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
notableOperationType behind-the-lines raids
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
reasonForDisbandment integration into standard Marine infantry units
role amphibious light infantry
special operations
selectionCriteria combat experience
marksmanship
physical fitness
size battalion-level units
successorUnit 4th Marine Regiment (reconstituted from Raider units)
theaterOfOperations ASIATIC PACIFIC CAMPAIGN
surface form: Pacific Theater
trainingEmphasis amphibious assault
jungle warfare
small-unit tactics
uniformDistinction wearing of Raider patch
unitType commando unit
light infantry

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Marine Raider Training Center trains Marine Raiders
MARSOC Raiders heritage Marine Raiders
this entity surface form: Marine Raiders of World War II
Marine Raider Regiment renamedInHonorOf Marine Raiders
this entity surface form: World War II Marine Raiders
Marine Raider Regiment nickname Marine Raiders
“Quiet Professionals” associatedWith Marine Raiders
subject surface form: Quiet Professionals
Makin Island raid combatant Marine Raiders
this entity surface form: U.S. Marine Raiders
MRTC trains Marine Raiders
subject surface form: Marine Raider Training Center
MRTC namedAfter Marine Raiders
subject surface form: Marine Raider Training Center
3rd Marine Raider Battalion partOf Marine Raiders
4th Marine Raider Battalion partOf Marine Raiders
4th Marine Raider Battalion associatedWith Marine Raiders
this entity surface form: United States Marine Raiders program
Evans Carlson militaryUnit Marine Raiders