1st Provisional Marine Brigade

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Lemuel C. Shepherd
Edward A. Craig

The 1st Provisional Marine Brigade was a marine brigade of the United States Marine Corps (USMC) that existed periodically from 1912 to 1950. It was an ad hoc unit formed for specific operations and not considered a "permanent" USMC unit.

The brigade saw five brief activations for service over a 40-year span. First created in 1912 for duty in

amphibious landing on that island's southern sector and subduing resistance from Japanese
forces. It was activated once more in a brief organizational shift after the war.

The brigade was formed again in 1950 when it was hastily assembled for service in the

1st Marine Division
.

Organization

The 1st Provisional Marine Brigade varied in size and structure each time it was created.

companies and platoons.[2] This was not an uncommon practice for the United States Marine Corps (USMC), which created such ad hoc units regularly in wartime.[3] During World War II two other provisional Marine brigades were formed, which eventually expanded into divisions.[4]

Component units varied considerably as well. In its first iteration in 1912, the brigade had only 1,200 men in two provisional

Seabees
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The brigade's

5th Marine Regiment as well as supporting companies from the 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Medical Battalion, 1st Motor Transport Battalion, 1st Ordnance Battalion, 1st Service Battalion, 1st Shore Party Battalion, 1st Signal Battalion, 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Amphibian Tractor Company, and 1st Combat Service Group.[10]

In each of its iterations, the brigade was not organized as a permanent formation. Typically it was created only as a temporary front-line unit while larger United States Marine units were formed. The brigade would then merge with these to form a Marine

1st Marine Division before merging into that unit.[9]

History

Cuba

The 1st Provisional Marine Brigade was first created in 1912 for occupation duties in

sugar plantations in Siboney and El Cobre until late July when the Cuban government was able to clamp down on the revolt. At that point, the Marines pulled back to Guantanamo, disbanded the brigade and returned home.[11]

Differentiation with other "1st Marine Brigades"

A second "1st Marine Brigade" was created in 1935, serving in Cuba in 1940, before being expanded and redesignated as the 1st Marine Division in 1941.[13] This brigade was originally created in 1913 as the 1st Advance Force Brigade.[14] However, the 1st Advance Force Brigade, and its descendants, was not considered a "provisional" unit. The brigade served in Puerto Rico and Mexico in 1914, as well as in the Dominican Republic (1916), and maintained a permanent establishment in Haiti from 1915 until its deactivation in 1934.[15] It was reactivated in 1935 as the 1st Brigade before redesignation as the 1st Marine Brigade. The 1935 vintage 1st Marine Brigade was considered a separate unit and it has no lineal relationship to the 1st Provisional Marine Brigade. Additionally, yet a third "1st Marine Brigade" was created in 1956, later becoming the 1st Marine Amphibious Brigade in 1985 and the 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade (1st MEB) in 1988. The 1st MEB is also a separate organization for purposes of lineage and shares no historical relationship with the 1st Provisional Marine Brigade.

World War II

Iceland

The insignia of the British 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division was briefly worn by the 1st Provisional Marine Brigade in Iceland.

During

1st Marine Division. While the 1st Marine Division was building its forces, though, the Provisional Brigade would hold Iceland. However, priorities soon changed and the 1st Marine Division was moved elsewhere. The 1st Provisional Marine Brigade was instead joined by units of the United States Army.[19]

A large group of men in military uniforms pose for a photograph
Officers of the 1st Provisional Marine Brigade pose for a photograph in Iceland in 1941.

