US Marine Corps Recruit Depot - Yearbook (Parris Island, SC)

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THE MENTAL AND MORAL QUALITIES ofthe United States Marine have been tested constantly since the birth of the nation. All through the long history of the Marine Corps there are examples, both in war and peace, of his versatility, trustworthiness, singleness and tenacity of purpose, cour- age, faithfulness and self-sacrifice. The rich tradition of the Corps dates back to November 10, 1775, when it was established by the Contintental Con- gress. In the Revolutionary War, the Marines fought against the British Fleet on the ships of john Paul jones, and made their first amphibious landing on the beaches of the Baha- mas in 1776. Marines ended their war with the Mediterra- nean pirates when they planted the Stars and Stripes over the pirate stronghold of Derne, in Tripoli, after a six- hundred-mile march across the desert of North Africa. In the War of 1812, they fought on Lake Champlain and Lake Erie, and were with General jackson behind the barricades at New Orleans. They defeated the Seminole Indians in the dense swamps of Florida in 1836, and fought under General Scott in the Mexican War of 1846-48. Their first visit to japan came in 1854 as guard detachments from the ships of Commodore Perryls fleet. Under the command of Colonel Robert E. Lee, U.S.A., Marines captured john Brown at Harper's Ferry in 1859. They fought savages in Formosa in 1867, and stormed the barrier forts of Korea in 1871. During the Spanish-American War, a single battalion of Marines held the naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, against 6,000 Spaniards, while oth- er Leathernecks distinguished themselves at the Battle of Santiago and with Dewey at Manila. They helped quell the Boxer Rebellion in China in 1900, and from then on until World War I, men of the Corps campaigned in the Philip- pines, Cuba, Mexico, Haiti, and Santo Domingo to protect American lives and property. On the battlefields of France, Marines were called H Devil Dogsu by the Germans because of their courage and tenaci- ty of attack. In the first World War, the Fourth Brigade of Marines took part in five operations as part of the famed Second Division of the A. E. F. - Belleau Wood, Soissons, St. Mihiel, Chapagne, and the Meuse-Argonne. Marine units were decorated six times by the French during these campaigns. The interim between world wars found the Marines en- gaged in developing the technique of amphibious warfare and in their traditional pursuits around the globe, from guarding the U.S. mails to fighting bandits in Nicaragua. World War II saw the men who wear the eagle, globe, and an anchor valiantly defend Wake Island and Bataan and then spearhead the amphibious landings across the Pacific . .. in the Solomons, at Tarawa, Saipan, Guam, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa, to name a few. Following the war, Marines found a new type of service - duty with United Nations Forces in Korea, The United States Marine Corps, rich in tradition and world-famed for its battle record and esprit de corps, plays an important role as the nation's Kforce-in-readinessn to help keep the peace throughout the world today.

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SERGEANT MAJOR FREDRICK G. CANFIELD, USMC SERGEANT MAJOR, RECRUIT TRAINING REGIMENT SERCEANT MAJOR FREDRICK G. CANFIELD assumed the duties as Ser- geant Major of the Recruit Training Regiment on 15 October 1979. Sergeant Major of the First Recruit Training Battalion prior to his new assignment, Sergeant Major CANFIELD has over 28 years active service, including a tour in Korea and two combat tours in Vietnam. Sergeant Major CANFIELD enlisted in the Marine Corps on 7 February 1952 and received recruit training at Parris Island, South Carolina. His first assign- ment was with Guard and Police Unit, Camp Barrett, Virginia, followed by duty with the 22nd Regimental Combat Team in Quantico, Virginia. Sergeant Major CANFIELD later served as a Squad Leader and Platoon Guide with C Company, First Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Ist Marine Division in Korea. Returning to the continental United States in March of 1955, he was assigned duties with the M-35 Section, Service Battalion, Marine Corps Base, Quantico, Virginia, In April 1956 he attended Drill Instructor School at Parris Island, South Carolina and served there as a junior Drill Instructor and Senior Drill Instructor for 34 recruit platoons. Transferred to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina during january 1960, he served as an Infantry Platoon Sergeant and Training NCO for the 6th Marines, 2nd Marine Division and in 1961 as a Military Police Supervisor with Marine Corps Base. Transfered to Marine Barracks, Quonset Point, Rhode Island, he served as Platoon Sergeant, Guard Chief of the Marine Barracks from 1962 to 1964. Returning to Camp Lejeune, he was assigned duties as 81mm Mortar Platoon Sergeant, Ist Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division with Tem- porary Additional Duties as a Platoon Commander at the Infantry Training Regiment. Transferred in 1964 to the 3rd Marine Division, Okinawa, and assigned duties as Company Gunnery Sergeant, A Company, Srcl AntiTank Battalion and as advisor to the 39th Ranger Battalion, Army of the Republic of Vietnam. Returning to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina in 1965, he served as the Non- Commissioned Officer in Charge of Weapons Section, Infantry Training Regi- ment and as 1st Sergeant of W Company Infantry Training Regiment, Marine Corps Base. Transferred to Officer Candidate School, Marine Corps Base, Quantico, Virginia during 1967, he served as Company Gunnery Sergeant and as lst Sergeant for A and B Companies. Returning to Vietnam in 1968, he served as Ist Sergeant, C Company, Ist Battalion, 9th Marines and B Company, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division. In 1969, upon returning from overseas, he was assigned as Ist Sergeant, Inspector Instructor Staff in Harris- burg, Pennsylvania, During 1978 he was transferred to the Ist Marine Aircraft Wing, Iwakuni, japan as Sergeant Major of VMA-211. Returning from overseas in 1974, he was assigned as Sergeant Major, 8th Engineer Support Battalion, Force Troops, FMF Atlantic. In january 1976, he assumed duties as Sergeant Major, Marine Corps Air Station, Kenehoe Bay, Hawaii until july 1979 when he was assigned to Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina. As the Sergeant Major, First Recruit Training Battalion prior to assuming his present assignment. Sergeant Major CANFIELD is married to the former Anne Marie GIROUX of St. Albans, Vermont. The CANFIELD's have four children, Fredrick, Deb- orah, Ricky and Randy.

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