8th Marines

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United States Marine Corps regiment infantry regiment

The 8th Marines is a United States Marine Corps infantry regiment renowned for its fierce combat role in World War II Pacific campaigns, including the brutal amphibious assault on Tarawa.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
8th Marine Regiment	8
8th Marines canonical	2

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Marine Corps regiment ⓘ infantry regiment ⓘ
allegiance	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
awarded	Presidential Unit Citation (United States) ⓘ surface form: Presidential Unit Citation
awardedFor	actions at Tarawa ⓘ actions in World War II Pacific campaigns ⓘ
branchColor	scarlet and gold ⓘ
conflict	Global War on Terrorism ⓘ Gulf War ⓘ Korean War ⓘ Vietnam War ⓘ World War II ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
doctrine	Marine Air-Ground Task Force operations ⓘ
employer	Department of the Navy ⓘ surface form: United States Department of the Navy
function	ground combat element ⓘ
garrison	Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune ⓘ
higherFormation	II Marine Expeditionary Force ⓘ
languageOfCommand	English ⓘ
location	Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune ⓘ surface form: Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
militaryBranch	United States Marine Corps ⓘ
motto	More than duty ⓘ
nickname	Eight Marines ⓘ
notableBattle	Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ Battle of Saipan ⓘ Battle of Tarawa ⓘ Invasion of Tinian ⓘ surface form: Battle of Tinian
notableFor	brutal amphibious assaults in the Pacific ⓘ fierce combat performance in World War II ⓘ
notableOperation	amphibious assault on Tarawa ⓘ
partOf	2nd Marine Division ⓘ
role	infantry ⓘ
service	United States Marine Corps ⓘ
serviceStatus	active duty unit ⓘ
size	regimental-sized unit ⓘ
specialization	amphibious assault ⓘ expeditionary warfare ⓘ
subunit	1st Battalion, 8th Marines ⓘ 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines ⓘ 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines ⓘ Headquarters and Service Company, 8th Marines ⓘ
theater	Pacific theater commands ⓘ surface form: Pacific Theater of Operations
type	regiment ⓘ
uniform	Marine Corps utility uniforms ⓘ surface form: United States Marine Corps combat utility uniform
worldWarIICampaign	Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign ⓘ surface form: Gilbert Islands campaign Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ surface form: Guadalcanal campaign Marianas campaign ⓘ