Under the command of

USS Hamul on 27 June.[6] They were escorted by Task Force 19, a fleet of 25 United States Navy warships including the battleships USS Arkansas and USS New York as well as the cruisers USS Brooklyn and USS Nashville.[22] The force stopped at Newfoundland, before continuing to Iceland, landing in Reykjavík on 7 July.[23] There they relieved the British Army 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division of control of some areas of the country, while the British continued to administer the remainder.[24]

The British commanders distributed the 1st Provisional Marine Brigade throughout camps around the Reykjavik area,[18] to act as an emergency force which could quickly counter any German invasion.[25] The British gave their division patch to the brigade, and it was worn for the remainder of the Marines' time in Iceland.[26] The Marines were joined by units of the U.S. Army and Army Air Corps in August 1941.[27] The 1st Provisional Marine Brigade troops spent much of their time in Iceland building infrastructure and bases to fortify Iceland against potential German attack.[28] On 22 September, the British division departed Iceland and command was assumed by the United States Army.[18][29] During the winter of 1941–1942 the brigade saw no combat and spent much of its time attempting to construct fortifications and drill for combat, hampered by a lack of supplies, communications equipment, transportation, and good weather.[30] Aside from the occasional German reconnaissance aircraft, no German forces came to Iceland.[31]

Following the 7 December

Guadalcanal Campaign.[35]

Guam

Lemuel C. Shepherd (left) speaks with members of his staff during a planning meeting prior to the Guam operation. Next to him is 1st Brigade Chief of Staff John T. Walker, Alan Shapley (4th Marines) and Merlin F. Schneider
(22nd Marines)

On 18 April 1944, the 1st Provisional Marine Brigade was again activated, this time at

Eniwetok Atoll in preparation for the invasion.[38]

A map of the 1944 campaign conducted by Soldiers and Marines to recapture Guam.

On 21 July at 08:32

3rd Battalion.[47] They then began an advance to Mount Alifan but were delayed by fierce Japanese resistance inland. At nightfall the Japanese mounted a large, coordinated counterattack which was unsuccessful.[48] By the end of the day, the 4th and 22nd Marines were holding positions 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) into the island along a 4,500-metre (14,800 ft) front.[47] The 305th Regimental Combat Team supported the Marines for several days before rejoining the rest of the 77th Infantry Division to the north.[48] The 1st Brigade was 7 miles (11 km) south of the 3rd Marine Division and 77th Infantry Division landing zones to the north at Asan.[38] On 25 July, the two forces cut off Orote Peninsula between the two landing zones, and the brigade turned west and cleared the peninsula until 29 July against heavier resistance, killing some 2,500 Japanese.[49] It advanced north in a sweeping motion with the 4th Marines on the right, west flank and the 22nd Marines on the left, east flank, until reaching the forces on the northern beach landings.[50]

By 28 July, the 3rd Marine Division and 77th Infantry Division had formed a continuous flank and were advancing north. On 6 August, the brigade joined them on the left, western flank. Here, Japanese forces staged

V-J Day, the island had cost the Japanese 18,400 killed and 1,250 captured, and the Americans 1,700 killed and 6,000 injured. The 1st Provisional Marine Brigade, however, only assisted in mop-up operations for a month.[49] The 4th Marines moved along the north coast while the 22nd Marines patrolled inland to the south.[51]

On 9 September 1944, the brigade was disbanded and its elements were moved to Guadalcanal where the new 6th Marine Division was forming. That division was activated on 25 September 1944.[52] Most of the Provisional Marine Brigade units were transferred to the command of the 6th Marine Division.[53] The 29th Marine Regiment was added to form the division.[54] The 53rd CB was the directly assigned to III Amphibious Corps.

After the war

The 1st Provisional Marine Brigade was briefly re-formed in the post-war era on 1 June 1947, by enlarging the 1st Battalion, 11th Marines.[55] The force served as a contingency force for the Pacific Ocean area, based in Camp Witek, Guam. However, as post-war military spending was drastically cut, the brigade at this time was far undermanned, and considered only a "paper unit".[56] It was again "downsized" and re-designated the 1st Provisional Artillery Battalion on 1 October 1947.[55]

Korean War

Men in trucks and military uniforms park in a town
Marines disembark at Pusan on their way to the front lines in August 1950.

