It would be nearly impossible to include in this site a comprehensive account of all the times and places in which the USMC has fought or served America.

It shall be our intent to cover the major conflicts and operations. Listed below is an outline of the conflicts, police actions, and other operations which the Marines have performed since our inception in 1775.

Each page will include manning strengths of the Corps of that time, weapons, Commandants, awards, Marine Corps innovations and, other information germane to that  period.

Information for this section came from a multitude of sources, however the MCLM wishes to credit the following as being most helpful:

• All weapons information was drawn from, Small Arms of the Sea Services Col. Robert H. Rankin, USMC (Ret) Published by N. Flayderman & Co., Inc., New Milford Connecticut 1972.
• Historical data came from, The U.S. Marine Corps Story, (Moskin.) A Fellowship of Valor, The Battle History of the United States Marine Corps (Alexander) The Marine Book (Lawliss) and, Marine Corps Book of Lists (Nofi.).
• For publishing data or further reading see the Reference Material and Additional Reading section of The Gallery
• Photographic and Art credits for other than Government photos are on the page where image is used.
• A special thanks to Col. Waterhouse for his gracious permission to reproduce his works on this site and for the MCLM.