April 19th inMarine Corps History.........

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1864: North Coralina; Marines on board the gunboat Miami exchange fire with sailors aboard the Confederate ironclad Albermarle during a battle at the mouth of the Roanoke River in North Coralina.

1945: Okinawa; XXIV Corps launches a major assault on the Shuri Line, employing three divisions abreast.

1952: Mediterranean; 3/6 departs Morehead City to become the new landing force of the Sixth Fleet. It will return on 20 October. This marks the first extension of this deployment to six months, which later will become the standard.

1975: Force Structure; 9th MAB, recently activated and consisting of 31st, 33rd and 35th MAUs, reorganizes in preparation for evacuation operations in Vietnam. MAG-39 is activated on board command ship Blue Ridge (LCC-19) to command the air units (HMH-462 and 463, HMM-165, HML-367 and HMA-369), while the BLTs (1/9, 3/9 and 2/4) are consolidated into RLT4. Mag -39 remains in existence until 12 May.

Sempers,

Roger