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3rd Battalion, 1st Marines (3/1) is an infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps based out of Camp Horno on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California.
The US Marines 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines (3/1) in Vietnam Command Chronologies & After Action Reports.
The Third Marines were part of the first fighting forces to be inserted to Vietnam in 1965. Their first areas of operation were centered around Danang then moved south to help protect the new base at Chu Lai.
The 3d Marine Division was under the immediate operational control of the U. S. Army’s XXIV Corps which also had the 1st Brigade, 5 th Mechanized Infantry Division in eastern Quang Tri province and the 101st Airborne Division in Thua Thien province.
(Citation) For extraordinary heroism as a Platoon Commander with Company “B”, First Battalion, Third Marines in connection with operations against communist forces in the Republic of Vietnam on 2 April 1966. During Operation ORANGE, Lieutenant Wilson’s platoon became heavily engaged with the enemy near the hamlet of Lap Thuan.
During this period, the Marines established three enclaves in South Vietnam's northern-most corps area, I Corps, and their mission expanded from defense of the Da Nang Airbase to a balanced...
The battalion's first major operation was Operation Starlite where they teamed up with units of the 7th Marines. Operation Starlite was aimed at destroying the 1st Viet Cong (VC) Regiment, which was preparing to attack Chu Lai from the Van Tuong peninsula.
