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Date Posted: 08:22:18 09/24/09 Thu
Author: Rick
Subject: Re: 3rd Battalion 9th Marine Division India Company
In reply to: Dale Bishop 's message, "3rd Battalion 9th Marine Division India Company" on 10:14:59 09/15/09 Tue

That would be 3rd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment 3rd Marine Division. I left Nam in July 1970 hooked up with 1/9 the Walking Dead in Okinawa. The division set out for Coast of Nam around Aug-Dec 1970 including Japan MT. Fuji, & the Philippines Subic Bay area, to the best of my memories.

Linage 1970 � 1994

From November 1970 to March 1971, the battalion again deployed with Amphibious Ready Group - Alpha and served in Vietnamese waters. The battalion�s last involvement with Vietnam was when it participated in Operation Frequent Wind as part of Regimental Landing Team-4 in 1975. In May 1981, 3/9�s flag returned to the U.S., joining the 7th Marines at San Mateo, Camp Pendleton, California. During the 1980s, 3/9 participated in the battalion rotation between the U.S. and Okinawa. The battalion served in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm from August 1990 to June 1991. The battalion�s last deployment was to Somalia for Operation Restore Hope in 1992. The battalion was deactivated and re-designated 3d Battalion, 4th Marines on September 2, 1994.

>I am trying to help a widow of Vietnam veteran that
>was with the 3rd Battalion 9th Marine Division India
>Company. He was deployed to Okinawa and in November
>1970 was sent to Vietnam. I am trying to find anybody
>that was with this company from November 1970 to April
>1971. This widow is trying to get benefits from VA
>and has been denied because of reasons I can't
>explain. She furnished previously Secret documents
>that were declassified but that was not enough I guess.

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