22nd Marine Regiment (United States)
| 22nd Marine Regiment | |
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22nd Marines insignia
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| Active | 1942 – 46; 1947 – 49 |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | United States Marine Corps |
| Type | Infantry regiment |
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| Decorations | Navy Unit Commendation (2), Presidential Unit Citation |
The 22nd Marine Regiment (22nd Marines) is an inactive United States Marine Corps infantry regiment. The 22nd Marines was activated in June 1942 during World War II. The Marine regiment was under the command of a task force, the 1st Provisional Marine Brigade, and the 6th Marine Division, fighting in the battles of Eniwetok, Guam, and Okinawa. The regiment served in northern China following the war and were subsequently inactivated in March 1946.
The 22nd Marines was reactivated at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia in 1947 and was fully inactivated in October 1949.
The 22nd Marine Regiment was composed of three infantry battalions and one headquarters battalion. The 22nd Marines initially also had a 2nd Separate Howizer Battalion which would eventually become a battalion within the 15th Marine Regiment of the 6th Marine Division upon its formation.
The 22nd Marine Regiment was activated on June 1, 1942 at Camp Elliot in San Diego, California (Linda Vista tent area) — the first infantry regiment (regimental combat team) designated as an "independent" unit after the start of World War II. On June 18, the 22nd Marines embarked for the Pacific theater, where the regiment was used for island defense while doing small unit training for about a year and a half — first in the jungles of western Samoa and then beginning in November 1943, Maui, Hawaii and Wallis Island — before seeing combat in February 1944.
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