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nounan amphibious division of the United States Navypart of:
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nounmembers of a body of troops trained to serve on land or at seatype of:
Definition that contains marines
- private an enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines
- major a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain
- sergeant any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a corporal
- colonel a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
- corporal a noncommissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines
- makin battles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943); United States Marines took the islands from the Japanese after bitter fighting
- okinawa a campaign in the closing days of World War II in the Pacific (April to June 1945); in savage close-quarter fighting United States marines and regular army troops took the island from the Japanese; considered the greatest victory of the Pacific campaign for the Americans
- tarawa battles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943); United States Marines took the islands from the Japanese after bitter fighting
- iwo a bloody and prolonged operation on the island of Iwo Jima in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945)
- rickover United States admiral who advocated the development of nuclear submarines (1900-1986)