What did the US Marine Corps do in World War 2?

Answer 1

ANSWER

The United States Marines were assigned to take the islands in the Pacific away from the Japanese. The Japanese had expanded their empire southward of their home islands and had taken over many of the South Pacific Island groups. It was the marines that stormed each beach of each island and took the islands away from the Japanese. Some of the more famous battles took place at Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Peleliu, Iwo Jima, Okinawa and many others. The significance of the taking of Iwo Jima cannot be overstated. There was an airfield on the island and the US Air force needed a halfway point from their airfields to Japan and Iwo Jima was perfect. The taking of Iwo Jima by the Marines was a key strategy to defeating the Japanese by taking the war to their homeland.

the marines in ww2 helped as far as infantry and cover artillery. they took Iwo Jima and fought in the Philippine's, they also fought in name and in Korea. the marines were quite possibly the best military branch and still are. they continue their fight in Iraq and in Afghanistan. the marines are still doing their job on the front lines, their stories are sad and true. they've lost countless brothers in arms. Jake rose

The Marine Corps also brought Navajo Code talkers to the islands, since there native language was so hard to learn if you were a Navajo, the Navajo language was the code in WWII that the Marines brought to the battle field.