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*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1804487 | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1804487 Gordon L. Rottman.''U.S. Marine Corps World War II order of battle:ground and air units in the Pacific War, 1939-1945.'' Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2002. FHL 973 M3rg] | ||
*[https://archive.org/stream/historyofusmarin01usma#page/n5/mode/2up Marine Corps Operations Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal, vol. 1] | *[https://archive.org/stream/historyofusmarin01usma#page/n5/mode/2up Marine Corps Operations Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal, vol. 1] | ||
*[https://archive.org/stream/historyofusmarin02usma#page/n5/mode/2up Marine Corp Operations, vol. 2] | *[https://archive.org/stream/historyofusmarin02usma#page/n5/mode/2up Marine Corp Operations, vol. 2] | ||
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United States 
Military Records U.S. Marine Corps
The Marine Corps was created in 1775. It was part of the Navy Department from 1834 until 1952, when it became a distinct branch of the military. Records of Marine Corps soldiers and officers are available at the National Archives in Record Group 127 for the years 1798 to 1904.
Archives and Libraries[edit | edit source]
National Personnel Records Center
- National Personnel Records Center
- Official Military Personnel Files
- Official Military Personnel Files Archival
- Veteran's Service Records
Library of the Marine Corps
National Archives
- Records of the United States Marine Corps RG 127
- U.S. Marine Corps. Personnel Management Division. Official Military Personnel Files, 1905-1997. NAID 299715 - National Personnel Records center
FamilySearch Collections[edit | edit source]
- Muster Rolls of the United States Marine Corps, 1798–1892. National Archives Microfilm Publication T1118. (FHL 123 films starting with FHL film # 929049.) The records are arranged chronologically; and they give name, rank, enlistment date, date of death or discharge, and name of ship or station.
United States, Muster Rolls of the United States Marine Corps - FamilySearch Historical Records
Marine Divisions[edit | edit source]
- 1st Marine Division and Its Regiments
- 2d Marine Division and Its Regiments
- 3d Marine Division and Its Regiments
- 4th Marine Division, 1943-1996
Marine Regiments[edit | edit source]
Marine Corps Aviation[edit | edit source]
- Aviation History, 1912-1940
- Marine Corp Aviation History
- Marine Corps Aircraft 1913-1965
- Marine Corps Aviation in World War II a Chronology
World War I[edit | edit source]
- The United States Marines in the World War
- Officers and Enlisted Who Lost their Lives
- Officers and Enlisted Who Lost their Lives Overseas
- Recruiting Instructions, 1914
World War II[edit | edit source]
- Gordon L. Rottman.U.S. Marine Corps World War II order of battle:ground and air units in the Pacific War, 1939-1945. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2002. FHL 973 M3rg
- Marine Corps Operations Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal, vol. 1
- Marine Corp Operations, vol. 2
- Marine Corps Operations, vol. 3
Further Reading[edit | edit source]
Other Record Types
- Aircraft Accidents
- Awards
- Biographies
- Bounty Land Warrants
- Casualty Records
- Prisoner of War Records
- Soldiers Home Records
- Unit Histories