usmc support groupFew fighting forces rival the hard won reputation of the US Marine Corps. Showing their mettle during the island hopping campaigns in the Pacific, and then to pushing the enemy back to their homeland, the US Marine had few equals in WWII. Facing the deadly combination of the fanatical Japanese enemy and the sweltering jungle conditions in which they fought, the US Marine Corps triumphed in actions which have become legendary Guadalcanal, Tarawa,