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3/9 participated in the following campaigns during World War Two: Bougainville, Northern Solomons, Guam, and Iwo Jima. At Iwo Jima, 3/9 had the distinction of making the only battalion size unsupported, non-illuminated night attack against the Japanese in the Pacific War.
Operation Frequent Wind was the final phase in the evacuation of American civilians and "at-risk" Vietnamese from Saigon, South Vietnam, before the takeover of the city by the North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) in the Fall of Saigon. It was carried out on 29–30 April 1975, during the last days of the Vietnam War.
During this period, the Marines established three enclaves in South Vietnam's northern- most corps area, I Corps, and their mission expanded from defense of the Da Nang Airbase
Con Thien (Vietnamese: Cồn Tiên, meaning the "Hill of Angels") was a military base that started out as a U.S. Army Special Forces camp before transitioning to a United States Marine Corps combat base. It was located near the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) about 3 kilometers (1.9 mi) from North Vietnam in Gio Linh District, Quảng Trị Province.
General William Westmoreland, the United States’ supreme commander in Vietnam, assured superiors that Khe Sanh would be held—even as he studied the crushing French defeat at Dien Bien Phu 14 years earlier. The drama at Khe Sanh would play out over 77 days.
MAG-12, under the command of Colonel Dean C. Macho, was alerted on 12 May to move with two of its A-4 squadrons, VMAs 211 and 311, to Bien Hoa air base in Military Region 3. This was not a field from which Marine air had worked before.
Augmentees, repelled an overall force of 1400-1500 NVA and VC [during a nine (9) hours battle], and defended the interior of the Base from ground attack until US Army Infantry reinforcements arrived at sun-up.
