This Week in Marine Corps History (10/13 -10/19)

13 October 1944: Organized Japanese resistance formally ended on Peleliu although some Japanese fought on for years believing that the war was not over.

14 October 1926: After the brutal robbery and killing of a U. S. Mail truck driver in Elizabeth, NJ, President Calvin Coolidge turned to the Marine Corps for assistance. By Presidential Order, 2,500 Marines began guarding the mail.

15 October 1942: Marine Air Group 11 embarked for the South Pacific.

16 October 1962: The first of the CH-46A helicopters began testing. The first Marine squadrons took these aircraft into service in early 1965.

17 October 1820: LtCol Archibald Henderson was appointed Commandant of the Marine Corps. He served in this position for 38 years.

18 October 2002: It was announced that the I Marine Expeditionary Force, which could serve as a ground vanguard in any strike against Iraq, would soon move most of their headquarters to Kuwait.

19 October 1968: Operation Maui Peak, a combined regimental-sized operation which began on 6 October, ended 11 miles northwest of An Hoa, Vietnam. More than 300 enemy were killed in the 13-day operation.