The USMC, which had been drastically reduced in size after World War II, was unprepared at the outset of the

Lieutenant General Walton Walker, who placed it in his reserve.[57]

Task Force Kean

The brigade was immediately moved to

5th Regimental Combat Team, under Major General William B. Kean. The three units together formed "Task Force Kean", a formation of about 20,000 men.[58]

General Walker and the Eighth Army began preparing a counteroffensive, the first conducted by the UN in the war, for 6 August. It would kick off with an attack by the U.S. reserve units on the Masan area to secure

U.S. 2nd Infantry Division, as well as three more battalions of American tanks which were en route from the United States.[63]

Task Force Kean kicked off its attack on 7 August, moving out from Masan.

air strikes and airdrops to keep it effective.[67] Task Force Kean's offensive had collided with one being delivered simultaneously by the North Korean 6th Division.[68][69]

Heavy fighting continued in the area for three days. By 9 August, Task Force Kean was poised to retake Chinju.

Taegu to be used elsewhere on the front, particularly at the Naktong Bulge.[75][77]

At the end of the counteroffensive on 14 August, Task Force Kean had failed in its two objectives of diverting North Korean troops from the north and reaching the Chinju pass.[78][79] The NK 6th Division had been reduced to 3,000 or 4,000 and had to replenish its ranks with South Korean conscripts from Andong.[80] Fighting in the region continued for the rest of the month.[81]

First Naktong Bulge

A map of a perimeter on the southeastern tip of a land mass
A tactical map of the Pusan Perimeter in August 1950.

Immediately north on the line, the 1st Provisional Marine Brigade was desperately needed to break a stalemate between the

Yongsan, carrying light weapons and supplies over their heads or on rafts.[82][83] At 02:00 on the morning of 6 August, the North Koreans began engaging the 3rd Battalion, U.S. 34th Infantry Regiment, and moved forward after a short fight, attempting to penetrate the lines to Yongsan.[82] The North Korean infantry forced the 3rd Battalion back, and the battalion abandoned its command post to consolidate its positions.[84] The North Koreans surprised the Americans, who had been expecting an attack from further north,[85] and captured a large amount of American equipment.[77] The attack threatened to split the American lines and disrupt supply lines to the north.[86]

Repeated American attacks resulted in a stalemate.

salient.[88][89] Despite a tenacious attack, the 9th Infantry was only able to regain part of Cloverleaf Hill before intense fighting stalled its movement.[90]

Medics treat a pair of injured men in a tent in the middle of a jungle
U.S. Navy medical personnel treat a casualty from the front line of the battle on 17 August.

The NK 4th Division had in the meantime constructed underwater bridges of sandbags, logs and rocks, finishing the first one the day before.[85][91] It moved trucks and heavy artillery across the river over this bridge, as well as additional infantry and a few tanks.[91][92] By the morning of 10 August close to two full North Korean regiments were across the river and occupying fortified positions.[82] After a series of unsuccessful counterattacks,[86][93] the threat to Yongsan necessitated more U.S. reinforcements.[94][95] As U.S. casualties mounted, a frustrated Walker ordered the 1st Provisional Marine Brigade to the area.[68][96] They mounted a massive offensive on Cloverleaf Hill and Obong-ni[97] beginning at 08:00 on 17 August,[98] unleashing all available heavy weapons: artillery, mortars, M26 Pershing tanks, and airstrikes.[99]

Two men in military uniforms standing on a ledge overlooking a river
U.S. Marines resting on a newly captured position overlooking the Naktong River on 19 August.

At first, tenacious North Korean defense halted the Marines. Heavy indirect fire forced the North Koreans out of their positions before the Marines and Task Force Hill overwhelmed them, one hill at a time.[100] The Marines approached Obong-ni first, destroying resistance on the slope with an airstrike and a barrage from U.S. tanks, but strong resistance caused heavy casualties, and they had to withdraw.[101] The 18th North Korean Regiment, in control of the hill, mounted a disastrous counterattack in hopes of pushing the Marines back.[95][102] The division's previously successful tactics of cutting off supplies and relying on surprise failed in the face of massive U.S. numerical superiority.[103]

By nightfall on 18 August, the North Korean 4th Division had been annihilated; huge numbers of deserters had weakened its numbers during the fight, but by that time, Obong-ni and Cloverleaf Hill had been retaken by the U.S. forces.[102] Scattered groups of North Korean soldiers fled back across the Naktong, pursued by American planes and artillery fire. The next day, the remains of 4th Division had withdrawn across the river.[104][105] In their hasty retreat, they left a large number of artillery pieces and equipment behind which the Americans later pressed into service.[106]

