WW1 US MARINE CORPS 2ND DIV 2ND BN 5TH REGT 55TH CO MARINES ID'd PHOTO POSTCARD for Sale

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WW1 US MARINE CORPS 2ND DIV 2ND BN 5TH REGT 55TH CO MARINES ID'd PHOTO POSTCARD For Sale

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WW1 US MARINE CORPS 2ND DIV 2ND BN 5TH REGT 55TH CO MARINES ID'd PHOTO POSTCARD:
$999.00

ORIGINAL! RARE!WW1 U.S. MARINE CORPS 2ND DIV. 2ND BN. 5TH REGT. 55TH CO. MARINES ID'd PHOTO POSTCARD RPPC

WW1 U.S. MARINE CORPS 2ND DIVISION 2ND BATTALION 5TH REGIMENT 55TH COMPANY MARINES ID'd PHOTO POSTCARD RPPC.

WW1 U.S. MARINE CORPS 2ND DIVISION, 2ND BATTALION, 5TH REGIMENT, 55TH COMPANY, MARINES POSE AS A U.S. MARINE CORPS RUGBY TEAM ON A RUGBY FIELD INKOBLENZGERMANY IN 1919. THE PHOTO POSTCARD IS NICELY PERIOD HAND ID'D BY THE 12 TEAM MEMBERS WITH EACH OF THEIR:

FIELD POSITION, NAME, RANK.

PERIOD HAND OPAQUED ID IN THE LOWER LEFT NEGATIVE:

GERMANY - 1918 - 1919.

2nd Battalion 5th Marines was formed on July 1, 1914 and immediately sailed to the Caribbean to quell political turmoil in the Dominican Republic and Haiti. In June 1917, as part of the United States' entry into World War I, the battalion sailed for France with the rest of the 5th Marine Regiment and the American Expeditionary Force. At the time the battalion was composed of four companies; the 18th, 43rd, 51st and 55th. They fought during the Battle of Belleau Wood, Soissons, and the Meuse-Argonne campaign and were twice awarded the French Croix de guerre with Palm. To this day, members of the Battalion wear the French Fourragère representing this award. Following the armistice of 1918, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines was assigned to occupation duties in Germany until their return to Quantico, Virginia in August 1919.

WW1 ENGAGEMENTS;

(AISNE OPERATION, 1-5 JUNE 1918)

(AISNE-MARNE OPERATION, 18-20 JULY 1918)

(ST MIHIEL OPERATION, 12-16 SEPTEMBER 1918)

(MEUSE-ARGONNE OPERATION, 29 SEPTEMBER-10 OCTOBER,

21-22 OCTOBER AND 25 OCTOBER-11 NOVEMBER 1918)

(DEFENSE SECTOR OPERATION, TOULON-TROYON SECTOR,

18 MARCH-13 MAY 1918 CHATEAU-THIERRY SECTOR,

6 JUNE-16 JULY 1918, MARBACHE SECTOR,

6-16 JULY 1918 AND LIMEY SECTOR, 10-11 SEPTEMBER 1918)

ARMY OF OCCUPATION OF GERMANY STREAMER

(13 DECEMBER 1918 - 19 JULY 1919)