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THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY
WASHINGTON

The following Assault Troops of the FIFTH Amphibious Corps, United
States Fleet Marine Force, participated in the Iwo Jima Operation from
February 19 to 28, 1945:

9th Marines; 21st Marines; 3rd Engineer Battalion (less detachment);
3rd Tank Battalion; 3rd Joint Assault Signal Company (less detachment);
Reconnaissance Company, Headquarters Battalion, THIRD Marine Di-
vision; Liaison and Forward Observer Parties, 12th Marines; Pilots
and Air Observers, Marine Observation Squadron 1; 23rd Marines; 24th
Marines; 25th Marines; Companies A, B, and C, 4th Tank Battalion;
Companies A, B, and C, 4th Engineer Battalion; 1st Joint Assault Signal
Company; 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Platoons, Military Police Company, Head-
quarters Battalion, FOURTH Marine Division; Companies A, B, and C,
4th Pioneer Battalion; 10th Amphibian Tractor Battalion; 5th Amphibian
Tractor Battalion; Reconnaissance Company, Headquarters Battalion,
FOURTH Marine Division; Companies A and B and Detachment, Head-
quarters Company, 2nd Armored Amphibian Battalion; 7th Marine War
Dog Platoon; Pilots and Air Observers, Marine Observation Squadron 4;
Liaison and Forward Observer Parties, 14th Marines; 1st Provisional
Rocket Detachment; 26th Marines; 27th Marines; 28th Marines; 5th Engi-
neer Battalion; 5th Tank Battalion; 6th War Dog Platoon; 5th Joint Assault
Signal Company; 3rd Amphibian Tractor Battalion; 11th Amphibian
Tractor Battalion; Companies A, B, and C, 5th Pioneer Battalion; Re-
connaissance Company, Headquarters Battalion, FIFTH Marine Division;
1st, 2nd, and 3rd Platoons, Military Police Company, Headquarters
Battalion, FIFTH Marine Division; 3rd Provisional Rocket Detachment;
Pilots and Air Observers, Marine Observation Squadron 5; Liaison and
Forward Observer Parties, 13th Marines; Companies C, D, and Detach-
ment, Headquarters Company, 2nd Armored Amphibian Battalion.

For the President,
[signature: John L. Sullivan]
Secretary of the Navy

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