Marine Corps to deactivate Hawaii battalion after 80 years of service

quot;This deactivation brings up understandable feelings of fierce pride and loss in all who have served in the battalion," Lt. Gen. James W. Bierman, commander of III Marine Expeditionary Force, wrote in a memo last week.
“This deactivation brings up understandable feelings of fierce pride and loss in all who have served in the battalion,” Lt. Gen. James W. Bierman, commander of III Marine Expeditionary Force, wrote in a memo last week.

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