The battle caused heavy casualties for both sides. By the end of the fight, the NK 4th Division had only 300 or 400 men in each of its regiments. Of its original 7,000 men, the division now had a strength of only 3,500, having suffered over 1,200 killed.[102] Several thousand members of the division deserted during the fight. Most of these men were South Korean civilians forcibly conscripted into the North Korean army. The NK 4th Division would not recover until much later in the war.[107] The 1st Provisional Marine Brigade reported 66 Marines dead, 278 wounded, and one missing.[105] In total, American forces suffered around 1,800 casualties during the battle, with about a third of those killed.[108]

Second Naktong Bulge

By 1 September, the 1st Provisional Marine Brigade was down to 4,290 men, having suffered 500 casualties in its month of Korean service,

X Corps for a counterattack at Inchon. However, the North Korean Great Naktong Offensive delayed these plans, as the brigade was needed to repel one more North Korean crossing of the Naktong River.[110]

At the same time, the 1st and 2nd Regiments of the

Major General Pak Kyo Sam felt the chances of capturing Yongsan were strong.[113]

On the morning of 1 September, with only the shattered remnants its E Company at hand, the U.S. 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, had virtually no troops to defend Yongsan.

Major General Lawrence B. Keiser formed ad hoc units from his support troops but they were not enough to counter the North Korean attack.[114]

On 2 September,

General of the Army Douglas MacArthur approved his use of them, since he knew that this would interfere with other plans of the Far East Command.[118] Walker said he did not think he could restore the 2nd Division lines without using them. Hickey replied that MacArthur had the day before approved the use of the Marines if and when Walker considered it necessary.[116] A few hours after this conversation, at 13:15, Walker attached the 1st Provisional Marine Brigade to the U.S. 2nd Division[119] and ordered a coordinated attack by all available elements of the division and the Marines, with the mission of destroying the North Koreans east of the Naktong River in the 2nd Division sector and of restoring the river line.[115][117] The Marines were to be released from 2nd Division control as soon as this mission was accomplished.[116][120]

Counteroffensives

A conference was held that afternoon at the U.S. 2nd Division command post, attended by leaders of the U.S. Eighth Army, 2nd Division, and 1st Provisional Marine Brigade.[121] A decision was reached that the Marines would attack west at 08:00 on 3 September astride the Yongsan–Naktong River road,[122] and U.S. Army troops would attack northwest above the Marines and attempt to re-establish contact with the U.S. 23rd Infantry,[121] while the 2nd Engineer Combat Battalion with remnants of the 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry, and elements of the 72nd Tank Battalion would attack on the left flank, or south, of the Marines to reestablish contact with the 25th Division.[123]

Men cross a field of rice
U.S. troops cross rice paddies during an attack west of Yongsan in September 1950.

The troops holding this line on the first hills west of Yongsan were G Company, 9th Infantry, north of the road running west through Kogan-ni to the Naktong; A Company, 2nd Engineer Combat Battalion, southward across the road; and, below the engineers, F Company, 9th Infantry.[124] Between 03:00 and 04:30 on 3 September, the 1st Provisional Marine Brigade moved to forward assembly areas.[122] The 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, assembled north of Yongsan, the 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, south of it. The 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, established security positions southwest of Yongsan along the approaches into the regimental sector from that direction.[121][124]

Fighting began the night of 2 September,

Air strikes, artillery concentrations, and machine gun and rifle fire of the 1st Battalion now caught North Korean reinforcements in open rice paddies moving up from the second ridge and killed most of them. In the afternoon, the 1st Battalion advanced to Hill 91.[125]

Naktong River
, September 3.

