History
Activated in 1957 at Camp Pendleton, California, the first deployment of the 7th was to Taiwan in 1960, stationed at Kaohsiung. The 7th were deployed to Vietnam on 1 July 1966 to Chu Lai, and assigned to the 1st Marine Division. They participated in the Vietnam War from then until 1969, also operating out of Da Nang. They were briefly reassigned to Okinawa in late 1969, before returning several months later to Vietnam, and serving there until 1972, except for a short break in late 1971 to early 1972.
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