Maui Marines No Ka Oi
By Lisa Potts, CWO5 USMC (Ret.) After forming at New River (Camp Lejeune), North Carolina from October 1942 to February 1943 the Twenty Fourth Marine…
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Thoughts on D-Day (6 June 1944)
by LtCol Lynn “Kim” Kimball, USMC (Ret) The Duke of Wellington once famously stated that the Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields…
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Atomic Marines
by LtCol Lynn “Kim” Kimball, USMC (Ret) Operation Crossroads’ atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in July of 1946 erased any lingering doubts that might…
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A Brief History Of The Origins Of MCAS New River
MCAS New River traces its origins to the early 1940s when the U.S. military began an unprecedented expansion to meet the rapidly growing threat of the Axis…
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Huerth Street
LtCol L. J. Kimball, USMC (Ret) 9 Jan 2022 In August of 1942, the citizens of Onslow County were cheered by the news that the…
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The Haitian Hangar: MCAS New River’s Tie To The Banana Wars and One Hundred Years Of Marine Corps History
Although the history of Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River dates to 1941, hangar AS-840, the “King Air Hangar,” so named because the station…
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The Dutch Marines and Camp Lejeune
On 10 May 1940, the Nazi blitzkrieg, achieving complete tactical and strategic surprise, thundered through and over the erst-while neutral Low Countries. Unprepared, ill-equipped and…
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The Battle Of New River
Onslow County, by November 1862, found herself on the frontiers of the Confederacy with the White Oak River separating the Union Forces operating out of enclaves…
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The First Marines
Beginning during the summer of 1940, the Marine Corps had actively searched the east and Gulf coasts for a division training area. A selection board,…
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The First Black Marine: Alfred Masters
June 1942 was a watershed year in history: The Battle of Midway, one of WW II’s most decisive, forever stopped the Japanese relentless expansion across…
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History In Stained Glass
By the completion of the first phase of construction (15 Apr 1941-30 Sep 1942) at the New River Marine Barracks (subsequently Camp Lejeune), 1431 buildings…
