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marines take time to remember two

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iconic battles in our course history .

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The Battle of Chapultepec and the

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Battle of Inchon . On september 13th 18

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47 just outside of Mexico city , US

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marines and soldiers stormed the castle

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of Chapultepec . Upon entering the

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castle known as the halls of Montezuma ,

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they raised the American flag

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symbolizing their victory . The marines

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actions during the battle of

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Chapultepec are immortalized in the

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opening lines of the Marine Corps

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training from the halls of Montezuma to

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honor the a large number of officers

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and noncommissioned officers killed

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during the battle . The blood stripe

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was added to the dress blue uniforms of

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officers and n . C . O . S . More than

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100 years later , on september 15th

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1950 during the korean war , US marines

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conducted an amphibious landing at the

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port of Inchon . Eight hours later ,

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13,000 marines were ashore and

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attacking forward towards Kimpo

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airfield . The landings were a decisive

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victory . Within a month , american

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forces had captured more than 130,000

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enemy troops