Overview

This is the second volume of a chronology of Marine Corps activities which covers the history of the U. S. Marines. It is derived from official records and appropriate published historical works. This chronology is published .for the information of all interested in Marine Corps activities d ring the period, 1935-1946 and is dedicated to those Marines who participated in the events listed. This chronology is presented principally as a ready reference by time sequence to Marine Corps activities from the introduction of amphibious concepts in 1935 to the return to peacetime strength after World War II. The period 1941-1946, moreover, has been organized by geographic area so that the reader can place Marine Corps activities in proper perspective to world events. An exception to the use of geographic designations is the heading "USMC" employed to provide for those entries which effect the Marine Corps in its entirety. Because significant events prior to 1941 are limited, the geographic categorization was omitted in those years.