibious assault
gptkbp:size gptkb:division
gptkbp:subordinateUnit gptkb:1st_Battalion,_3rd_Marines
gptkb:1st_Battalion,_4th_Marines
gptkb:2nd_Battalion,_12th_Marines
gptkb:2nd_Battalion,_3rd_Marines
gptkb:3rd_Battalion,_3rd_Marines
gptkb:3rd_Battalion,_4th_Marines
gptkb:3rd_Combat_Assault_Battalion
gptkb:5th_Battalion,_11th_Marines
gptkb:12th_Marine_Regiment
gptkb:1st_Battalion,_12th_Marines
gptkb:3rd_Battalion,_12th_Marines
gptkb:3rd_Marine_Regiment
gptkb:3rd_Reconnaissance_Battalion
gptkb:4th_Marine_Regiment
gptkb:2nd_Battalion,_4th_Marines
gptkbp:type gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:website https://www.3rdmardiv.marines.mil/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Marine_Corps_Base_Camp_Courtney
gptkb:Marine_Corps_Base_Camp_Hansen
gptkb:Marine_Corps_Base_Camp_Schwab
gptkb:Marine_Corps_Base_Okinawa
gptkb:III_Marine_Expeditionary_Force
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5