When WWII began the total Marine Corps strength was about 65,881 officers and enlisted on active duty, and 18,279 of them were already on duty worldwide on overseas assignments.
Remember Pearl Harbor - 1942 is rated/received certificates of: Sweden:15 USA:Approved
1942
December 7th 1942
The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. yes but that occurred on December 7th 1941 not 1942...
December 7 1942
The Doolittle Raid was retaliation for the attack on Pearl Harbor. It occurred on April 18, 1942. It is also referred to as the Tokyo Raid.
1942. Was moved from Pasadena to Durham (because Duke was playing in it) after the attack on Pearl Harbor not a month before.
It is a Navy base then and still is today. Pacific fleet.
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The bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1942.
Lots of people, but of a historical importance, the Japanese did bomb Pearl Harbor that year.
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps came into being after Pearl Harbor, Women Appointed for Voluntary Emergency Service (WAVE's a U.S. navy organization) didn't exist until 1942. The SPARS the women's reserve of the U.S. Coast Guard, was created in Nov., 1942. The Marine Corps Women's Reserve began in 1943.