Description: WW2 FIRST MARINE AMPHIBIOUS CORPS HEADQUARTERS PATCH - 100% Original ;This cut edge , fully Embroidered on Twill material with a Cheese cloth back , no glow patch is a vintage WW2 item, of such high quality it is in the Premium collection Series of US military collectables. Patches of this distinction are truely well above the ordinary patch .Size is 2 inches wide by 2 3/4 inches high, clean with Dated Jan 1945 Sales tag on back Guaranteed authentic or money back, FREE SHIPPING ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I Marine Amphibious Corps From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The I Marine Amphibious Corps, or I MAC, was a formation of the United States Marine Corps. It was created on 1 October 1942, with most of the staff transferred from Amphibious Corps, Pacific Fleet (ACPF). It was then deployed to the South Pacific Area – a U.S.-led multinational military command active during World War II that was a part of the U.S. Pacific Ocean Areas – first to Hawaii, then to New Caledonia.[1] When the Marine Corps was not satisfied with the leadership of its commander, Major General Clayton B. Vogel, Commandant Thomas Holcomb ordered Alexander Vandegrift to take command. Vandegrift, the commander of the 1st Marine Division during the Battle of Guadalcanal was promoted to lieutenant general.[2] General Vandegrift carried on in command of the Corps when its next-designated commander for the invasion of Bougainville, Major General Charles D. Barrett, died following a fall from the balcony of his quarters in New Caledonia.[3] General Vandegrift led I MAC during the invasion and was later made the Commandant. Consisting of the 3rd Marine Division, the 37th Infantry Division of the United States Army, and 8th New Zealand Brigade of the 3rd New Zealand Division, it conducted the invasion of Bougainville. On 15 April 1944, I MAC was renamed the III Amphibious Corps.[4]
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