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To the best of my knowledge, Marines did not serve anywhere but the Pacific in World War II. They were part of the Navy, and used for invasions of various islands in the Pacific. The Army also participated in the Pacific, whereas the Marines did not participate at D-Day or in any European or African theatre of war. Although D-Day was an invasion from the sea, the Marines were not involved in it.

When speaking of units, the above may be correct, however, there were

Marine detachments aboard all Navy Capital Ships, and a small number of

Marines served in the ETO in Staff capacities and as Observers, members

of the OSS, and other speciaist units. If there was a Cruiser or a Carrier

or a Battelship at Normandy for D-Day then there was a Marine involved.

Semper Fi.

True that. One of my uncles served in the Army in North Africa and South France, and in the Navy during Korea. US Navy battleships, carriers, and cruisers had a few US Marines. I remember this because my uncle said one of them told a soldier from the 10th Mountain Division that he had not even earned his C-rations, whereupon the soldier from the 10th punched the Marine in the mouth and knocked him out. There was no need for a carrier at Normandy, but the battleship USS Nevada was there, and some US cruisers as well.

This just in: small units of Royal Marines landed at Normany in 1944. If US Marines fought in Europe or Africa, they would certainly have been a small & specialized unit.

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