2nd Marine Division

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United States Marine Corps division infantry division

The 2nd Marine Division is a major U.S. Marine Corps infantry division renowned for its pivotal amphibious assaults and ground combat operations in the Pacific Theater during World War II and subsequent conflicts.

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Label Occurrences
2nd Marine Division canonical 31
2nd Marine Division (United States) 2
2nd Marine Division Artillery 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Marine Corps division ⓘ
infantry division ⓘ
componentUnit 10th Marine Regiment ⓘ
2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion ⓘ
2nd Combat Engineer Battalion ⓘ
2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion ⓘ
2nd Marine Regiment ⓘ
2nd Reconnaissance Battalion ⓘ
2nd Marine Tank Battalion ⓘ
surface form: 2nd Tank Battalion

6th Marines ⓘ
surface form: 6th Marine Regiment

8th Marines ⓘ
surface form: 8th Marine Regiment
conflict Gulf War ⓘ
Iraq War ⓘ
Korean War ⓘ
Vietnam War ⓘ
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
decorations Afghanistan Campaign Streamer ⓘ
Iraq Campaign Streamer ⓘ
Joint Meritorious Unit Award ⓘ
Korean Service Streamer ⓘ
National Defense Service Streamer ⓘ
Navy Unit Commendation ⓘ
Presidential Unit Citation (United States) ⓘ
surface form: Presidential Unit Citation

Southwest Asia Service Streamer ⓘ
Vietnam Service Streamer ⓘ
World War II Victory Streamer ⓘ
formationDate 1941-02-01 ⓘ
garrison Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune ⓘ
garrisonLocation Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune ⓘ
surface form: Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
higherFormation U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command ⓘ
surface form: United States Marine Corps Forces Command
militaryBranch United States Marine Corps ⓘ
motto Follow Me ⓘ
nickname Follow Me Division ⓘ
The Silent Second ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ
Battle of Okinawa ⓘ
Battle of Saipan ⓘ
Battle of Tarawa ⓘ
Invasion of Tinian ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Tinian
notableOperation Operation Desert Storm ⓘ
Operation Enduring Freedom ⓘ
Operation Iraqi Freedom ⓘ
partOf II Marine Expeditionary Force ⓘ
role amphibious assault operations ⓘ
ground combat operations ⓘ
size division ⓘ
type Marine air-ground task force ground combat element ⓘ
worldWarIIPacificTheaterRole conducted major amphibious assaults in the Central Pacific ⓘ

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

Henderson Field → defendedBy → 2nd Marine Division ⓘ
Battle of Saipan → notableUnit → 2nd Marine Division ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2nd Marine Division (United States)
II Marine Expeditionary Force → hasComponent → 2nd Marine Division ⓘ
Battle of Tarawa → notableUnit → 2nd Marine Division ⓘ
Battle of Tarawa → notableUnit → 2nd Marine Division ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2nd Marines
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune → hasGarrison → 2nd Marine Division ⓘ
8th Marines → partOf → 2nd Marine Division ⓘ
2nd Marine Tank Battalion → partOf → 2nd Marine Division ⓘ
Operation Galvanic → involvedUnit → 2nd Marine Division ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. 2nd Marine Division
6th Marines → partOf → 2nd Marine Division ⓘ
Tenth United States Army → notableSubordinateFormation → 2nd Marine Division ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2nd Marine Division (United States)
The Silent Second → refersTo → 2nd Marine Division ⓘ
Follow Me Division → refersTo → 2nd Marine Division ⓘ
National Defense Service Streamer → usedBy → 2nd Marine Division ⓘ
2nd Marine Regiment → partOf → 2nd Marine Division ⓘ
2nd Combat Engineer Battalion → partOf → 2nd Marine Division ⓘ
2nd Reconnaissance Battalion → partOf → 2nd Marine Division ⓘ
10th Marine Regiment → partOf → 2nd Marine Division ⓘ
10th Marine Regiment → commandStructure → 2nd Marine Division ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2nd Marine Division Artillery
2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion → partOf → 2nd Marine Division ⓘ
2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion → commandStructure → 2nd Marine Division ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2nd Marine Division, II MEF
2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion → partOf → 2nd Marine Division ⓘ
2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion → higherFormation → 2nd Marine Division ⓘ
Julian C. Smith → notableCommand → 2nd Marine Division ⓘ
Richard F. Natonski → militaryUnit → 2nd Marine Division ⓘ
1st Battalion, 8th Marines → partOf → 2nd Marine Division ⓘ
Headquarters and Service Company, 8th Marines → higherFormation → 2nd Marine Division ⓘ
Headquarters and Service Company, 8th Marines → commandStructure → 2nd Marine Division ⓘ
2nd Battalion, 8th Marines → partOf → 2nd Marine Division ⓘ
3rd Battalion, 8th Marines → partOf → 2nd Marine Division ⓘ
3rd Battalion, 8th Marines → commandStructure → 2nd Marine Division ⓘ
2d Tanks → partOf → 2nd Marine Division ⓘ
Major General Julian C. Smith → partOf → 2nd Marine Division ⓘ
subject surface form: Julian C. Smith
Major General Julian C. Smith → militaryCommand → 2nd Marine Division ⓘ
subject surface form: Julian C. Smith
1st Battalion, 6th Marines → partOf → 2nd Marine Division ⓘ
3rd Battalion, 6th Marines → partOf → 2nd Marine Division ⓘ
2nd Battalion, 6th Marines → partOf → 2nd Marine Division ⓘ