Officially Licensed USMC 9th Marines Patch VMGR-452 Vietnam was the defining combat

Vietnam was the defining combat experience for an entire generation of Marine helicopter aviators

and Marine aviation heritage collectors

Chieftain heritage

as part of the 6th Marine Regiment

MACS and MASS Marines

Officially Licensed USMC 9th Marines Patch VMGR-452 Vietnam was the defining combatUSMC 9th Marines Patch Embroidered Patch First on the Ground in Vietnam The 9th Marine Regiment holds a distinction that placed it at the very beginning of America's longest 20th century war. On March 8, 1965, the 9th Marines came ashore at Red Beach, Da Nang, as the first conventional U. S. ground combat unit in South Vietnam a moment that changed the course of American military history. Activated in 1917, the 9th Marines fought with the 3rd Marine