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- [Richard Nixon] Our
greatness as a nation

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has been our capacity to
do what has to be done

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when we knew our course was right.

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- MAG-12 participated with
many large operations.

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Including the recapture of Hue City

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one of the largest and bloodiest
battles of the Vietnam War.

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After almost five years of combat MAG-12

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was withdrawn from the
Republic of Vietnam in 1970.

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In 1971 first headquarters

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and headquarters squadron
18 deployed to Vietnam.

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On the Republic of
Vietnam they participated

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in 89 total operations.

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- In 1965 third marine division

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deployed first battalion
third marines to Vietnam.

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By the end of the year

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it would have both of it's regiments,

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with the addition of third
reconnaissance battalion

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on the ground.

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In 1967 one nine took over an area

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known as Leatherneck Square,

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for it's high number of marine casualties.

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A month into operations 167
marines had already been killed.

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Hundreds more would follow
during one nine's four years

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in and around Leatherneck Square.

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The battalion went down
in Marine Core history

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for having the highest
killed in action rate.

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Because of their incredible perseverance

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under such daunting challenges,

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one nine earned the
nickname, the walking dead.