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    The Continental Marines were the amphibious infantry of the American Colonies (and later the United States) during the American Revolutionary War. The...
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    from the aircraft carriers. The history of the Marine Corps began when two battalions of Continental Marines were formed on 10 November 1775 in Philadelphia...
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    The history of the United States Marine Corps (USMC) begins with the founding of the Continental Marines on 10 November 1775 to conduct ship-to-ship fighting...
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    by marines have included raiding ashore in support of naval objectives, and the boarding of vessels during combat or capture of prize ships. Marines also...
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     1 Journal of the Continental Congress (November 10, 1775). "Resolution Establishing the Continental Marines". United States Marine Corps History Division...
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    Samuel Nicholas (category Continental Marines)
    marine and military officer who was the first officer commissioned in the United States Continental Marines (predecessor to the United States Marine Corps)...
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    Philadelphia, and it served to distinguish Marines from the red of the British or the blue of the Continental Army and Navy. Also, Sam Nicholas's hunting...
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    day when the Second Continental Congress established the Continental Marines with the following decree: That two battalions of Marines be raised consisting...
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    Gadsden flag (category Continental Marines)
    flying it from the mainmast of the flagship while he was aboard. The Continental Marines also flew the flag during the early part of the war. The rattlesnake...
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    2007. Journal of the Continental Congress (10 November 1775). "Resolution Establishing the Continental Marines". United States Marine Corps History Division...
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