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		1	2 •1946 1946 Marines from Treasure Island Marine Barracks, under the command of Warrant Officer Charles L. Buckner, aid in suppressing the three-day prison riot at Alcatraz Penitentiary in San Francisco Bay. WO Buckner, a veteran of the Bougainville and Guam campaigns, ably leads his force of Marines without suffering a single casualty.	3	4	5 •1983 1983 A UH-1N helicopter carrying the commander of the American peace-keeping force in Beirut, Lebanon, Colonel James Mead, is hit by machine gun fire. The six Marines aboard escape injury. Colonel Mead and his crew are off in the helicopter to investigate artillery and rocket duels between rival Syrian-backed Druze Moslem militiamen and Christian Phalangists that are endangering French members of the multinational force.
6	7	8 •1995 1995 In the wake of the most devastating storm to hit the New Orleans area in more than 200 years, a group of Marines and sailors from Marine Forces Reserve demonstrate the quick response synonymous with the Navy/Marine Corps team. Within 24 hours of being called, Marines are assisting in the evacuation of 2,500 civilians, and Navy corpsmen treat scores of flood victims.	9	10 •1298 CHARTER ANNIVERSARY 1298 CHARTER ANNIVERSARY THIS MARKS THE ANNIVERSARY OF OUR DETACHMENT BEING FORMED. WITH A HANDFUL OF MARINES AT BROWN'S RESTUARANT IN SPARTA IT CAME TO PASS. MANY THANKS GOES OUT TO OUR CHARTER MEMBERS!! SEVERAL WERE INSTRUMENTAL, CHARLES PUGH,JOHN IRWIN,JOHN WISHON,DAN BUCKLE JR AND DAN III, DAVID AND WES BRINEGAR,AND WALTER BELL. •1945 1945 The 22d Marines, 6th Marine Division, execute a pre-dawn attack south across the Asa River Estuary and seize a bridgehead from which to continue the attack toward Naha, the capital of Okinawa.	11	12
13	14	15	16 •1945 1945 The 22d and 29th Marines continue the attack against Half Moon Hill, a day characterized by the 6th Marine Division as the "bitterest" of the Okinawa campaign. By the 18th, the famed "Shuri line" has been broached.	17	18	19
20	21	22 •1912 1912 First Lieutenant Alfred A. Cunningham, the first Marine officer to be assigned to "duty in connection with aviation" by Major General Commandant William P. Biddle, reports for aviation training at the Naval Aviation Camp at Annapolis, Maryland. Marine aviation has its official beginning.	23	24	25	26 •S L WALDEN S L WALDEN HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! •1969 1969 Operation Pipestone Canyon. 1st Battalion, 26th Marines and 3d Battalion, 5th Marines begin sweeps in the Dodge City / Go Noi areas southwest of Da Nang. Pipestone Canyon terminates at the end of June — with 610 enemy killed in action at a cost of 34 Marines killed.
27	28	29 •1991 1991 Elements of a joint task force that includes the 5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade depart the Bay of Bengal off the coast of Bangladesh after nearly two weeks of disaster relief operations following a devastating cyclone. The joint task force has delivered tons of relief supplies using helicopters, C-130s, and landing craft in Operation Sea Angel.	30	31 •DAN BUCKLE JR DAN BUCKLE JR HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
Detachment #1298 Events Holidays Marine Corps History

The Marine Corps League Walter Frank Osborne, Jr. Detachment 1298 Calendar is updated regularly. Check frequently for upcoming Detachment meetings and events in and around Sparta, North Carolina.

A Note: historical dates and details of events significant to the United States Marine Corps are taken in part from the list compiled by the United States Marine Corps History Division. The focus of the History Division is, naturally enough, research into events long since past — and events of more recent years — namely Operation Iraqi Freedom and the Operation Enduring Freedom have not yet received the full benefit of the History Division’s analysis. Every effort will be made to update the calendar as the actions of the men and women who now uphold the best traditions of United States Marines — and carry the Corps’ colors in the service of their country into the towns and cities of Iraq and through the mountains of Afghanistan become known.

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