Dubon HISTORY Exam

Question 1

Who adopted the USMC motto and in what year?

Answer 1

8 th Commandant, Charles McCawley in 1883

Question 2

What Marine was awarded the Medal of Honor during the Spanish American War for exposing
himself to enemy gunfire and signaling to US ships to shift fire away from his fellow Marines?

Answer 2

Sgt. John Quick

Question 3

At which WW1 battle did Marines get the nickname “Teufelhunden” (Devil Dog)?

Answer 3

Belleau Wood

Question 4

At the Battle of Belleau Wood what did Capt. Lloyd Williams yell to retreating French soldiers
who encouraged himself and his Marines to retreat?

Answer 4

“Retreat hell, we just got here!”

Question 5

Who decreed that the official colors of the USMC be scarlet and gold?

Answer 5

John A. Lejeune

Question 6

In 1921 which Marine correctly predicted twenty years in advance that the Japanese would
launch a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor?

Answer 6

Lt. Col. Earl H. Ellis

Question 7

Capt. Joseph L. Foss and Maj. Gregory “Pappy” Boyington became the USMC’s top aces scoring
26 and 28 kills respectively in which WW2 battle?

Answer 7

Guadalcanal

Question 8

In which WW2 battle did Admiral Nimitz say “uncommon valor was a common virtue”?

Answer 8

Iwo Jima

Question 9

Which 1948 Act allowed women to served in the regular armed forces?

Answer 9

Women’s Armed Services Integration Act

Question 10

What is the Executive Order that Integrated the Armed Forces?

Answer 10

Executive Order 9981

Question 11

Who was the only African American aviator in the Korean War?

Answer 11

2 nd Lt. Frank E. Petersen Jr.

Question 12

What is the name of the post WW2 group of current and former Marines that successfully
lobbied Congress for legislative protection to keep the USMC alive?

Answer 12

Chowder Society

Question 13

What act, passed in 1952, declared the USMC would never be smaller than three active duty
divisions?

Answer 13

Douglas-Mansfield Act

Question 14

The USMC landed in Lebanon in 1958 as part of what operation?

Answer 14

Operation Bluebat

Question 15

The Marines used which two offensive strategies in Vietnam?

Answer 15

Clear and Hold, Marine Pacification

Question 16

Which USMC strategy in Vietnam involved winning the trust of the Vietnamese people?

Answer 16

Marine Pacification

Question 17

What 1965 operation, led by Major General Lew Walt, showed that vertical envelopment, naval
gunfire, close air support, and aggressive infantry maneuvering were more than a match for the
VC?

Answer 17

Operation Starlite

Question 18

What Operation involved the first time the Marines encountered the NVA?

Answer 18

Operation Utah

Question 19

What operation was commanded by Major General Raymond Davis and involved heli-borne
assaults, supported by leapfrogging artillery to hilltop firebases cleared as they progressed?

Answer 19

Operation Dewey Canyon

Question 20

What operation involved the evacuation of civilians from Cambodia?

Answer 20

Operation Eagle Pull

Question 21

What operation involved the final evacuation of Saigon?

Answer 21

Operation Frequent Wind

Question 22

What general led the “15 year long march” for the USMC?

Answer 22

General Louis Wilson

Question 23

Who was elected President of Afghanistan in 2004?

Answer 23

Hamid Karzai

Question 24

When did the surge begin in Afghanistan?

Answer 24

2009

Question 25

What was the largest Marine action since the 2004 invasion of Fallujah and the biggest airlift by Marines since Vietnam?

Answer 25

Operation Khanjar

Question 26

What was the name of the offensive in 2009 that aimed to remove the Taliban from a stronghold town in Helmand Province, the largest joint operation up to that point in the war?

Answer 26

Operation Moshtarak (Battle of Marjah)

Question 27

What was 1 st MARDIV’s motto in 2002 leading up to OIF?

Answer 27

“no better friend, no worse enemy”

Question 28

What does the term “shock and awe,” uttered by Gen Tommy Franks refer to?

Answer 28

The air attacks that began OIF

Question 29

What task force pushed into the city of An Nasiriyah to secure key bridges over the Euphrates River and Saddam Canal?

Answer 29

Task Force Tarawa

Question 30

What MARDIV covered 808 kilometers in 17 days of sustained combat, the longest sequence of coordinated overland attacks in Marine Corps history?

Answer 30

1 st MARDIV

Question 31

What 2004 battle took place after the murder of four American security contractors?

Answer 31

Battle of Fallujah

Question 32

What operation saw Marines shut down access to Fallujah in order to isolate and seek out insurgents holding up in the city?

Answer 32

Operation Vigilant Resolve

Question 33

What operation included ferocious close quarters fighting and included the second battle of Fallujah?

Answer 33

Operation Phantom Fury

Question 34

What was the name given to the movement of tribal leaders in Iraq’s Anbar Province to align themselves with the U.S. and Iraqi government against the insurgency?

Answer 34

Al Anbar Awakening

Question 35

Which MOH recipient shielded the rest of his squad from a grenade blast by diving on it with his helmet which left him mortally wounded?

Answer 35

Cpl Jason Dunham

Question 36

Which MOH recipient became the 1 st living Marine in 38 years to win the MOH?

Answer 36

Sgt Dakota Meyer

Question 37

Which MOH recipient threw his body between a grenade and his fellow Marines, suffering severe injuries but survived the blast and became the eighth living recipient of the MOH for actions in Iraq and Afghanistan?

Answer 37

Cpl Kyle Carpenter

Question 38

What unit was reactivated in October 2001 and combined elements of the Marine Security Guard Battalion, Marine Security Force Regiment, and Chemical/Biological Incidence Response Force?

Answer 38

4 th MEB

Question 39

Counter insurgency doctrine was further developed and implemented during OEF and OIF using lessons learned during what past manual?

Answer 39

Small Wars Manual

Question 40

What manual was published in 2006 that consolidated lessons in counter insurgency?

Answer 40

Counter Insurgency Field Manual

Question 41

What program took female Marines from a variety of specialties and trained them for duty with ground combat units?

Answer 41

Lioness Program

Question 42

What aircraft is capable of taking off and landing like a helicopter but flying like an airplane?

Answer 42

Osprey or MV-22

Question 43

In 2004 what Marine unit responded to a humanitarian crisis in Indonesia?

Answer 43

15 th MEU

Question 44

What operation was launched to enforce a no fly zone and to conduct combat strikes in Lybia by the Air Combat Element of the 26 th MEU?

Answer 44

Operation Odyssey Dawn

Question 45

What type of platoon was deployed to a U.S. embassy in Tripoli in response to a terrorist attack on a U.S. embassy in Benghazi?

Answer 45

FAST platoon