5TH MARINE REGIMENT - 2ND BATTALION - HISTORICAL DIARY NOVEMBER 1951 Korean War Korean War Project Record: USMC-2153 CD: 22 United States Marine Corps History Division Quantico, Virginia Records: United States Marine Corps Unit Name: 1st Marine Division Records Group: RG 127 Depository: National Archives and Records Administration Location: College Park, Maryland Editor: Hal Barker Korean War Project P.O. Box 180190 Dallas, TX 75218-0190 http://www.koreanwar.org
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