Robert M. Citino, PhD, examines the concluding weeks of a pivotal battle in the Pacific theater.

The Museum will mark the US Marine Corps' 251st birthday with free admission for active-duty and reserve members, retirees, and veterans of the Marines.

The US Marine Corps will celebrate its 248th birthday.

The US Marine Corps will celebrate its 249th birthday.

The US Marine Corps will celebrate its 247th birthday on November 10, 2022.

After the US strategic victories at the Battles of the Coral Sea (May 7–8, 1942) and Midway (June 4–7, 1942), the Japanese Imperial Navy was no longer capable of major offensive campaigns, which permitted the Allies to start their own offensive in the Pacific.