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A unit citation or commendation is an award bestowed upon an organization for the action cited. Members of the unit who participated in said actions are allowed to wear on their uniforms the awarded unit citation. The 14th
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Guadalcanal in a different convoy however they eventually linked up at Eniwetok on June 28. The third echelon remained until mid-July when they also embarked upon naval shipping. The first two echelons departed Eniwetok on
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353:. Seizure of both of these islands within the
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355:Bismarck Archipelago
120:Guadalcanal Campaign
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909:US Congress
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604:Melson 1996
498:Pacific War
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437:Unit awards
396:Orote Field
392:Apra Harbor
299:Guadalcanal
215:Searchlight
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1373:Marine One
1088:Battalions
842:Leadership
795:2020-05-25
759:2020-05-25
523:References
494:1941–1945
209:Light tank
133:Commanders
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1108:MEF/Corps
1103:Divisions
1093:Regiments
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892:2000–2009
887:1942–1959
528:Citations
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323:TonTouta
245:90mm Gun
1478:Gung ho
1328:Culture
1323:History
1314:History
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1035:(TECOM)
1021:Pacific
343:Seabees
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184:History
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138:Current
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1290:Badges
1285:Awards
958:Major
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359:Rabaul
335:Emirau
315:Noumea
289:and a
279:Tulagi
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1150:Force
1145:Recon
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