North of the road the 2nd Battalion had a harder time, encountering heavy North Korean fire when it reached the northern tip of Hill 116, 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Yongsan.[122] The North Koreans held the hill during the day, and at night D Company of the 5th Marines was isolated there.[125] In the fighting west of Yongsan, Marine armor knocked out four T-34 tanks, and North Korean crew members abandoned a fifth.[123] That night the Marines dug in on a line 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Yongsan. The 2nd Battalion had lost 18 killed and 77 wounded during the day, most of them in D Company. Total Marine casualties for 3 September were 34 killed and 157 wounded. Coordinating its attack with that of the Marines, the 9th Infantry advanced abreast of them on the north.[125]

Just before midnight, the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, received orders to pass through the 2nd Battalion and continue the attack in the morning.[122] That night torrential rains made the troops miserable. The North Koreans were unusually quiet and launched few patrols or attacks. The morning of 4 September, the weather was clear.[125][126] The counterattack continued at 08:00 on 4 September, at first against little opposition.[127] North of the road the 2nd Battalion quickly completed occupation of Hill 116, from which the North Koreans had withdrawn during the night. South of the road the 1st Battalion occupied what appeared to be a command post of the NK 9th Division. Tents were still up and equipment lay scattered about. Two abandoned T-34 tanks in excellent condition stood there. Tanks and ground troops advancing along the road found it littered with North Korean dead and destroyed and abandoned equipment. By nightfall the counterattack had gained another 3 miles (4.8 km).[125]

That morning, 5 September, after a 10-minute artillery preparation, the American troops moved out in their third day of counterattack.

armored personnel carrier following behind.[122] The North Korean infantry attack was brutal and inflicted 25 casualties on B Company before reinforcements from A Company and supporting Army artillery and the Marine 81 mm mortars helped repel it.[129][130] September 5 was a day of heavy casualties everywhere on the Pusan Perimeter.[131] Army units had 102 killed, 430 wounded, and 587 missing in action for a total of 1,119 casualties. Marine units had 35 killed, 91 wounded, and none missing in action, for a total of 126 battle casualties. Total American battle casualties for the day were 1,245 men.[129]

The American counteroffensive of 3–5 September west of Yongsan resulted in one of the bloodiest and most terrifying debacles of the war for a North Korean division, according to historians.[125] Even though remnants of the NK 9th Division, supported by the low strength NK 4th Division, still held Obong-ni Ridge, Cloverleaf Hill, and the intervening ground back to the Naktong on 6 September, the division's offensive strength had been spent at the end of the American counterattack.[131] The NK 9th and 4th divisions were not able to resume the offensive.[125]

Deactivation

During the previous night, at 20:00 on 4 September, Walker had ordered the 1st Provisional Marine Brigade released from operational control of the 2nd Division effective at midnight, 5 September.

7th Marine Regiment to form the new 1st Marine Division.[129]

Walker had protested in vain against releasing the brigade, believing he needed it and all the troops then in Korea if he were to stop the North Korean offensive against the Pusan Perimeter.

65th Infantry Regiment to Walker's reserves. Walker did not feel the inexperienced troops would be effective, and believed the transition endangered the Pusan Perimeter at a time when it was unclear if it could hold back the North Koreans.[132][133] The brigade moved to Japan and merged with the 1st Marine Division.[134] It was deactivated as an independent unit for the last time on 13 September 1950.[135]

Other "1st Marine Brigades"

The original "1st Marine Brigade" was the

A new permanent Marine brigade, designated as the 1st Marine Brigade was formed in Hawaii in 1956. In 1985, it was redesignated as the 1st Marine Amphibious Brigade (1st MAB), and in 1988 as the

1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade.[136][137] As this brigade had relation to the 1st Provisional Marine Brigade, it did not assume its lineage.[138]

Unit awards

Though not considered a "permanent" unit, the 1st Provisional Marine Brigade was awarded campaign streamers for each of its missions, creating a lineage for the unit.[139] Those streamers include:

Streamer Award Year(s) Additional Info
Presidential Unit Citation Streamer 1950 Pusan Perimeter
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation Streamer
1950 Pusan Perimeter[139]
Navy Unit Commendation 1944 Guam, Marianas Islands[140]
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Streamer
1944 Guam[141]
World War II Victory Streamer 1945 Pacific War[142]
National Defense Service Streamer 1950 Korean War[143]
Korean Service Streamer 1950 Korean War[144]

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