5th Marine Division

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United States Marine Corps division infantry division

The 5th Marine Division was a United States Marine Corps infantry division formed during World War II, best known for its pivotal combat role in the Pacific Theater, especially at Iwo Jima.

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Label	Occurrences
5th Marine Division canonical	10

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Marine Corps division ⓘ infantry division ⓘ
activationDate	1943 ⓘ
allegiance	United States of America ⓘ
associatedEvent	Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima ⓘ surface form: iconic Iwo Jima flag-raising photograph
awarded	Presidential Unit Citation (United States) ⓘ surface form: Presidential Unit Citation for Iwo Jima
branchType	Marine infantry ⓘ
commanderAtIwoJima	Major General Keller E. Rockey ⓘ
component	13th Marine Regiment ⓘ 26th Marine Regiment ⓘ 27th Marine Regiment ⓘ 28th Marine Regiment ⓘ 5th Engineer Battalion ⓘ 5th Medical Battalion ⓘ 5th Pioneer Battalion ⓘ 5th Medical Battalion ⓘ surface form: 5th Service Battalion 5th Tank Battalion ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
disbanded	1946 ⓘ
engagement	Iwo Jima amphibious landing ⓘ Battle of Iwo Jima ⓘ surface form: seizure of Mount Suribachi
era	World War II era ⓘ
formedDuring	World War II ⓘ
garrisonDuringWWII	Camp Pendleton, California ⓘ surface form: Camp Pendleton
higherCommand	V Amphibious Corps ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Marine Corps ⓘ
nickname	The Spearhead ⓘ
notableBattle	Battle of Iwo Jima ⓘ
notableFor	raising of the flag on Mount Suribachi by Marines from the division ⓘ
notableUnit	28th Marine Regiment ⓘ surface form: 28th Marine Regiment, 2nd Battalion
participatedIn	occupation duty in Japan after World War II ⓘ
partOf	United States Armed Forces ⓘ
primaryMission	amphibious assault operations ⓘ expeditionary warfare ⓘ
roleAtIwoJima	amphibious assault landing force ⓘ assault division ⓘ
size	division ⓘ
status	inactivated ⓘ
supportElement	artillery regiment ⓘ engineer battalion ⓘ medical battalion ⓘ tank battalion ⓘ
theater	Pacific theater commands ⓘ surface form: Pacific Theater of Operations
trainingLocation	Camp Pendleton, California ⓘ Hawaii ⓘ
type	combined arms formation ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Iwo Jima → primaryUSForces → 5th Marine Division ⓘ

26th Marine Regiment → partOf → 5th Marine Division ⓘ

5th Medical Battalion → partOf → 5th Marine Division ⓘ

5th Medical Battalion → supportedUnit → 5th Marine Division ⓘ

27th Marine Regiment → partOf → 5th Marine Division ⓘ

5th Tank Battalion → partOf → 5th Marine Division ⓘ

5th Tank Battalion → supportedUnit → 5th Marine Division ⓘ

The Spearhead → refersTo → 5th Marine Division ⓘ

28th Marine Regiment → partOf → 5th Marine Division ⓘ

5th Pioneer Battalion → partOf → 5th Marine Division ⓘ