FMF - Fleet Marine Force Marine Corps History Questions and Answers

Question 1

During the First Barbary War, which battle marked the first time the American flag was raised in victory on foreign soil, and is memorialized in the Marines' Hymn?

Accepted Answer

Battle of Derna

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Battle of Quallah Battoo

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Battle of Tripoli Harbor

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Battle of Algiers

Question 2

The scarlet 'blood stripe' worn on the dress blue trousers of Marine NCOs and officers commemorates the high casualty rate of Marine leaders during which battle of the Mexican-American War?

Accepted Answer

Battle of Chapultepec

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Battle of Veracruz

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Battle of Buena Vista

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Battle of Mexico City

Question 3

During the Boxer Rebellion in 1900, which Marine famously single-handedly defended his position on the Tartar Wall in Peking, earning his first of two Medals of Honor?

Accepted Answer

Dan Daly

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Smedley Butler

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John Basilone

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Lewis 'Chesty' Puller

Question 4

A Marine unit is preparing for a major amphibious assault. Their planning heavily references the 'Tentative Landing Operations Manual,' a foundational document that was tested and refined in numerous exercises between the World Wars. The development of this amphibious doctrine is most closely associated with the visionary work of which Marine officer?

Accepted Answer

Maj Earl H. 'Pete' Ellis

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Gen John A. Lejeune

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Gen Holland M. 'Howlin' Mad' Smith

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Col Archibald Henderson

Question 5

What is the official birthplace and date of the United States Marine Corps, as established by a resolution of the Second Continental Congress?

Accepted Answer

Philadelphia, PA on November 10, 1775

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Boston, MA on July 4, 1776

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Washington, D.C. on July 11, 1798

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New York, NY on November 10, 1776

Question 6

During World War I, the Marines' tenacious fighting at the Battle of Belleau Wood earned them an enduring nickname from their German adversaries. What is that nickname?

Accepted Answer

Teufelhunden (Devil Dogs)

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Leathernecks

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Storm Troopers

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Iron Horses