Talk:3rd Battalion 1st Marines

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3rd Battalion 1st Marines
3/1 Insignia
Active	March 1, 1941
Country	USA
Branch	United States Marine Corps
Type	Battalion
Role	Locate, close with and destroy the enemy by fire and maneuver or repel the enemy's assault with fire and close combat.
Garrison/HQ	Camp Pendleton, California
Nickname	Thundering Third
Motto	No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy

[edit] "700 Marines and 100 Sailors"

Why does it state "700 Marines and 100 Sailors" 700 Marines sounds about right but 100 sailors seems too many. You have about a dozen corpsmen throughout the battalion. With a chaplain and surgeon and staff you might have 15-20 but 200? 3rd Battalion 5th Marines and other battalion webpages indicate "1000 Marines and sailors" - where do they get this number too? Someone needs to explain/elaborate. --131.122.62.80 19:43, 8 December 2006 (UTC)