Unit Name: | 1st Battalion, 28th Marines |
Type: | Infantry battalion |
Role: | Locate, close with and destroy the enemy with fire and maneuver |
Size: | 1000 |
Command Structure: | Inactive |
Battles: | World War II
Vietnam War |
The 1st Battalion, 28th Marines (1/28) is an inactive infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps. They were part of the 28th Marine Regiment and 5th Marine Division and fought during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II.[1]
By the end of the campaign, 1/28 had suffered heavy casualties, especially among junior officers. In the line companies (A, B, and C), only two of twenty-two officers were neither killed nor wounded. This statistic excludes the replacement officers.