Marine Raiders
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Marine Raiders were elite World War II-era United States Marine Corps special operations units known for their amphibious light-infantry raids in the Pacific Theater.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Marine Corps special operations unit
→
World War II military unit → |
| authorizedBy |
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
→
surface form: "Franklin D. Roosevelt"
|
| commemoration |
Marine Raider Regiment
→
surface form: "Marine Raider Regiment (modern USMC special operations unit)"
|
| conflict | World War II → |
| country |
United States of America
→
surface form: "United States"
United States of America → |
| designation |
1st Marine Raider Battalion
→
2nd Marine Raider Battalion → 3rd Marine Raider Battalion → 4th Marine Raider Battalion → |
| dissolutionYear | 1944 → |
| engagement |
Battle of Edson's Ridge
→
Northern Solomons campaign →
surface form: "Bougainville Campaign"
Battle of Guadalcanal →
surface form: "Guadalcanal Campaign"
Makin Island raid → New Georgia Campaign → |
| formationYear | 1942 → |
| influencedBy |
Royal Marines Commandos
→
surface form: "British Commandos"
Chinese guerrilla warfare concepts → |
| legacy | influenced later U.S. special operations doctrine → |
| militaryBranch | United States Marine Corps → |
| motto | Gung Ho → |
| mottoLanguage | Chinese → |
| mottoMeaning | Work Together → |
| notableCommander |
Evans Carlson
→
James Roosevelt II →
surface form: "James Roosevelt"
Merritt A. Edson NERFINISHED → |
| notableOperationType |
behind-the-lines raids
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reconnaissance-in-force → |
| notableTactic | amphibious raids → |
| numberOfBattalions | 4 → |
| partOf |
Fleet Marine Force
→
surface form: "U.S. Marine Corps Fleet Marine Force"
|
| primaryOpponents |
Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan
→
surface form: "Imperial Japanese forces"
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| reasonForDisbandment | integration into standard Marine infantry units → |
| role |
amphibious light infantry
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special operations → |
| selectionCriteria |
combat experience
→
marksmanship → physical fitness → |
| size | battalion-level units → |
| successorUnit | 4th Marine Regiment (reconstituted from Raider units) → |
| theaterOfOperations |
ASIATIC PACIFIC CAMPAIGN
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surface form: "Pacific Theater"
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| trainingEmphasis |
amphibious assault
→
jungle warfare → small-unit tactics → |
| uniformDistinction | wearing of Raider patch → |
| unitType |
commando unit
→
light infantry → |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form: "Quiet Professionals"
this entity surface form: "Marine Raiders of World War II"
this entity surface form: "World War II Marine Raiders"