Collection: US Marine Corps History Division Vietnam War Documents Collection

Existence: 9 May - 30 June 1971 AND July - December 1971
Existence: Majority of material found within 01 May 1971

General Note: 3D BN 1ST MARINES (3rd Battalion 1st Marines)

Departed RVN 3 May 1971 and arrived CONUS 12 May 1971 for peacetime garrison posture
Major N. H. Smith assumed command

14-24 June 1971 3/1 Marines chopped to 1st Marine Division Tactical Exercise Control Unit for duty as aggressors in MABFEX 71, Operation Bell Thumper

Participated as aggressors in MABLEX 1-71 - September 1971

Company RAIDEX conducted in conjunction with Naval Forces - November 1971

Regimental crew-served weapons FFEX conducnted in which Battaloin won al lcompetitions - November 1971

Perma Link: https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1201022021

Citation: COMMAND CHRONOLOGY [3D BN 1ST MARINES], 1201022021. 01 May 1971, Box __, Folder 022, US Marine Corps History Division Vietnam War Documents Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1201022021, Accessed 22 Dec 2025.

Pub Credit Line: 1201022021, US Marine Corps History Division Vietnam War Documents Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive